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Alt.Latino The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin!

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The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin!

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The songs we can't stop playing on repeat

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The songs we can't stop playing on repeat

Alt.Latino is usually all about sharing new music across Latin America, but what about the older cuts Ana and Felix are obsessed with?

The songs we can't stop playing on repeat

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Alt.Latino talks all the surprise nominations for the 2024 Latin Grammys

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Alt.Latino talks all the surprise nominations for the 2024 Latin Grammys

Wait a minute — does Alt.Latino actually agree with a lot of the Latin Recording Academy's nominations this year?

Alt.Latino talks all the surprise nominations for the 2024 Latin Grammys

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Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Manu Chao, Linda Diaz and Solo Fernández

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Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Manu Chao, Linda Diaz and Solo Fernández

This week on Alt.Latino, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras talk about an exciting new album from Manu Chao on the way — his first in 17 years — and their favorite recent songs from artists like the Dominican indie rock band Solo Fernández, ethereal pop from Tiny Desk Contest Winner Linda Diaz and more.

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Manu Chao, Linda Diaz and Solo Fernández

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Alt.Latino's 'El Tiny' takeover is back — and this year it's all about love

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Alt.Latino's 'El Tiny' takeover is back — and this year it's all about love

'El Tiny' season at the Tiny Desk launches next week and this year it's all about love — familial and romantic, with drama fit for a telenovela. Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras preview this year's line-up, sharing a sneak peek at what 2024's 'El Tiny' has to offer.

Alt.Latino's 'El Tiny' takeover is back — and this year it's all about love

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Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: La Doña, Sinego and Spanish Harlem Orchestra

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Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: La Doña, Sinego and Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras play some of their favorite new songs from the last few months, featuring globe-spanning electronica from Colombian producer Sinego, border-crossing new music from La Doña, nuanced salsa from Spanish Harlem Orchestra and more.

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: La Doña, Sinego and Spanish Harlem Orchestra

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The sound of Venezuelan protest music over the last 30 years

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The sound of Venezuelan protest music over the last 30 years

Over the past month thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets to protest the disputed election of president Nicolás Maduro, while Venezuelan artists like Danny Ocean use music to reflect on this political moment. But Ocean's work is just one data point in a long history of music from Venezuela that embodies the political opinions and emotions of those within the country and the diaspora.

The sound of Venezuelan protest music over the last 30 years

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Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Danny Ocean, Girl Ultra and Superfónicos

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Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Danny Ocean, Girl Ultra and Superfónicos

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre run through their favorite new music, including new work from Venezuelan artist Danny Ocean in the midst of the country's political crisis, Girl Ultra leaning into her techno side, funky, electro-cumbia from Superfónicos and more.

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Danny Ocean, Girl Ultra and Superfónicos

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Alt.Latino's guide to Chicano soul

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Alt.Latino's guide to Chicano soul

The genre commonly referred to as "Chicano soul" has that "you know it if you hear it" kind of sound.

Alt.Latino's guide to Chicano soul

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Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Omar Apollo, Karol G and Papo Vazquez

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Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Omar Apollo, Karol G and Papo Vazquez

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre round up their favorite new tracks, including heartbroken music from Omar Apollo, a mix of jazz and Afro-Puerto Rican sounds from Papo Vazquez and a controversial new merengue electrónico track from Karol G.

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Omar Apollo, Karol G and Papo Vazquez

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Super-producer Edgar Barrera on turning old-school genres into pop hits
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Super-producer Edgar Barrera on turning old-school genres into pop hits

Even if you don't know Edgar Barrera's name, you know his work. The multiple Grammy-winning writer and producer has worked with dozens of the biggest names in Latin music — Bad Bunny, Maluma, Karol G, Camilo — the list goes on. But he's also one of the main forces pushing regional Mexican into the mainstream over the past few years, and turning Pan-Latin sounds into pop perfection.

Super-producer Edgar Barrera on turning old-school genres into pop hits

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