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  1. La Brega: Bonus Track — Songs for the Future of Puerto Rico

    Published: 4/14/2023
  2. Girl Ultra: On Mexico City's 'haunted' energy and why she secretly loves sad songs

    Published: 4/12/2023
  3. Camilo Lara: How Mexico's musical 'double agent' seeks a universal dance floor

    Published: 3/29/2023
  4. Radio Ambulante: Getting Down

    Published: 3/20/2023
  5. Julieta Venegas: Why the Mexican pop icon wouldn't call herself a pioneer

    Published: 3/15/2023
  6. Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: Karol G, Y La Bamba, The Latin Dead and more

    Published: 3/1/2023
  7. Adrian Quesada: How the U.S.-Mexico border shaped the prolific producer's fluid sound

    Published: 2/15/2023
  8. Cimafunk: How his Afro-Cuban funk tells a bigger story about the African diaspora

    Published: 2/1/2023
  9. Reyna Tropical: How Fabi Reyna learned to listen to her revolutionary intuition

    Published: 1/18/2023
  10. Encore: The Cuban roots of rock and roll

    Published: 1/4/2023
  11. Encore: Selena's spark still shines

    Published: 12/28/2022
  12. Encore: An Alt.Latino Christmas, with Cantigas in concert

    Published: 12/21/2022
  13. Alt.Latino presents our favorite music of 2022

    Published: 12/14/2022
  14. Encore: Cumbia, the musical backbone of Latin America

    Published: 12/7/2022
  15. Linda Ronstadt: On getting to fully embrace her Mexican heritage in her music

    Published: 11/30/2022
  16. Hermanos Gutiérrez: How their cinematic guitar music reconnected them as brothers

    Published: 11/23/2022
  17. Silvana Estrada: On cultivating intimacy and generosity in her live performances

    Published: 11/16/2022
  18. Natalia Lafourcade: How making original music again helped grow her 'inner garden'

    Published: 11/9/2022
  19. Canción Exploder: Ibeyi

    Published: 11/4/2022
  20. Angélica Negrón: The genre-subverting composer on embracing all sides of her identity

    Published: 11/2/2022

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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!Support NPR and get your music exploration sponsor-free with Alt.Latino+. Learn more at plus.npr.org/nprmusic