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Bad Bunny Closes Out His Residency
Bad Bunny's months-long residency in Puerto Rico is coming to an end. The shows brought in hundreds of millions of dollars to the island, and sparked new debates about Puerto Rican identity and polit…
Published on 10 hours ago
A Tribute to Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras
This week's episode is a tribute to host Felix Contreras, who just received the Hispanic Heritage Award for Journalism from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. Co-host Anamaria Sayre and the Alt.Latino…
Published on 1 week ago
Felix's healing soundtrack and new love songs
Felix shares the music that's helped him recover from a serious illness. Anamaria shares some new exquisite (and, in one case, slightly toxic) love songs.
Featured artists and songs:
• Blood Orange, "…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Ecuadorian-American indie pop, 2010s Tumblr-core and bedroom pop cumbia
This week, NPR Music reporter Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento is back on the mic, bringing host Anamaria Sayre new music in the vein of her 2010s Tumblr era. Think emo bangs, bright blue skinny jeans and a …
Published on 3 weeks ago
Flaco Jimenez and Eddie Palmieri: Why Their Music Mattered
On Alt.Latino we often discuss the way that traditions are recognized and expanded upon. Usually it’s when we’re talking about new artists.
But this week we are spending time honoring two legends: Tex…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Latin summer anthems
Felix Contreras is on vacation, so Anamaria decided to throw her own kind of summer bash in his absence. With NPR Music reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento along for the ride, today’s Alt.Latino sails …
Published on 1 month ago
The decline of corridos tumbados? Plus, more jazz from Felix
Some might call it whiplash, the way we sometimes zip from one genre of Latin music to another in our New Music shows. But I like to think of it as an expression of the richness and vitality of all m…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
It's a Bad Bunny summer in Puerto Rico: Ana recaps 2 of his Residency shows
Global superstar Bad Bunny is hosting an unprecedented 30 concert residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Fans are calling it a defining cultural moment for the island. Anamaria Sayre attended two recent…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Bad Bunny residency prep, new guitar tracks and Latin genre benders
Before Ana heads off to see Bad Bunny's unprecedented residency in Puerto Rico, we chat a little about why the celebration is significant to the island and Latin music in general.
We also dig deep int…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago