Alt.Latino
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Alt.Latino

by NPR

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

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1
Dominican indie, Peruvian cumbia and experimental Argentine pop
32:12 Apr 1, 2026
2
Songs she loves: Sofia Rei and the magic of the human voice
27:37 Mar 25, 2026
3
A Tejano master gets his flowers. Plus, Yahritza y Su Esencia returns
31:27 Mar 18, 2026
4
If the singer falls silent, life falls silent: The female power anthem hall of fame
34:02 Mar 11, 2026
5
From church basement to salsa immortality: Remembering Willie Colón
25:44 Mar 4, 2026
6
Chicano soul, Canary Islands merengue and a percussion supergroup
29:32 Feb 25, 2026
7
A Brazilian summer and a lost Mexican masterpiece
33:00 Feb 18, 2026
8
Puerto Rico takes the field at the Bad Bunny Super Bowl
33:28 Feb 11, 2026
9
Bad Bunny makes history at the Grammys. Up next, the Super BBowl
37:08 Feb 4, 2026
10
Venezuela speaks: Producer Ella Bric spins songs with a 'teardrop of optimism'
31:57 Jan 28, 2026
11
Rawayana on their new album and a changing Venezuela
26:19 Jan 21, 2026
12
Our Love Letter to Bob Weir
28:05 Jan 14, 2026
13
Music as protest in Venezuela
26:27 Jan 8, 2026
14
What We Missed In 2025
31:27 Dec 17, 2025
15
What Were Felix and Ana's 2025 Favorites?
34:37 Dec 10, 2025
16
Zen and the art of new music
28:17 Dec 3, 2025
17
Roots and unity at the Latin Grammys
27:13 Nov 19, 2025
18
Rosalía in her own words
32:09 Nov 12, 2025
19
Portraits of Jazz and Identity in Latin America
28:01 Nov 5, 2025
20
Salsa, bossa nova, and Argentina's next big thing
32:25 Oct 29, 2025
21
What's in our mailbag? The beauty of simplicity
30:36 Oct 22, 2025
22
A Tiny Desk chat with Silvana Estrada
35:35 Oct 15, 2025
23
A conversation with Gloria Estefan
28:14 Oct 8, 2025
24
The return of El Tiny
30:46 Oct 1, 2025
25
Latin honky tonk and imaginary collaborations
28:59 Sep 24, 2025
26
Bad Bunny Closes Out His Residency
35:22 Sep 17, 2025
27
A Tribute to Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras
38:39 Sep 10, 2025
28
Felix's healing soundtrack and new love songs
30:54 Sep 3, 2025
29
Ecuadorian-American indie pop, 2010s Tumblr-core and bedroom pop cumbia
28:08 Aug 27, 2025
30
Flaco Jimenez and Eddie Palmieri: Why Their Music Mattered
29:37 Aug 20, 2025
31
Latin summer anthems
29:37 Aug 13, 2025
32
The decline of corridos tumbados? Plus, more jazz from Felix
31:43 Aug 6, 2025
33
It's a Bad Bunny summer in Puerto Rico: Ana recaps 2 of his Residency shows
29:18 Jul 30, 2025
34
Bad Bunny residency prep, new guitar tracks and Latin genre benders
29:38 Jul 23, 2025
35
Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media
2:01 Jul 18, 2025
36
'Our joy is our resistance.'
32:45 Jul 16, 2025
37
Bad Bunny gets political, Brazilian grooves from Brooklyn, Reparto Cubano and more
39:11 Jul 9, 2025
38
Vintage cumbia, Ecuadorian folk, guitar jamming and Mexican rap
34:19 Jul 2, 2025
39
Karol G goes Pan-Latin, Argentine rock reimagined, Mexico now and then
28:05 Jun 25, 2025
40
Best music of the year (so far)
23:12 Jun 18, 2025
41
New Tracks: Bruce Springsteen (yes, that Bruce Springsteen), pablopablo and more
26:52 Jun 11, 2025
42
Accordions: From Eastern Europe to Latin America, with love!
26:32 Jun 4, 2025
43
The Latin bands of the Tiny Desk Contest
27:03 May 29, 2025
44
Musical lessons for living in the moment and meat-inspired band names
26:23 May 21, 2025
45
Guitarricadelafuente and Lido Pimienta return with stunning albums
27:46 May 14, 2025
46
Music from South America, Spain and ... Mars?
28:12 May 7, 2025
47
Rapper PJ Sin Suela on Puerto Rican hip-hop and more
31:27 May 1, 2025
48
These Alt.Latino faves just keep getting better and better
27:50 Apr 23, 2025
49
A Banjo, Bomba, Bardo y Más
24:14 Apr 16, 2025
50
Behind the scenes of Bad Bunny's Tiny Desk
33:45 Apr 9, 2025
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