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!Support NPR and get your music exploration sponsor-free with Alt.Latino+. Learn more at plus.npr.org/nprmusic
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Episodes (179)
Guadalajara loves metal?
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Cypress Hill en español
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Electrónica rising in Mexico
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Ana's thoughts after seeing Harry Styles in Mexico
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Ana's summer playlist
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Is Bill Evans techno?
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Spain wins (at music, too)
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Country twang, Brazilian flow
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The best Latin music of 2026 (so far)
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Mon Laferte's captivating coda
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They opened for Miles Davis and Sly Stone, then disappeared
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The sounds of Cuban resilience
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A Tejano masterclass with El Gato Negro, Ruben Ramos
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The Vaqueros of Hawaii
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Gipsy Kings are back, Julieta Venegas' norteña roots and more
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Our favorite Latin Tiny Desk Contest entries
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El futuro es Milo J
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Flamenco meets Música Mexicana
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Argentine indie, Venezuelan reggaeton and punk from San Antonio
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Jorge Drexler returns home
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Sonic Bloom: Fresh, funky new tracks from Rio, Granada and more
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Dominican indie, Peruvian cumbia and experimental Argentine pop
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Songs she loves: Sofia Rei and the magic of the human voice
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A Tejano master gets his flowers. Plus, Yahritza y Su Esencia returns
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If the singer falls silent, life falls silent: The female power anthem hall of f...
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From church basement to salsa immortality: Remembering Willie Colón
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Chicano soul, Canary Islands merengue and a percussion supergroup
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A Brazilian summer and a lost Mexican masterpiece
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Puerto Rico takes the field at the Bad Bunny Super Bowl
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Bad Bunny makes history at the Grammys. Up next, the Super BBowl
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Venezuela speaks: Producer Ella Bric spins songs with a 'teardrop of optimism'
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Rawayana on their new album and a changing Venezuela
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Our Love Letter to Bob Weir
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Music as protest in Venezuela
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What We Missed In 2025
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What Were Felix and Ana's 2025 Favorites?
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Zen and the art of new music
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Roots and unity at the Latin Grammys
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Rosalía in her own words
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Portraits of Jazz and Identity in Latin America
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Salsa, bossa nova, and Argentina's next big thing
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What's in our mailbag? The beauty of simplicity
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A Tiny Desk chat with Silvana Estrada
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A conversation with Gloria Estefan
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The return of El Tiny
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Latin honky tonk and imaginary collaborations
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Bad Bunny Closes Out His Residency
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A Tribute to Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras
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Felix's healing soundtrack and new love songs
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Ecuadorian-American indie pop, 2010s Tumblr-core and bedroom pop cumbia
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