Alt.Latino

This year was bookended by two major statements in Latin music. In January, Bad Bunny rele... more

Some folks think by December all the releases for the year are complete. Not quite. This w... more

The annual Latin Grammy awards are always full of glamour and glitz. But they're also an i... more

Spanish vocalist and composer Rosalía has been a major presence in Spanish language music ... more

Ever since I heard the Argentine saxophonist Gato Barbieri back in the Seventies, I’ve bee... more

Not to sound like a broken record, but I'll say it again: the variety of creative expressi... more

The past month has been a whirlwind. The El Tiny takeover of the Tiny Desk... interviews w... more

There's no question that Mexican vocalist and composer Silvana Estrada is special to Alt.L... more

Gloria Estefan is one of those musicians whose work and mere presence in the record indust... more

It's that time of year again: NPR's Tiny Desk becomes El Tiny, featuring concerts from som... more

The way new music comes to Alt.Latino World Headquarters says a lot about our slight age d... more

Bad Bunny's months-long residency in Puerto Rico is coming to an end. The shows brought in... more

This week's episode is a tribute to host Felix Contreras, who just received the Hispanic H... more

Felix shares the music that's helped him recover from a serious illness. Anamaria shares s... more

This week, NPR Music reporter Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento is back on the mic, bringing host A... more

On Alt.Latino we often discuss the way that traditions are recognized and expanded upon. U... more

Felix Contreras is on vacation, so Anamaria decided to throw her own kind of summer bash i... more

Some might call it whiplash, the way we sometimes zip from one genre of Latin music to ano... more

Global superstar Bad Bunny is hosting an unprecedented 30 concert residency in San Juan, P... more

Before Ana heads off to see Bad Bunny's unprecedented residency in Puerto Rico, we chat a ... more

Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help... more

This week Ana and I share some of our long time favorites. While Ana leans into music disc... more

Ana and Felix break down Bad Bunny's latest political video. Hear their failed attempt at ... more

Our selections this week feature a crate diggers' delight from Colombia and the sound of m... more

Karol G leans into a Pan-Latin approach on her latest album. Jazz vocalist Roxana Amed rei... more

A look at some of the most intriguing music released during the first six months of the ye... more

This week Anamaria Sayre continues to scour her part of the internet for great new tracks ... more

The influence of Eastern Europe immigration in Latin America can be heard in the way the a... more

Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras was a Tiny Desk Contest judge this year, and on this episo... more

This week's mixture of jazz, trance-inducing beats, Mexican folk and gorgeous indie pop ha... more