Alt.Latino
Alt.Latino
CATEGORY: Music
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!
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Sheila E.: On how faith and family shaped the drummer's eclectic music careerFelix Contreras sits down with percussion icon Sheila Escovedo, aka Sheila E., to talk about the influence of the Bay Area on her music, holding her own in the face of music industry sexism and why drumming is… -
Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: Eduardo Cabra, Santa Fe Klan and Elsa y ElmarThis week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite music from the last few months, including new work from the prolific Eduardo Cabra, surprisingly straight-ahead regional from Santa Fe Klan…
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Mabe Fratti: The cellist on the importance of imperfection and going to extremesAnamaria Sayre sits down with the experimental, Guatemalan cellist Mabe Fratti to discuss the admiration she's developed for imperfection, finding a musical community in Mexico City and how religion sparked a p…
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Karol G: Why the Colombian superstar will never stop being a 'happy heartbreak girl'While coming up with the concept for her new album Mañana Será Bonito, Colombian superstar Karol G had an epiphany that would change her life: what if she was just more herself? Anamaria Sayre sits down with gl…
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Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: Bad Bunny, Grupo Frontera, Becky G and moreThis week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite music from the last few months, kicking things off with a surprising collab from Bad Bunny and regional Mexican group Grupo Frontera. Plus,…
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La Brega: Bonus Track — Songs for the Future of Puerto RicoFrom our friends at WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios, today we're sharing an episode from the latest season of the podcast La Brega — which traces the history of Puerto Rican music across eight transformative so…
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Girl Ultra: On Mexico City's 'haunted' energy and why she secretly loves sad songsAcross her evolving discography, which includes everything from R&B ballads to danceable electronic beats, Girl Ultra has solidified her approach to deep, dark songs of love and heartbreak. In this episode, Ana…
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Camilo Lara: How Mexico's musical 'double agent' seeks a universal dance floorAnamaria Sayre sits down with world-building producer and Mexican Institute of Sound frontman Camilo Lara to talk about using his fearless intuition to help artists find their voice in the burgeoning hub of Lat…
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Radio Ambulante: Getting DownFrom our friends at Radio Ambulante, today we're sharing a thought provoking episode from their latest season. Puerto Rican Patricia Velasquez has spent her whole life listening to reggaeton. It's part of her i…
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Julieta Venegas: Why the Mexican pop icon wouldn't call herself a pioneerAnamaria Sayre sits down with Mexican pop icon Julieta Venegas to discuss her role as a trailblazing female vocalist and mom to a daughter with impeccably cool music taste.
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Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: Karol G, Y La Bamba, The Latin Dead and moreOur digital mailbag continues to overflow with tons of new music from every corner of the Spanish-speaking world. Yet even as we update our weekly playlists on both Spotify and Apple Music, we still have tracks…
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Adrian Quesada: How the U.S.-Mexico border shaped the prolific producer's fluid soundAnamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with prolific producer and creator Adrian Quesada to discuss his experimental approach to border-driven sonic expression.
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Cimafunk: How his Afro-Cuban funk tells a bigger story about the African diasporaAnamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with Cimafunk to talk about how he's created his singular sound, the complex African lineage of his music and why his band is his "tribe."
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Reyna Tropical: How Fabi Reyna learned to listen to her revolutionary intuitionAnamaria Sayre sits down with Fabi Reyna of Reyna Tropical to talk about the process of trusting yourself, how music saved her life and moving forward after losing her creative collaborator Sumohair.
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Encore: The Cuban roots of rock and rollCan you hear the cha-cha-cha in The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"? Or the mambo in Ray Charles' "What'd I Say"? This week, Alt.Latino revisits a classic episode from 2019 and takes a closer lo…
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Encore: Selena's spark still shinesThis week, Alt.Latino revisits a classic episode and explores how Selena Quintanilla-Pérez became a powerful symbol of Latina identity.
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Encore: An Alt.Latino Christmas, with Cantigas in concert¡Felices fiestas y'all! This week, Alt.Latino revisits a classic episode from 2014 to enjoy the music of D.C. Latino choir, Cantigas.
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Alt.Latino presents our favorite music of 2022Anamaria Sayre sits down with Rolling Stone's Julyssa Lopez and NPR Music contributor Stefanie Fernández to talk about (some of) their favorite albums of the year.
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Encore: Cumbia, the musical backbone of Latin AmericaThis week, Alt.Latino revisits a classic episode from 2015 and takes a closer look at cumbia, the musical backbone of the Americas.
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Linda Ronstadt: On getting to fully embrace her Mexican heritage in her musicFelix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with Linda Ronstadt to talk about her Mexican heritage and not feeling like the "quintessential American girl."
