Alt.Latino
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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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Apr 3, 2022 • 31min
From the archives: interviews with Ibeyi, Ivy Queen and Silvina Moreno
Alt.Latino intern Cat Sposato takes over the show to feature more stories for Women's History Month.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 27, 2022 • 29min
From the archives: Latinas in punk
The San Antonio based punk band Fea is featured in a discussion about Latinas and punk.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 20, 2022 • 29min
From the archives: exploring the representation of women in reggaeton
This week we go back to the era of "Despacito" to discuss the impact of reggaeton on women and reggaetonera pioneer Ivy Queen.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 13, 2022 • 29min
From the archives: vibrant conversations with artists Daymé Arocena and iLe
For another edition from our archives, we go back to interviews with vocalists Daymé Arocena and iLe much earlier in their careers.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 6, 2022 • 30min
Celebrating Women's History Month with three powerful Latinas
We celebrate Women's History Month with three complex yet stylistically distinct Latina musicians: Ana Tijoux, Li Saumet and Lila Downs.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 27, 2022 • 28min
From the archives: A deep dive into Afro-Latinx culture
Revisiting a program from 2014 that offers an overview of Afro-Latino culture and history.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 13, 2022 • 29min
Revisiting the work of two Afro-Latinx pioneers
Celebrate Black History Month with two interviews from the Alt.Latino archive with Puerto Rican rapper Tego Calderon and Dominican vocalist Amara La Negra.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jan 30, 2022 • 26min
Speaking truth to power through music
This week we reach back into the Alt.Latino archives to bring you three recent shows about contemporary protest music in Latin America and the U.S.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Dec 26, 2021 • 36min
Alt.Latino and Code Switch: What is 'Latin Music' anyway?
This week, Felix and Anamaria sit down with Shereen Marisol Meraji of the NPR Code Switch podcast to find out what exactly connects all the artists under the 'Latin music' category.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Dec 19, 2021 • 30min
Looking back on the original 'West Side Story' and its impact on Nuyorican identity
This week, Alt.Latino takes a look at how the original 1961 West Side Story impacted Puerto Ricans growing up in New York.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
