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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
Latest episodes
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
Dec 12, 2021 • 50min
Alt.Latino presents the best singles of 2021
The Alt.Latino team discusses the best Latin music singles of 2021.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Dec 5, 2021 • 42min
Alt.Latino looks back at the best albums of 2021
The Alt.Latino team brings you a discussion of a few of our favorite album releases from 2021.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Nov 21, 2021 • 29min
Voices from the past in Ecuador and Venezuela
Two new compilations capture moments long lost to time using archival recordings from the 1960s and 70s.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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