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Our favorite Latin Tiny Desk Contest entries

El futuro es Milo J

Flamenco meets Música Mexicana

Sonic Bloom: Fresh, funky new tracks from Rio, Granada and more

Dominican indie, Peruvian cumbia and experimental Argentine pop

Songs she loves: Sofia Rei and the magic of the human voice

A Tejano master gets his flowers. Plus, Yahritza y Su Esencia returns

If the singer falls silent, life falls silent: The female power anthem hall of fame

From church basement to salsa immortality: Remembering Willie Colón

Chicano soul, Canary Islands merengue and a percussion supergroup

A Brazilian summer and a lost Mexican masterpiece

Puerto Rico takes the field at the Bad Bunny Super Bowl

Bad Bunny makes history at the Grammys. Up next, the Super BBowl

Venezuela speaks: Producer Ella Bric spins songs with a 'teardrop of optimism'

Rawayana on their new album and a changing Venezuela

Our Love Letter to Bob Weir

Music as protest in Venezuela

What We Missed In 2025

What Were Felix and Ana's 2025 Favorites?

Zen and the art of new music

Roots and unity at the Latin Grammys

Rosalía in her own words

Portraits of Jazz and Identity in Latin America

Salsa, bossa nova, and Argentina's next big thing

What's in our mailbag? The beauty of simplicity

A Tiny Desk chat with Silvana Estrada

A conversation with Gloria Estefan

The return of El Tiny

Latin honky tonk and imaginary collaborations

Bad Bunny Closes Out His Residency

A Tribute to Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras

Felix's healing soundtrack and new love songs

Ecuadorian-American indie pop, 2010s Tumblr-core and bedroom pop cumbia

Flaco Jimenez and Eddie Palmieri: Why Their Music Mattered

Latin summer anthems

The decline of corridos tumbados? Plus, more jazz from Felix

It's a Bad Bunny summer in Puerto Rico: Ana recaps 2 of his Residency shows

Bad Bunny residency prep, new guitar tracks and Latin genre benders

Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

'Our joy is our resistance.'

Bad Bunny gets political, Brazilian grooves from Brooklyn, Reparto Cubano and more

Vintage cumbia, Ecuadorian folk, guitar jamming and Mexican rap

Karol G goes Pan-Latin, Argentine rock reimagined, Mexico now and then

Best music of the year (so far)

New Tracks: Bruce Springsteen (yes, that Bruce Springsteen), pablopablo and more

Accordions: From Eastern Europe to Latin America, with love!

The Latin bands of the Tiny Desk Contest

Musical lessons for living in the moment and meat-inspired band names

Guitarricadelafuente and Lido Pimienta return with stunning albums

Music from South America, Spain and ... Mars?

Rapper PJ Sin Suela on Puerto Rican hip-hop and more

These Alt.Latino faves just keep getting better and better

A Banjo, Bomba, Bardo y Más

Behind the scenes of Bad Bunny's Tiny Desk

A psicodélico deep dive, plus new music from Spain and Colombia

Music To Move By (It's Not What You Think)

Jazz from Latin America, plus a track we can't name from Ca7riel & Paco

New Music: Something Old, Something New, Something Found... and Jazz

Afro.Latino: From Venezuela to Puerto Rico and beyond

Christian Nodal stays messy, pablopablo recruits Carín León, and new Flaco Jimenez

Selena Gomez's tears, Jessie Reyez's gratitude and what it means to be 'xolo'

Why we love Joaquina. Plus, Felix is chismeless

Felix and Ana try out New Year's Resolutions

A moment for Los Angeles

Why Bad Bunny's 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS' is an act of political resistance

Music We Missed in 2024

Alt.Latino's favorite songs of 2024

Alt.Latino's favorite albums of 2024

As the Latin Grammys turns 25, how much has Latin music changed? (Part 2)

As the Latin Grammys turns 25, how much has Latin music changed? (Part 1)

Alt.Latino's new music round-up: Damaris Bojor, Becky G and Chicocurlyhead

Our Spain Soundtrack: Judeline, Lia Kali and more

Alt.Latino's new music round-up: Elsa y Elmar, Alih Jey and Little Jesus

Celebrating the legacy of Celia Cruz

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Rosalía, Twanguero and Wyatt Flores

The songs we can't stop playing on repeat

Alt.Latino talks all the surprise nominations for the 2024 Latin Grammys

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Manu Chao, Linda Diaz and Solo Fernández

Alt.Latino's 'El Tiny' takeover is back — and this year it's all about love

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: La Doña, Sinego and Spanish Harlem Orchestra

The sound of Venezuelan protest music over the last 30 years

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Danny Ocean, Girl Ultra and Superfónicos

Alt.Latino's guide to Chicano soul

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Omar Apollo, Karol G and Papo Vazquez

Super-producer Edgar Barrera on turning old-school genres into pop hits

Alt.Latino's favorite music of 2024 (so far)

The National Recording Registry's best Spanish language songs (and what it's missing)

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Wyatt Flores, Danny Ocean and Grupo Frontera

Alt.Latino's favorite Tiny Desk Contest entries

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Angélica Garcia, Young Miko and The Mavericks

Tracing the history of Latino artists making country music

What do we really want from Shakira?

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Elsa y Elmar, Julieta Eugenio, Esteman and more

A deep dive into Cuba's rich musical history, reported from Havana

Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Residente, La Yegros and El Cuarteto de Nos

We round up the greatest boleros ever, with help from artists and listeners

Ana Tijoux: On why it took 10 years to release her new album 'Vida'

Alt.Latino's best new music roundup: Helado Negro, Gaby Moreno and Ana Tijoux

Alt.Latino's favorite music of 2023

Regional Goes Global, Part 3: How a magical Mexican town keeps banda tradition alive

Regional Goes Global, Part 2: A band finds its voice amid a storm of controversy

Regional Goes Global, Part 1: Finding Peso Pluma's music revolution in Nashville

Marinero: How the diversity of the Bay Area shaped the artist's approach to music

Maluma: On becoming a dad, hustling across genres and reggaeton's rise in Colombia

Becky G: Why the Mexican American pop star always identifies as '200%'

Dissecting the Latin Grammy noms, from Regional Mexican snubs to Edgar Barrera love

It's 'El Tiny' season — and Alt.Latino has the lineup

Omar Montes: Why the Spanish artist thinks the best school for flamenco is the street

Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: DannyLux, Kali Uchis and Dario Acosta Teich

Eladio Carrión: Why the athlete-turned-rapper thinks everything in life is practice

YEИDRY: How she uses music to bridge her Dominican roots and Italian upbringing

Alt.Latino presents the best music of 2023 (so far)

Sheila E.: On how faith and family shaped the drummer's eclectic music career

Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: Eduardo Cabra, Santa Fe Klan and Elsa y Elmar

Mabe Fratti: The cellist on the importance of imperfection and going to extremes

Karol G: Why the Colombian superstar will never stop being a 'happy heartbreak girl'

Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: Bad Bunny, Grupo Frontera, Becky G and more

La Brega: Bonus Track — Songs for the Future of Puerto Rico

Girl Ultra: On Mexico City's 'haunted' energy and why she secretly loves sad songs

Camilo Lara: How Mexico's musical 'double agent' seeks a universal dance floor

Radio Ambulante: Getting Down

Julieta Venegas: Why the Mexican pop icon wouldn't call herself a pioneer

Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: Karol G, Y La Bamba, The Latin Dead and more

Adrian Quesada: How the U.S.-Mexico border shaped the prolific producer's fluid sound

Cimafunk: How his Afro-Cuban funk tells a bigger story about the African diaspora

Reyna Tropical: How Fabi Reyna learned to listen to her revolutionary intuition

Encore: The Cuban roots of rock and roll

Encore: Selena's spark still shines

Encore: An Alt.Latino Christmas, with Cantigas in concert

Alt.Latino presents our favorite music of 2022

Encore: Cumbia, the musical backbone of Latin America

Linda Ronstadt: On getting to fully embrace her Mexican heritage in her music

Hermanos Gutiérrez: How their cinematic guitar music reconnected them as brothers

Silvana Estrada: On cultivating intimacy and generosity in her live performances

Natalia Lafourcade: How making original music again helped grow her 'inner garden'

Canción Exploder: Ibeyi

Angélica Negrón: The genre-subverting composer on embracing all sides of her identity

Carlos Santana: Why 1972's divisive, spiritual 'Caravanserai' wasn't 'career suicide'

Snooze: Rosario Dawson

iLe: How the rhythms and resilience of Puerto Rico shape her music

Farruko: On his partying persona and religious transformation (English version)

Farruko: On his partying persona and religious transformation (Spanish Version)

Carla Morrison: How a break from music and a move to Paris led to a personal rebirth

Alisa Amador: Why the Tiny Desk Contest winner almost gave up on music

Rosalía: How the genre-bending pop star found her confidence

Omar Apollo: Ballet Folklórico OG, Pharrell Whisperer, and Hot Sauce Entrepreneur

Alt.Latino: Where we've been and what's next

Reintroducing: Alt.Latino

From the archives: flamenco, rock and songs of rebellion from Spain

From the archives: the many faces of 'Regional Mexican'

From the archives: interviews with Ibeyi, Ivy Queen and Silvina Moreno

From the archives: Latinas in punk

From the archives: exploring the representation of women in reggaeton