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Los Tigres' Tiny Desk, explained

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Every El Tiny song has a secret

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Tim, The Beatles and all of Brazil

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Melissa Aldana and Gonzalo Rubalcaba talk jazz

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YEИDRY's life in six songs

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Los Texmaniacs keep tradition alive

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Brazil and Colombia on our minds

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Guadalajara loves metal?

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Cypress Hill en español

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Electrónica rising in Mexico

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Ana's thoughts after seeing Harry Styles in Mexico

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Ana's summer playlist

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Is Bill Evans techno?

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Spain wins (at music, too)

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Country twang, Brazilian flow

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The best Latin music of 2026 (so far)

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Mon Laferte's captivating coda

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They opened for Miles Davis and Sly Stone, then disappeared

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The sounds of Cuban resilience

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A Tejano masterclass with El Gato Negro, Ruben Ramos

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The Vaqueros of Hawaii

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Gipsy Kings are back, Julieta Venegas' norteña roots and more

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Our favorite Latin Tiny Desk Contest entries

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El futuro es Milo J

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Flamenco meets Música Mexicana

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Argentine indie, Venezuelan reggaeton and punk from San Antonio

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Jorge Drexler returns home

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

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Dominican indie, Peruvian cumbia and experimental Argentine pop

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

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

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

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From church basement to salsa immortality: Remembering Willie Colón

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Chicano soul, Canary Islands merengue and a percussion supergroup

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A Brazilian summer and a lost Mexican masterpiece

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Puerto Rico takes the field at the Bad Bunny Super Bowl

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

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

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Rawayana on their new album and a changing Venezuela

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Our Love Letter to Bob Weir

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Music as protest in Venezuela

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What We Missed In 2025

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What Were Felix and Ana's 2025 Favorites?

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Zen and the art of new music

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Roots and unity at the Latin Grammys

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Rosalía in her own words

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Portraits of Jazz and Identity in Latin America

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

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What's in our mailbag? The beauty of simplicity

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A Tiny Desk chat with Silvana Estrada

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A conversation with Gloria Estefan

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The return of El Tiny

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Latin honky tonk and imaginary collaborations

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Bad Bunny Closes Out His Residency

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A Tribute to Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras

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Felix's healing soundtrack and new love songs

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

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Flaco Jimenez and Eddie Palmieri: Why Their Music Mattered

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Latin summer anthems

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

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

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

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Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

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'Our joy is our resistance.'

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

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Vintage cumbia, Ecuadorian folk, guitar jamming and Mexican rap

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

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Best music of the year (so far)

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

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

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The Latin bands of the Tiny Desk Contest

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

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Guitarricadelafuente and Lido Pimienta return with stunning albums

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

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

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These Alt.Latino faves just keep getting better and better

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A Banjo, Bomba, Bardo y Más

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Behind the scenes of Bad Bunny's Tiny Desk

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

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

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

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

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Afro.Latino: From Venezuela to Puerto Rico and beyond

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

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

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Why we love Joaquina. Plus, Felix is chismeless

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Felix and Ana try out New Year's Resolutions

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A moment for Los Angeles

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

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Music We Missed in 2024

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Alt.Latino's favorite songs of 2024

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Alt.Latino's favorite albums of 2024

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

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

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

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Our Spain Soundtrack: Judeline, Lia Kali and more

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

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Celebrating the legacy of Celia Cruz

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

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The songs we can't stop playing on repeat