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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