Alt.Latino: Music as protest in Venezuela

Venezuela has a deep tradition of reflecting political change through music. This week, as the country reels from the seizure ...
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The Latin bands of the Tiny Desk Contest

NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest receives thousands of videos from bands all over the U.S. and Puerto Rico hoping to impress our panel of judges and land a spot behind the Desk as the winner of the Tiny ...
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Alt.Latino: Our favorite Latin bands from the Tiny Desk Contest

NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest receives thousands of videos from bands all over the U.S. and Puerto Rico hoping to impress our panel of judges and land a spot behind the Desk as the winner of the Tiny ...
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The music of Latin jazz pioneers lives on through sheet music from a small publisher

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.
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Alt.Latino: Roots and unity at the Latin Grammys

The annual Latin Grammy awards are always full of glamour and glitz. But they're also an ideal time to take the pulse of the industry — which is exactly what Anamaria Sayre did this year, perusing the ...
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NPR's Felix Contreras opened minds to Latin alternative music. He's finally getting his due

(Elana Marie / De Los; Photo by Mike Morgan for NPR) National Public Radio journalist Felix Contreras, best known for chronicling Latino music in his podcast "Alt.Latino," will be honored this year at ...
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Latin summer anthems

Felix Contreras is on vacation, so Anamaria decided to throw her own kind of summer bash in his absence. With NPR Music reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento along for the ride, today's Alt.Latino sails ...
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Cumbia: The musical backbone of Latin America

Whether you're from Ushuaia or East Los Angeles, you've likely heard cumbia blaring from a stereo. From our play friends at NPR's Alt.Latino,... Cumbia: The musical backbone of Latin America Cumbia is ...
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As the Latin Grammys turns 25, how much has Latin music changed? (Part 2)

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre continue their discussion on the 25th anniversary of the Latin Grammys and the industry's changes, featuring... As the Latin Grammys turns 25, how much has Latin ...
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An appreciation of Eddie Palmieri, a guiding light of Latin music

Latin music lost one of its guiding lights yesterday. Eddie Palmieri died at age 88. He was a respected musician who was considered one of the architects of Afro-Caribbean dance music or salsa. NPR ...
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The music of Latin jazz pioneers lives on through sheet music from a small publisher

The world lost an icon when Latin jazz pioneer Eddie Palmieri died last month. His music lives on through recordings, but also through sheet music. That's thanks in part to a publisher in rural ...