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

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

Our digital mailbag continues to overflow with tons of new music from every corner of the Spanish-speaking world. Yet even as we update our weekly playlists on both Spotify and Apple Music, we still have tracks that we think you need to hear. On this week's show, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite new music from the last few months.

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

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Three global bands to look out for, courtesy of WOMEX

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Three global bands to look out for, courtesy of WOMEX

A Mexican cumbia-punk band called Son Rompe Pera, a traditional singer from West Bengal named Rina Das Baul and a group from near Timbuktu called Al Bilali Soudan: three global acts on the rise.

Three global bands to look out for, courtesy of WOMEX

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