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What's On Alt.Latino's Playlist? The Sounds Of Cuba Today

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What's On Alt.Latino's Playlist? The Sounds Of Cuba Today

Cuban musicians are mixing tradition with contemporary styles to create sounds that defy description or categorization. Hear a mix featuring more than 100 songs from today's Cuba.

What's On Alt.Latino's Playlist? The Sounds Of Cuba Today

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Enciéndete: 9 Exciting New Latin Rap Songs

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Enciéndete: 9 Exciting New Latin Rap Songs

This week on Alt.Latino, one of our favorite music bloggers, Juan Data, joins a discussion of new Latin hip-hop. The result is an eclectic mix of music by artists that are ushering in a new era of Latin song.

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Vinyl Archivist Gilles Peterson 'Digs America'

BBC radio host and DJ Gilles Peterson is famous in Britain for his compilation CDs of rare funk/soul/jazz tunes. Now Peterson is taking his act across the Atlantic with a new compilation CD of tunes by little-known American artists salvaged from the bins of used record shops.

Vinyl Archivist Gilles Peterson 'Digs America'

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