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Nathy Peluso is a featured artist in this week's episode of Alt.Latino. Kito Muñoz hide caption
"I remember any time I traveled to Mexico and other countries in the continent, I felt like, 'I'm Latina, but I'm not exactly like the people here,' Arocena tells NPR. "When I came to Puerto Rico, it was like, 'okay, now I understand.' " Alex Alaya/Brownswood Recordings hide caption
How Daymé Arocena left Cuba and found a freeing new sound in Afro-Caribbean pop
The Bat for Lashes beacon has been lit; it's shaped like a bat, of course, but somehow features an intricately woven lace pattern. Michal Pudelka/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
El Cuarteto de Nos is featured on this week's Alt.Latino. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Residente, La Yegros and El Cuarteto de Nos
Wu Man performs a Tiny Desk concert at the NPR Music offices. Adele Hampton/NPR hide caption
Brittany Howard's solo debut Jaime appears on NPR Music's best 10 albums of September. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cuban vocalist Daymé Arocena is featured on a new solo album and with the all-female Cuban jazz band Maqueque. Pablo Devin Reyes Maulin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
British R&B singer Mahalia. Her debut full-length Love and Compromise is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on Sep. 6. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Noname performs at RBC Bluesfest at LeBreton Flats in Ottawa, Canada in July 2018. Mark Horton/Getty Images hide caption
Cyrille Aimée and Daymé Arocena Perform At 2017 San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center
Cyrille Aimée and Daymé Arocena Perform At 2017 San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
Dayme Arocena's new album, Cubafonía, is out now. Courtesy of the artist/Larisa López hide caption
Mambo Na' Mà
Daymé Arocena's new album, Cubafonía, comes out March 10. Casey Moore/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tiny Desk Concert with Daymé Arocena. Brandon Chew/NPR hide caption