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Las Cafeteras Celebrates Love In The Time Of Borders

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Las Cafeteras Celebrates Love In The Time Of Borders

May 30, 2018 • The latest video from the California-based Mexican folk fusion band imagines a new existence for immigrants.

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Monsieur Periné Returns With 'Encanto Tropical'

May 22, 2018 • The Colombian band stretches their boundaries across the decades, expanding on its swing and jazz-indebted sound with a pop sensibility.

Encanto Tropical

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LADAMA: The Pan-Latinx Sound Of Self-Actualization

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LADAMA: The Pan-Latinx Sound Of Self-Actualization

May 18, 2018 • The quartet, from four different countries and brought together through a collaboration initiative from the State Department, stitches the sounds of their homes into wholly new cloth.

Radio Jarocho & Zenen Zeferino: Afro-Mexican Folk Takes Root in New York City

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Radio Jarocho & Zenen Zeferino: Afro-Mexican Folk Takes Root in New York City

May 11, 2018 • The band's sophomore album, Rios de Norte y Sur, pays loving homage to a music born of the collision of indigenous, African and Spanish cultures in colonial Mexico.

La Vieja

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La Dame Blanche: Flute And Flow From Cuba To Paris

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La Dame Blanche: Flute And Flow From Cuba To Paris

May 7, 2018 • The bandleader skillfully mixes classical, jazz and hip-hop in a powerfully creative statement about Cuban music.

ÌFÉ Primer: Praise, Prayer And The Higher Love Of Drumming

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ÌFÉ Primer: Praise, Prayer And The Higher Love Of Drumming

April 27, 2018 • In honor of ÌFÉ's Tiny Desk concert, a primer on West African ceremonial music and the band's role in bringing it to life.

La Mecánica Popular: Radical Afro-Latin Futurism

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La Mecánica Popular: Radical Afro-Latin Futurism

April 12, 2018 • With hints of chicha and electrified Miles Davis, La Mecánica Popular makes the ancient sound like the future on their new album, Rosa Cruz.

Part 1 Bienvenido by La Mecánica Popular

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Who We Found In Austin: The Marías, Liniker, Combo Chimbita And More

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Who We Found In Austin: The Marías, Liniker, Combo Chimbita And More

March 23, 2018 • The music featured on this week's show expands the notion of just what is Latin music.

Who We Found In Austin: The Marías, Liniker, Combo Chimbita And More

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Un Mundo Raro: Rocking Out Mariachi On Both Sides of the Border

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Un Mundo Raro: Rocking Out Mariachi On Both Sides of the Border

March 7, 2018 • Latin indie artists celebrate mariachi icon Jose Alfredo Jimenez, led by Camilo Lara and Sergio Mendoza.

Un Mundo Raro

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Bang Data: Telling the Stories of Latinx Life in Trump's America

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Bang Data: Telling the Stories of Latinx Life in Trump's America

February 23, 2018 • The Bay Area Latin veterans released a long-awaited new album, and it packs a social punch.

Aqui No Se Gana Pero Se Goza by Bang Data

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Tiny Desk Primer: Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo

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Tiny Desk Primer: Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo

February 16, 2018 • Here's a few facts about Betsayda Machado, who sang songs from the African diaspora at the Tiny Desk.

Adan Jodorowsky: Odes To A Fearless Life

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Adan Jodorowsky: Odes To A Fearless Life

February 6, 2018 • Esencia Solar, recorded while his partner was expecting the couple's first child, is full of life-affirming peace and joy.

Abre Tus Corazones by Adan Jodorowsky

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