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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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Adrian Quesada: How the U.S.-Mexico border shaped the prolific producer's fluid sound

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Cimafunk: How his Afro-Cuban funk tells a bigger story about the African diaspora

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Reyna Tropical: How Fabi Reyna learned to listen to her revolutionary intuition

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Encore: The Cuban roots of rock and roll

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Encore: Selena's spark still shines

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Encore: An Alt.Latino Christmas, with Cantigas in concert

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Alt.Latino presents our favorite music of 2022

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Encore: Cumbia, the musical backbone of Latin America

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Hermanos Gutiérrez: How their cinematic guitar music reconnected them as brothers

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Silvana Estrada: On cultivating intimacy and generosity in her live performances

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Natalia Lafourcade: How making original music again helped grow her 'inner garden'

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Canción Exploder: Ibeyi

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Angélica Negrón: The genre-subverting composer on embracing all sides of her identity

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Carlos Santana: Why 1972's divisive, spiritual 'Caravanserai' wasn't 'career suicide'

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SNOOZE LA

Snooze: Rosario Dawson

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iLe: How the rhythms and resilience of Puerto Rico shape her music

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Farruko: How a religious transformation led the rapper to retire his partying persona

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Carla Morrison: How a break from music and a move to Paris led to a personal rebirth

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Tiny Desk Contest winner Alisa Amador is this week's guest on Alt.Latino. Sasha Pedro hide caption

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Alisa Amador: Why the Tiny Desk Contest winner almost gave up on music

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Spanish artist Rosalía is this week's guest on Alt.Latino. Daniel Sannwald hide caption

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Rosalía: How the genre-bending pop star found her confidence

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