Down-Ballot Races At The Latin Grammys, With Alt.Latino : Alt.Latino Alt.Latino goes mining for new sounds in the less prominent categories of this year's Latin Grammys.

Down-Ballot Races At The Latin Grammys, With Alt.Latino

Down-Ballot Races At The Latin Grammys, With Alt.Latino

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Silvestre Dangond and Nicky Jam perform during the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for LARAS hide caption

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Silvestre Dangond and Nicky Jam perform during the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for LARAS

Latin Grammy awards are awarded in over 48 categories. The one that get the most recognition are, of course, the popular music categories. But I always find myself scanning way down the list to find new and fascinating sounds that I would never be exposed to otherwise. This week, Rachel Martin and I explore some of the classical, folk and and children's music up for Latin Grammys at this year's awards on Nov. 17. Hear our conversation on Weekend Edition Sunday at the audio link, and check out the music below.

Hear The Songs

Delírio Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Roberta Sá

  • Song: Delírio
  • from Delírio
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Sinfonía No. 3 "La Salsa", Borikén, El Baile & Beyond the Silence of Sorrow Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Roberto Sierra

  • Song: Beyond the Silence of Sorrow: No. 6. The Woman Who Walked Here
  • from Sinfonía No. 3 "La Salsa", Borikén, El Baile & Beyond the Silence of Sorrow
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Arriba Abajo Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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123 Andrés

  • Song: Diez Pajaritos (feat. Nathalia Palis)
  • from Arriba Abajo
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Hamilton de Holanda

  • Song: Samba de Chico
  • from Samba de Chico
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