Vocal Vidas perform at the SXSW Music Festival showcase presented by Soy Cubana: Music from the Movie during SXSW Online on March 19, 2021. Courtesy of SXSW hide caption
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Beyond Santana: Malo And The Forgotten Wave Of '70s Latin Rock Bands
Café Tacvba, performing a Tiny Desk Concert in September 2018. Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption
The Cuban band Cimafunk performs onstage for NPR's Alt.Latino showcase during SXSW 2019. Hutton Supancic/Getty Images for SXSW hide caption
Alt.Latino's SXSW 2019 Wrap-Up
Brazilian singer-songwriter Luedji Luna hopes her music motivates the people of her country to recognize their power and stand up to government officials. Helen Salomão/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Rapper Mare Advertencia Lirika is part of a group of women in Oaxaca challenging Mexican society through music Walter Thompson-Hernandez/New York Times hide caption
Alt.Latino: The Many Shades of Latinx Culture
Vocalist Rosalia earned the Alt.Latino critics' top spot in 2018. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Alt.Latino's Best Music of 2018
Jose Feliciano performs in Washington DC in June 2018 Marisa Arbona-Ruiz/NPR hide caption
Guest DJ José Feliciano Is An Alt.Latino Icon
Cachao Y Su Orquesta pictured during a historic recording session included in the new box set The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions. Courtesy of the Tommy Meini/Gladys Palmera Collection hide caption
Cuban Treasures Unearthed: Remastered Jam Sessions From Historic Panart Records
Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler performing at the Tiny Desk in April 2018. NPR hide caption
'El Tiny': A Sampler Of Latin Bands At NPR's Tiny Desk
A resident of Puerto Rico cleans up just after Hurricane Maria struck the island on Set. 20, 2017 Angel Valentin for NPR hide caption
Puerto Rico One Year After Maria
Alejandro Escovedo's new album is The Crossing. Nancy Escovedo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Alejandro Escovedo: A Latino Punk Pioneer
Alice Bag is one of the artists featured in this week's collection of new music. Greg Velasquez/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Our Spring New Music Extravaganza — And An Important Question
Nicky Jam and J Balvin show off their dance moves in "X." YouTube hide caption
Cuban pianist Omar Sosa is one of the artists featured in this week's show, in celebration of Black History Month. Massimo Montavani/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
For Black History Month, A Look At New Music With Afro-Latinx Roots
Kali Uchis' "After The Storm" pulls from funk influences and finds the singer right in her groove. Felipe Q Nogueira/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The band Bang Data. Kala Moreno Parra/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Alt.Latino's Last New Music Show of 2017, Featuring Calma Carmona, Boogat And More
Juanes is one of the Latin Grammy nominees covered by AltLatino this past year. OMAR CRUZ/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
President Barack Obama speaks during a taping of "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina," a concert celebrating Hispanic musical heritage, at the White House in October 2009. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
La Lupe. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Las Mostras: Fierce Women Of Latin Music
Daniela Andrade. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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USC professor Josh Kun, who joins Alt.Latino for this week's show, is a co-founder of the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation, which in 2013 assembled a collection of Latino-Jewish music titled It's A Scream How Levine Does The Rhumba. Courtesy of the artist hide caption