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Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre share six new songs from across the spectrum of Latin music.
Featured artists and songs:
• Paloma Morphy, "1 tipo nuevo"
• Camila Meza, "Persistir"
• Rusowsky, "Malibu"
• Ines Velasco, "Todo Es Para Decir"
• Pachmyan, "Hard to Part"
• Las Chorizeras, "Blue Eyed Man"
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We've got another update to our running list of the year's best songs with the return of Fiona Apple, Laufey, deep reflections from Lord Huron and more.
Featured artists and songs:
1. Fiona Apple: "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)" (single)
2. Jerskin Fendrix: "SK1" (single)
3. Lord Huron: "Looking Back," from 'The Cosmic Selector, Vol. 1'
4. Eph See: "Malachi The Uber Driver" (Tiny Desk Contest entry)
5. Kacy Hill: "Please Don't Cry" (single)
6. Laufey: "Tough Luck," from 'A Matter Of Time'
' All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2013
Weekly reset: Neighborhood birds on a spring morning
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Tune-Yards. Aminé. Lido Pimienta. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and KCRW's Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras give you a quick roundup of the most exciting albums out May 16.
Featured albums:
• Aminé, '13 Months of Sunshine' ( Stream )
• Guitarricadelafuente, 'Spanish Leather' ( Stream )
• Tune-Yards, 'Better Dreaming' ( Stream )
• Rico Nasty, 'LETHAL' ( Stream )
• Lido Pimienta, 'La Belleza' ( Stream )
See our long list of albums out May 16 and sample more than 80 albums via our New Music Friday playlists on npr.org .
Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras, KCRW
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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Co-host Anamaria Sayre finally gets to share the new Guitarricadelafuente album with the world, and catch the NPR audience on the viral sensation Macario Martínez. Felix Contreras spotlights Lido Pimienta's symphonic pivot.
Featured artists and songs:
• Guitarricadelafuente, "BABIECA!"
• Haydée Milanés, "Un amor que se demora"
• Macario Martínez, "Sueña Lindo, Corazón"
• Macario Martínez, "Otra Vez"
• Macario Martínez, "¿qué somos hoy?"
• Macario Martínez, "Hey destino"
• Lido Pimienta, "Quiero Que Me Beses"
• Marco Mares & Sabino, "digo que no, pero si"
• Adri Paíz, "Quererte o No"
Credits
Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes WXPN 's John Morrison to discuss billy woods, Thom Yorke, PinkPantheress and more.
Featured albums:
• billy woods, GOLLIWOG ( Stream )
• Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Tall Tales ( Stream )
• PinkPantheress, Fancy That ( Stream )
• MIKE & Tony Seltzer, Pinball II ( Stream )
• mclusky, the world is still here and so are we ( Stream )
See our long list of records out May 9 and sample more than 40 new albums via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org/music .
Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: John Morrison, WXPN
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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The music this week comes from a variety of countries and genres, some of it sounds like music you've heard ... while others sound like nothing you've heard before.
Featured artists and songs:
• Natalia Bernal, "Más Allá"
• Jaze, "mil procedimientos"
• Jaze & Susana Baca, "jomalón"
• Jaze, "boomeran'"
• The Mars Volta, "Fin"
• The Mars Volta, "Enlazan las tinieblas"
• The Mars Volta, "Alba del orate"
• The Mars Volta, "Lucro sucio"
• Diego Mema, "la forma de quererte"
• Diego Mema, "till there was you" (Beatles cover)
• The Rumba Madre, "Abuela"
• Junior Zamora, "Salsa y Clase"
Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.
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Whether you prefer solitude, get-togethers with family or friends, or steeling yourself for the week to come, we've got the perfect album to score your early Sunday hours.
Featured artists and albums:
1. Miles Davis: 'Kind of Blue'
2. Astrud Gilberto: 'The Astrud Gilberto Album'
3. The Congos: 'Heart of the Congos'
4. Madredeus: 'O Espírito da Paz'
5. Laurie Spiegel: 'The Expanding Universe'
6. BAD OPERATION: 'BAD OPERATION'
7. Django Reinhardt: '1937'
8. Tirzah: 'Devotion'
9. Margo Guryan: 'Take a Picture'
10. V/A: 'Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey," 1959–1960'
11. Electrelane: 'The Power Out'
12. Woo: 'Into The Heart Of Love'
13. St. Germain: 'Tourist'
All Songs Considered 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2011
Weekly reset: Bells ringing at Duomo di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by Julie Bee of Marfa Public Radio to talk through the best albums released on May 2.
Featured albums:
• Car Seat Headrest, 'The Scholars' ( Stream )
• Samantha Crain, 'Gumshoe' ( Stream )
• PUP, 'Who Will Look After The Dogs?' ( Stream )
• Jenny Hval, 'Iris Silver Mist' ( Stream )
• Jolie Laide, 'Creatures' ( Stream )
See the long list of albums out May 2 and stream our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music .
Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Julie Bernal, Marfa Public Radio
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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Anamaria Sayre talks about the history of Puerto Rican hip-hop with rapper PJ Sin Suela.
Featured artists and songs:
• PJ Sin Suela & Chuwi, "Escúchame "
• PJ Sin Suela, "Es La Hora"
• Nuff Ced & Tek 1, "Metrópolis"
• PJ Sin Suela, Siete Nueve & Messy Deprat , "Illegal 2.0"
• E.A. Flow, "D'Aqui"
• Intifada, Luis Diaz & Yallzee "Albizu"
• Los Pleneros de La Cresta, "Los de la Isla"
• Bad Bunny & Los Pleneros de La Cresta, "CAFé CON RON"
• Tego Calderón, "Gracias"
• Ñejo Y Dálmata, "Asi Es la Vida"
• PJ Sin Suela, "San Dunga"
• PJ Sin Suela, "Mambrú"
• PJ Sin Suela, "Vivo"
• PJ Sin Suela & Jorge Drexler, "Todo Se Complica"
Credits
Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Lauren Migaki. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.
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We update our running list of the year's best songs with a staggering cut from the new 'Sinners' film, hyperpop from Jane Remover, the return of Foxwarren and more.
Featured artists and songs:
1. Miles Caton: "I Lied to You," from 'Sinners'
2. Foxwarren: "Yvonne," from '2'
3. Jane Remover: "Dancing with your eyes closed," from 'Revengeseekerz'
4. Mal Blum: "I'm So Bored," from 'The Villain'
5. Men I Trust: "The Landkeeper," from 'Equus Asinus'
All Songs Considered 25th anniversary segment: Our number one songs from 2010
Weekly reset: Dinner and dance performance, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Coco Jones. Samia. Fly Anakin. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Ayana Contreras from Denver public radio stations KUVO Jazz and The Drop to discuss the best new albums they heard this week.
Featured albums:
• Coco Jones, 'Why Not More' ( Stream )
• Samia, 'Bloodless' ( Stream )
• Emma-Jean Thackray, 'Weirdo' ( Stream )
• David Murray, 'Birdly Serenade' ( Stream )
• Fly Anakin, '(The) Forever Dream' ( Stream )
Check out our long list of albums out April 25 and sample more 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music .
To learn more about the Tiny Desk Contest artists you heard in this episode, check out Ayana Contreras' Top Shelf special on YouTube .
Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Ayana Contreras, KUVO Jazz & The Drop
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editor: Otis Hart
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre talk artistic growth and precocious talent.
Featured artists and songs:
• Natalia Lafourcade, "Cancionera"
• Natalia Lafourcade & El David Aguilar, "Como Quisiera Quererte"
• Natalia Lafourcade & Hermanos Gutierrez, "Luna Creciente"
• Irene Diaz, "Anything For You"
• Eladio Carrión & Myke Towers, "Vetements"
• Eladio Carrión & Lia Kali, "Me Muero"
• Kayatibu, LUIZGA & Yaka Huni Kuin, "Nai Basa Masheri"
• Santi Sc, "Cuando Nos Besamos" (feat. Dirk)
• Santi Sc, "Home Run"
• Maria Marquez, "La Lagrima"
Credits
Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.
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We asked listeners to tell us about the one song they couldn't stop listening to because of how it made them feel. On this episode we share some of their picks and the stories behind them.
Note: This episode originally aired in Dec. 2024
Weekly reset: Mochi street vendor, Japan
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Julien Baker & Torres. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson. TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Brian Burns of North Carolina public radio station WUNC to the show to discuss the best albums out today.
Featured Albums:
• Torres & Julien Baker, 'Send a Prayer My Way'
• Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson, 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow'
• Tunde Adebimpe, 'Thee Black Boltz'
• BEIRUT, 'A Study of Losses'
• Sarah Siskind, 'Simplify'
Check out our long list of records out April 18 and sample more than 50 new albums in our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music .
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Anamaria continues to impress Felix with new female voices, while he shares more jazz and Puerto Rican bomba fusion.
Featured artists and songs:
• Queralt Lahoz, "LA FE"
• Bardo, "Renacer" (feat. Combo Chimbita)
• Vanessa Zamora, "GRAVEDAD" (feat. Çantamarta)
• BEATrio, "Archipelago"
• Mon Laferte, "Otra Noche de Llorar"
• El Laberinto del Coco, "Todo Se Nubla"
Credits
Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.
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Stereolab is back with its first new music in 15 years. We give it a spin on this week's show, along with the scorched rock of feeble little horse, a relentlessly catchy earworm from Yaeji and more.
Featured artists and songs:
1. Stereolab: "Aerial Troubles," from 'Instant Holograms On Metal Film'
2. Yaeji & E Wata: "Pondeggi" (single)
3. Snuggle: "Dust" (single)
4. feeble little horse: "This Is Real" (single)
5. Lyra Pramuk: "Rewild," from 'Hymnal'
Weekly reset: Street musicians on the Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Italy
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Bon Iver returns. Valerie June branches out. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Erin Wolf of Radio Milwaukee's 88Nine to the show for a quick run-through of the best new albums out April 11.
Featured albums:
• Bon Iver, 'SABLE, fABLE'
• Valerie June, 'Owls, Omens, and Oracles'
• Gerald Clayton, 'Ones & Twos'
• Real Lies, 'We Will Annihilate Our Enemies' (out April 16)
• Kills Birds, 'Crave' EP
Check out our long list of albums out April 11 and stream our New Music Friday sampler playlist of more than 70 songs at npr.org/music .
Credits
• Host: Stephen Thompson
• Guest: Erin Wolf, Radio Milwakee's 88Nine
• Producer: Simon Rentner
• Editor: Otis Hart
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Vice President, Music & Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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Bad Bunny's Tiny Desk concert was the most watched premiere in the series' history. In this episode, Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre speaks with the superstar at the Desk and takes you behind the scenes of the performance. NPR reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, who also was in the audience, sits in for Felix Contreras this week.
Featured artists and songs:
• Bad Bunny, "PIToRRO DE COCO" (Tiny Desk Version)
• Bad Bunny, "VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR" (Tiny Desk Version)
• Bad Bunny, "KLOuFRENS" (Tiny Desk Version)
• Bad Bunny, "LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii" (Tiny Desk Version)
• Bad Bunny, "LA MuDANZA" (Tiny Desk Version)
Credits:
Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.
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Our third installment of calming songs includes Max Richter's tribute to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ambient sounds from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Brazilian jazz from Wayne Shorter and more.
Featured artists and songs:
01. The Choir: "You Don't Have To Smile," from 'Translucent'
02. Orbitalpatterns: "Cant Tell If Im Awake," from 'Extended Impostor Syndrome'
03. alva noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Logic Moon," from 'Insen'
04. Lea Bertucci: "Vapours," from 'Of Shadow And Substance'
05. Hayden Pedigo: "Long Pond Lily," from 'I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away'
06. Max Richter: "All Human Beings," from 'Voices'
07. Wayne Shorter & Milton Nascimento: "Tarde," from 'Native Dancer'
08. Mabe Fratti: "El Sol Sigue Ahí," from 'Pies sobre la tierra'
09. Ida: "Don't Get Sad," from 'Will You Find Me?'
10. David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw & London Sinfonietta: "Lento," from Henryk Górecki's 'Symphony No. 3'
Weekly Reset: Walking through Okazaki neighborhood at night
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The Hold Steady's Craig Finn. Momma. Newcomers Lily Seabird and duendita. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson teamed up with Zach McCormick of Minnesota Public Radio's The Current to highlight their favorite albums out April 4.
Featured albums:
• Craig Finn, 'Always Been' ( Stream )
• Momma, 'Welcome to My Blue Sky' ( Stream )
• Lily Seabird, 'Trash Mountain' ( Stream )
• duendita, 'a strong desire to survive' ( Stream )
• Dumb Things, 'Self Help' ( Stream )
Check out our long list of albums out April 4 and listen to our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music .
Credits:
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Zach McCormick, MPR's The Current
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editor: Otis Hart
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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