¡Ay amor! Seven unusual Latin love songs (Audio)
Songs about many different types of love are featured on Alt Latino.
Dancing on the border: New songs from Brazil, Peru, Mexico and more (Audio)
Loosen your belt for a seven-course international musical feast of distortion, melancholy and fury.
Latin music that breaks barriers and pushes boundaries (Audio)
This week's episode of Alt.Latino focuses on iconoclasts and innovators in Latin music. Find Alt.Latino weekly on NPR.
Can’t fake the funk: 11 smooth new Latin songs (Audio)
After traveling for the last month, some new mellow tunes is just what the doctor ordered.
A cross-country walk for the DREAM Act (Video)
A group of DREAM Act advocates this weekend set off on an ambitious cross-country journey to the nation’s capital in order to spur dialogue about undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States.
Cultural cannibalism: When artists feed off each other
When it comes to music, cultures mix in unpredictable and fascinatingly beautiful ways, and some of that music is featured in this weeks Alt Latino.
¡Metal! Nine new Latin metal bands to hear now (Audio)
NPR's Latin alternative music show, Alt Latino, discusses nine new Metal bands from Latin America and the U.S.
Brazilian lo-fi, Mexican pop pleasures and more (Audio)
Every week Alt Latino discovers new music coming from all parts of the Latino community, and this week features Brazilian lo-fi rock and some Mexican pop.
Cancer in Latin America, a growing problem
The cancer threat is expected to increase with the aging populations of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the Pan American Health Organization.
Adiós 2011: 8 songs to celebrate the end of the year (Audio)
Here's a list of songs for saying goodbye to 2011. We look forward to another year with you, and hearing what music 2012 brings.
Es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte: 12 Latin American protest songs
This week on Alt.Latino we feature artists who denounce social injustice. It's a show dedicated to the art of political protest songs.
Latino film festival marks 10th year
Guest of honor, Edward James Olmos to kick off six-day event
Viaje fantástico: 7 dreamy new songs from Panama, Brazil and Beyond (Audio)
From Argentina, Brazil, Panama and Mexico, new songs are explored about traveling: exploring new musical styles, voyaging to outer space, crossing borders and sometimes simply closing your eyes and embarking on a trip through your own mind.
‘Day Of The Dead’ expanding in U.S. (Video)
The Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, honors departed souls of loved ones who are welcomed back for a few intimate hours. In the last decade or so, this traditional Latin American holiday with indigenous roots has spread throughout the U.S. along with migration from Mexico and other countries where it is observed.