Baila! Our favorite new dance tracks (Audio)
From Argentina to Canada, new music to make you dance, tremble and quake.
Back to the future: Six songs that travel in time (Audio)
Join Alt Latino as they spin songs that belong as much to decades past as to the present day and age.
Ana Tijoux talks hip-hop, Chilean politics and being married to jazz
The Chilean MC discusses her most recent album and her desire to make a jazz record.
New music and the truth about Cinco de Mayo
Writer Gustavo Arellano discusses the origins of Cinco de Mayo and new Mexican music is featured.
What’s the soundtrack of your immigrant culture? (Video)
Latino immigrants and their descendants have long struggled to define their identity... I looked towards music to find something vital that brings our diverse immigrant cultures and experiences back together again.
Shake your fists and hips: 12 new music releases
Join us if you dare, for some feisty music from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
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.
Favorite bands from Vive Latino 2012 (Audio)
Listen to new songs from bands the Alt Latino crew discovered during their recent trip to Mexico City.
Music we love- that isn’t Latin Rock (Audio)
Alt Latino will have you dancing to the oldies as they play their favorite Latin classics - from samba to salsa.
Pitbull helps mobilize Latino voters (Video)
The Cuban rapper is just one of 35 artists who is donating their music to the non-partisan organization Voto Latino in an effort to help encourage Latinos to vote in the election
Alt Latino: John Leguizamo on Salsa, Hip-Hop and acting (Audio)
The performer shares his favorite songs and thoughts about being Latino in Hollywood today.
Guest DJ Lila Downs: The music that makes her fierce (Audio)
The musical vision of Lila Downs comes from the unique intersection of her circumstances and cultures. She was raised in Minneapolis by her American father and by her mother in Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
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.
A little bit hip hop and a little bit rock and roll (Audio)
This week on Alt.Latino, there a little something for everyone: the lovers, the nostalgic, the sad — even the angry.