Episodes

  • Why Carlos Santana's divisive, spiritual 'Caravanserai' wasn't 'career suicide'

    Why Carlos Santana's divisive, spiritual 'Caravanserai' wasn't 'career suicide'
    Oct 27 2022
    Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre from NPR's Alt.Latino sit down with Carlos Santana to talk about nurturing his spirit, growing as an artist and 50 years of Caravanserai.
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    29 mins
  • Beauty is in the eye of the male gaze: DreamDoll, Baby Tate and Doechii

    Beauty is in the eye of the male gaze: DreamDoll, Baby Tate and Doechii
    Mar 30 2023
    In our latest episode of Louder Than A Riot we look at how the male gaze looms over hip-hop. Those under its watchful eye feel objectified or shamed if they don't give it what it wants to see. We share the stories of three artists who are pushing back on the male gaze in their personal relationships, social interactions and even industry-wide.
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    52 mins
  • A Halloween mix: Phoebe Bridgers and Andrew Bird, Sunny War, John Cale, more

    A Halloween mix: Phoebe Bridgers and Andrew Bird, Sunny War, John Cale, more
    Oct 26 2022
    All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a collaboration between Phoebe Bridgers and Andrew Bird, John Cale's first new album in a decade and more.

    Featured Songs and Artists:
    1. Sunny War: "No Reason," from Anarchist Gospel
    2. Andrew Bird & Phoebe Bridgers: "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" (Single)
    3. Seán Barna: "Everyone's a Queen on Halloween" (Single)
    4. John Cale: "STORY OF BLOOD (feat. Weyes Blood)," from MERCY
    5. Weyes Blood: "Grapevine," from And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    6. Micah Frank & Chet Doxas: "Ave Maria (Featuring Mary Lattimore)," from The Music of Hildegard von Bingen Part One
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    46 mins
  • In conversation: How Camilo Lara is Mexico's musical 'double agent'

    In conversation: How Camilo Lara is Mexico's musical 'double agent'
    Mar 29 2023
    Anamaria Sayre, host of NPR's Alt.Latino, sits down with world-building producer and Mexican Institute of Sound frontman Camilo Lara to talk about using his fearless intuition to help artists find their voice in the burgeoning hub of Latin music.
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    29 mins
  • New Music Friday: The best releases out Oct. 21

    New Music Friday: The best releases out Oct. 21
    Oct 21 2022
    The best albums out this week include Taylor Swift's Midnights, powerful meditations on race and identity from U.K. rapper Loyle Carner, the transfixing sounds of singer iLe and more.

    Featured Albums:
    1. Taylor Swift — Midnights
    Featured Songs: "Lavender Haze," "Vigilante S***," "Karma," "Sweet Nothing"
    2. Loyle Carner — hugo
    Featured Songs: "Hate," "Nobody Knows," "Georgetown"
    3. Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn — Pigments
    Featured Songs: "Cerulean," "Vantablack" "Sandstone"
    4. iLe — Nacarile
    Featured Songs: "Ningún Lugar," "traguito"
    5. Nick Hakim — COMETA
    Featured Songs: "Feeling Myself," "Something," "Ani"

    Lightning Round:
    Bibio — BIB10
    Frankie Cosmos — Inner World Peace
    Tegan & Sara — Crybaby

    Other Notable Releases:
    a-ha — True North
    Alice Boman — The Space Between
    Archers of Loaf — Reason in Decline
    Arctic Monkeys — The Car
    Babyface — Girls Night Out
    Carly Rae Jepsen — The Loneliest Time
    Dry Cleaning — Stumpwork
    Goat — Oh Death
    Jesse Harris — Silver Balloon
    Jeezy & DJ Drama — Snofall
    Meghan Trainor — Takin' It Back
    Rubblebucket — Earth Worship
    Simple Minds — Direction of the Heart
    Sloan — Steady
    Takuya Kuroda — Midnight Crisp
    Wiki & subjxct 5 — Cold Cuts
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    29 mins
  • How Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily conjured Love In Exile

    How Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily conjured Love In Exile
    Mar 27 2023
    Contributor Nate Chinen interviews the three musicians behind the new improvisational supergroup Love In Exile about their new album, the mysteries of how songs emerge from improvisation and most crucially, how the music they create is an expression of how they listen to each other.
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    39 mins
  • How the rhythms and resilience of Puerto Rico shape iLe's music

    How the rhythms and resilience of Puerto Rico shape iLe's music
    Oct 19 2022
    Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with iLe to talk about salsa music, Puerto Rico's role in her art and being la bebé of the family.
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    36 mins