NPR News and Music Discovery for the Four Corners

Music For Fall: Daymé Arocena, Devandra Banhart And Alex Cuba

Cuban vocalist Daymé Arocena is featured on a new solo album and with the all-female Cuban jazz band Maqueque.
Pablo Devin Reyes Maulin

Just another week of new music at Alt.Latino World Headquarters as we dig into Cuban music from Canada, Salvadoran/Mexican music from Los Angeles, Nuyorican protest music and Peruvian women striking a very musical blow against patriarchy.

The flow of new music coming — digitally via email or old-school snail mail — starts to pile up and sometimes I need help to sort through it all. So I called in Alt.Latino's New Music Senior Director/Curator Stefanie Fernández to help me find the good stuff.

We want to use this show as a reminder about the weekly playlist we update on Spotify and Apple Music. It's all in the name of music discovery; we go through it all so you don't have to.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
Felix Contreras is co-creator and host of Alt.Latino, NPR's pioneering radio show and podcast celebrating Latin music and culture since 2010.
Related Stories
  1. Hamas says it's preparing to respond to Israel's latest Gaza cease-fire proposal
  2. Abortion rights on the ballot won't necessarily sink Republicans in GOP-led states
  3. New Mexico becomes the latest state to require waiting periods for gun purchases
  4. At this annual festival in Colombia, donkeys play dress up