Alt.Latino's favorite albums of 2024

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It's that time of the year — figuring out the best Latin music of 2024. And every year, it gets harder and harder (seriously, it's difficult!) for Ana and Felix to narrow down their extensive lists. Joined by NPR culture reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, the three round up the best albums of this year.

Songs featured in this episode:

•Angélica Garcia, "El Que" from Gemelo
•Hinds, "Coffee" from Viva Hinds
•Spanish Harlem Orchestra, "Lluego El Caballero (feat. Gilberto Santa Ross)" from Swing Forever
•Latin Mafia, "tengo mucho ruido." from TODOS LOS DÍAS TODO EL DÍA
•RaiNao, "readysita" from CAPICÚ
•Orquesta Akokán, "Caracoles" from Caracoles

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Editorial support from Hazel Cills. 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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0:17.6	Okay. Do the intro again.
0:20.2	Okay.
0:23.4	Well, we're off to a great start.
0:28.4	It's that time of the year.
0:31.5	It's that time of the year where Felix and I are losing our freaking marbles.
0:39.7	From NPR music, this is out Latino.
0:41.7	I'm Felix Contreras.
0:42.9	And I'm Anna Maria Sayer.
0:46.2	Felix and I are losing our marbles because it's almost the end of the year,
0:50.1	which means we had to literally almost cry every single day and try to pick our favorite music of the year.
0:56.0	It was so difficult we had to have, had to bring in an expert to help us out.
1:00.0	To discuss our most favorite best albums of the year we have brought on the, what is a really grandiose word, Felix, that I could use.
1:09.0	Venerable. The venerable.
1:11.5	There you go.
1:12.8	Isabella Gomez-Sariento.
1:15.0	Issa welcome to the show.
1:16.1	Alis, Alisa, I'm happy to be here, happy to mediate any conflict that arises during this taping.
1:20.5	Well, we already know.
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