Alt.Latino's favorite music of 2023

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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While 2022 may have been a year completely dominated by a certain sad summer reggaeton album, 2023 drew its power from a set of familiar sounds that took on new prominence: tubas, accordions and a whole lot of lively, sneakily danceable beats.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message come from Heather Sturthega and Paul G. Hega supporting African Wildlife Foundation,
0:07.0	working to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern Africa.
0:11.0	Learn more at AWF.org.
0:14.0	From NPR Music, this is out Latino. I'm Felix Contreras and I'm Anamaria Sayer. It's that time of the year.
0:26.7	Gotta look back at the year. Some of our favorite picks.
0:35.0	And we're starting this year's show off with one of my picks. Felix not to talk down about your music choice but why do I feel like I'm on a game show right now?
0:52.0	Oh my God, that is... Why do I feel like I'm on a game show right now?
0:53.0	Oh my God, that is so wrong.
0:56.0	Come on, a little bit, a little bit.
0:58.0	Okay, all right, all right.
1:00.0	You know, I to bring in our third voice this week because maybe she's got something to say about Isabella
1:08.6	Gówisser Miento.
1:09.6	Isabella welcome.
1:10.6	Hello hello thank you for having me.
1:13.0	You know, I'm always citing with you on your dead preferences.
1:16.0	So I'm sorry, Anna, I can't, I can't hate.
1:19.7	This feels like a sneak attack Felix,
1:22.0	like you brought in a third party to bolster your side a little bit here
1:27.5	Only on this track I will get by.
1:35.0	survive.
1:39.0	This track is from an album called Eyes of the World.
1:42.4	It's by a group called The Latin Dead, and how could I not love this record?
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