Alt.Latino's favorite music of 2024 (so far)

Alt.Latino

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4.5 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

To mark the halfway point of 2024, Felix Contreras, Anamaria Sayre and NPR Culture Desk producer Isabella Gomez Sarmiento run down their favorite releases of the year so far, from a career-defining release from Nathy Peluso, a leveling up from Argentine rapper Trueno, introspective jazz from Melissa Aldana and so much more.
Songs featured in this episode:

•Trueno, "Tranky Funky"
•Kali Uchis, "Dame Beso //Muévete"
•Lau Noah ft. Gaby Moreno, "Aunque Suene Bonito"
•Carlos Ares, "Amigo"
•Angelica Garcia, "Gemini"
•Melissa Aldana, "I Know You Know"
•Nathy Peluso, "Legendario"
•Reyna Tropical, "Cartagena"
•Daymé Arocena (feat. Vicente García), "A Fuego Lento"
•Akapellah (feat. Al2 El Aldeano, Faker), "Ni Con Money"
•The Marias, "Run Your Mouth"
•Grupo Frontera, "Me Hizo Un Favor"
•Alvaro Diaz, Feid, "Gatitas Sandungueras Vol. 1"

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Joaquin Cotler, with 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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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message come from Yarl and Pamela Mohn, thanking the people who make public radio great every day and also those who listen.
0:10.9	Just a quick warning. This episode contains explicit language.
0:15.4	It's June. I can't believe it's June already.
0:17.9	No, it's not.
0:18.6	It is.
0:19.3	No, it's not.
0:19.9	It's June, and it's time for our best of the year so far.
0:22.4	Oh, my God.
0:23.6	Well, a good thing.
0:24.1	I'm ready.
0:24.8	Okay.
0:25.4	From NPR music, this is Alt Latino.
0:27.0	I'm Felix Contreras.
0:28.3	And I'm Ana Maria Serre.
0:29.8	Let the Chiefs May Begin. We have the most amazing, fabulous, wonderful, incredible, our favorite person on the planet Earth, culture desk producer.
0:39.8	That's her official title, by the way.
0:41.3	Look it up in the system.
0:42.5	Isabella Gomez-Ariento.
0:44.3	Thanks so much for joining us.
0:45.6	Thank you.
0:46.0	Thanks for that super casual intro.
0:47.4	I appreciate it.
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