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From NPR music, this is Alt Latino. I'm Felix Contreras. And I'm Anna Maria Sayer. Let the

Chiseme begin. And you know, Anna, before we get started with music, I think we need to say that music does not exist in a vacuum.

And I think we need to take a couple of minutes to talk just a little bit about what's going on in the world.

It goes without saying that our community, Latinos at large, have been very much in the news lately.

Being seen in this country, understanding Latinos in this country, I think

one of the most effective ways to do that is to see our art, to hear our art, to hear the variety

and the diversity and the complexity of our expression and our experiences. It all lives in the

music. I'm really proud to say that Alt Latino has been doing this almost from the beginning.

Jasmine Garst and I, when she co-hosted the show, we did songs about immigration that told

those stories.

So we have covered immigration and how it impacts the people that listen to the music, as well

as the people that play the music.

I can say, Felix, I am really proud that we get to talk about all kinds of music

from all across Latin America, the Spanish language world.

It's a really, really, really important moment, I think, to be doing that.

This week, we're going to take a look back at the last six months

and pull out some of our favorite recordings, telling some of those stories.

And with that in mind, I'm going to feature a recording by artists from Mexico.

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