Alt.Latino: The Mars Volta, Argentine Beatles covers, and more

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The music this week comes from a variety of countries and genres, some of it sounds like music you've heard ... while others sound like nothing you've heard before.

Featured artists and songs:

• Natalia Bernal, "Más Allá"

• Jaze, "mil procedimientos"

• Jaze & Susana Baca, "jomalón"

• Jaze, "boomeran'"

• The Mars Volta, "Fin"

• The Mars Volta, "Enlazan las tinieblas"

• The Mars Volta, "Alba del orate"

• The Mars Volta, "Lucro sucio"

• Diego Mema, "la forma de quererte"

• Diego Mema, "till there was you" (Beatles cover)

• The Rumba Madre, "Abuela"

• Junior Zamora, "Salsa y Clase"

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. 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	A quick note before we start today's show. You may have heard that President Trump has issued an
0:05.7	executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR. This is the latest in a series of threats
0:12.0	to media organizations across the country. The executive order is an affront to the First Amendment
0:18.7	rights of public media organizations. It is also an affront to the First Amendment rights of public media organizations. It is also an
0:22.6	affront to the First Amendment rights of the American people. NPR remains committed to serving
0:29.5	the public, and that's you. Through the music we play, we bring you the stories and histories of people
0:35.5	with roots in Latin America and the Caribbean that you won't find anywhere else.
0:40.7	This is a pivotal moment.
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1:03.7	You help make NPR shows freely available to everyone.
1:07.5	And we're proud to do this work for you and with you.
1:24.4	It's new music time, Felix.
1:26.3	We've got a lot of great music lined up.
1:28.0	From NPR music, this is Alt Latino.
1:33.0	I'm Anna Maria Sayer.
1:34.7	And I'm Felix Contreras.
1:36.6	Let the Chisme begin.
1:38.0	Ooh, I get to say.
1:39.3	How does it feel powerful?
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