Alt.Latino: Tim Bernardes, Mabe Fratti, more

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Felix shares the music that's helped him recover from a serious illness. Anamaria shares some new exquisite (and, in one case, slightly toxic) love songs.

Featured artists and songs:

• Blood Orange, "I Can Go" (feat. Mabe Fratti & Mustafa)

• Draco Rosa, "Quiero Vivir"

• Caetano Veloso, "Voce E Linda" (Remixed Original Album)

• Tim Bernardes, "BB (Garupa de Moto Amarela)"

• Tim Bernardes, "Última Vez"

• Santana, "Goodness and Mercy"

• Xavi, "Ojitos de Miel"

• Los Lobos, "Bertha" (Live at the Carefree Theatre, 1992)

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0:00.0	Okay, now I'm recording.
0:01.6	Oh, you weren't recording.
0:02.7	No.
0:04.6	That was a nice transition, though, right?
0:06.7	It wasn't one of your best, Felix.
0:08.7	Was it?
0:09.7	It was good. It was great. I was impressed.
0:13.9	I'm in P.R. Music, this is all Latino.
0:15.8	I'm Felix Contreras.
0:16.7	And I'm Anna Maria Sayer. Let the Chisme begin.
0:24.5	Felix. And I'm Anna Maria Sayer. Let the Chisme begin. Felix, what do you have for me this week? You've been gone. So you've got to have something good.
0:28.5	I've been gone. I was sick for about a week or so. Almost two weeks, actually. I was laying low, just trying to get better.
0:36.4	So what I wanted to do this week is share my process,
0:40.3	my healing process of how I use music for my healing process.
0:44.8	Is that officially verified, confirmed, diagnosed by your doctor?
0:50.0	Yeah.
0:50.4	They said, Felix, here's your playlist for recovery.
0:52.8	Actually, I could be handing out these playlists.
0:54.7	But anyway, I have this process of like, okay, I'm starting listening to stuff that will help me heal. And it's always different, different genres, different takes, just different personal sides of what I listen to. So that's what I want to play this week. Okay, well, I have a theme too. Okay, what is your thing? It's a competing theme. What is it?
0:51.8	It's really not.
0:52.8	It's about love.
0:54.2	Well, it's love. a theme too. Okay, what is your thing? It's a competing theme. What is it? It's really not. It's about
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