Ana Tijoux: On why it took 10 years to release her new album 'Vida'

Alt.Latino

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Vocalist Ana Tijoux has been a frequent guest on Alt.Latino. That's because ever since her US debut, 1977, was released in 2010, Tijoux had been at the forefront of Latin music that celebrates creative innovation, themes of social justice and fierce independence.
In this week's episode the Chilean musician talks to Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre about why that spirit of innovation has been more or less silent for the last 10 years, and how her new album, Vida, is not only a chance to catch up, but also a deeply moving look back.

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Joaquin Cotler, with production support from Suraya Mohamed and Isabella Gomez Sarmiento. Hazel Cills is the podcast editor and digital editor for Alt.Latino and our project manager is Grace Chung. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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0:26.6	Have you heard that song?
0:27.6	Felix, we're not starting today's episode with you.
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0:31.0	I'm sorry.
0:32.0	It's not happening today.
0:33.3	I don't have it in me today.
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