Argentine indie, Venezuelan reggaeton and punk from San Antonio

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🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week's new music show spans the breadth of Latin America. Argentine indie artist Paula Prieto goes experimental. Venezuelan reggaeton pioneers Chino y Nacho return to the limelight. Brazilian singer Marina B reminds Felix of The Beatles. Guatemala's Doctor Nativo pays homage to the "caminantes" heading north to find a better life. Plus, Latin punk from San Antonio, and a celebration of Afro-Cuban legend Arsenio Rodriguez.

Artists and albums featured in this episode:

(00:46) Chino y Nacho, 'Radio Venezuela'
(05:30) FEA, 'Careful'
(10:11) Paula Prieto, 'TEMPORAL, LP.'
(16:27) Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, 'Arsenio And Beyond'
(22:30) Midnight Cafe & Marina B, 'À Flor da Pele (Lonely Man)'
(25:34) Doctor Nativo & Roco Pachukote, 'Caminantes'

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0:00.0	Hey, Anna, you know who I saw the other night?
0:02.0	Who?
0:02.8	Natalia Lafourcaire and her Concernedeta tour.
0:06.9	Amazing.
0:08.0	It was really fascinating and so strong.
0:10.7	The give and take with the audience was just, it was really impressed.
0:14.6	It was spectacular.
0:15.6	She's one of those, I mean.
0:17.2	Yeah.
0:18.1	We have a few of them.
0:19.0	We can count them.
0:19.7	We can name them.
0:20.5	Yeah.
0:38.5	It's fascinating to watch her develop and continue to develop. She's more than developing. Well, now she's a mom. Yeah, she's a mom and she's expressing it. She's full on developed. Like, oh my gosh. Anyway, that's my cheesem. Oh, we haven't done that first part. From NPR music, this is all Latino. I'm Felix Contreras. And I'm Anna Maria Sayer.
0:40.1	Let the Chisemé begin.
0:45.4	This week, Felix, we're doing new music.
0:48.7	But my first pick is kind of a new music mixed with Chisme.
0:50.1	A chisemesme about a new music.
0:50.4	Okay.
0:57.8	So I did a little bit of an investigation because are you familiar with the duo Chino and Nacho from Venezuela?
0:58.6	No.
0:59.3	Okay.
	...

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