As the Latin Grammys turns 25, how much has Latin music changed? (Part 1)

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

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The Latin Grammys recently marked its 25th anniversary. Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre was in Miami to talk to some of Latin music's most influential artists to understand some of the trends that are shaping Latin music today, shared over two episodes.

Songs featured in this episode:

•Juanes, "Fíjate Bien"
•Juanes, "Vida Cotidiana"
•Álvaro Díaz, "Quien Te Quiere"
•Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera "Bebé Dame"

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0:00.0	Support for this podcast and the following message come from the NPR Wine Club, which has generated over $1.75 million to support NPR programming, whether buying a few bottles or joining the club, you can learn more at NPR Wine Club.org slash podcast. Must be 21 or older to purchase.
0:18.6	You texted me that you were working so hard and you just let it slip out that
0:22.2	you went to a bunch of parties. Okay? I just want the audience to know. The parties are work, Felix.
0:28.2	I just want people to know, all right? For the record, yes, you were at home, but you did have the
0:35.1	opportunity to come and everyone was asking me, where's Theo Felix? Where is he? And I was like, well, he's in his bed at home.
0:41.8	Yeah. From NPR music, this is Alt-Latino. I'm Felix Contreras. And I'm Anna Maria
0:53.6	Sayer. Let the Chisme begin. And boy, Felix, do I have maybe the most chisemite for you this week?
1:00.7	Yeah, Anna was at the Latin Grammy as well. I was here doing all the hard work holding it down. The 25th annual Latin Grammys held in Miami was a big event, an auspicious event, because of course it is the biggest night in
1:11.9	Latin music, but also that 25 year mark was a big deal this year. It's just where everyone
1:18.1	gets together, and you kind of get to do an assessment of like where we are with Latin
1:25.4	music. I think it's one thing, obviously, to talk about it generally. It's another
1:29.4	thing what the Academy says. But to me, the real value of the Latin Grammys is just getting to have
1:35.2	all of those conversations with all the artists who have been there forever, who are on the
1:39.3	cutting edge, who are making Latin music what it is today, what makes it so special today.
1:44.9	So that was really, really amazing for me to be able to have some conversations about that.
1:49.7	Anna walked around with her tape recorder.
1:51.4	We've got a handful of interviews and Anna's observations.
1:54.9	You know what really strikes me in this whole thing is just thinking about 25 years ago,
2:00.5	the status of the internet Latin music industry was
2:03.4	built on physical products CDs and cassettes if you can believe it I mean the way that we make
2:08.9	music the way that we listen to music all of that has fundamentally changed I mean I think
2:14.3	in many ways people don't even, to this day, entirely realize how
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