Encore: Cumbia, the musical backbone of Latin America

Alt.Latino

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4.5 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Whether you're from Ushuaia or East Los Angeles, you've likely heard cumbia blaring from a stereo. This week, Alt.Latino revisits a classic episode from 2015 and takes a closer look at the musical backbone of the Americas.

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0:00.0	Does the idea of listening to political news freak you out?
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0:22.2	available wherever you get your podcasts. What up, mehente. So Felix is out of office for the
0:29.0	rest of the year, which means it was left up to me to bring you this week's episode. Now,
0:35.0	I'm bringing you a repeat, but I promise it's a good one. This cumbia episode is the
0:40.6	thing that made me fall in love with all Latino. It gets into how Nuestra gente are from all over
0:47.6	the world listening to the same kinds of music. You know that earworm cumbia that was in your
0:53.1	life all growing up? Well, turns out
0:55.8	it has some pretty storied and
0:57.8	important roots. So
0:59.6	I would recommend giving this one a listen.
1:02.2	I hope you like it as much as I do.
1:08.6	From NPR music,
1:10.1	this is Alt Latino.
1:12.0	I'm Jasmine Garst.
1:13.1	And I'm Felix Contreras.
1:15.6	That is the sound of my youth.
1:17.9	No, that's the sound of my youth.
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