Guitarricadelafuente and Lido Pimienta return with stunning albums

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4.5 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Co-host Anamaria Sayre finally gets to share the new Guitarricadelafuente album with the world, and catch the NPR audience on the viral sensation Macario Martínez. Felix Contreras spotlights Lido Pimienta's symphonic pivot.

Featured artists and songs:

• Guitarricadelafuente, "BABIECA!"

• Haydée Milanés, "Un amor que se demora"

• Macario Martínez, "Sueña Lindo, Corazón"

• Macario Martínez, "Otra Vez"

• Macario Martínez, "¿qué somos hoy?"

• Macario Martínez, "Hey destino"

• Lido Pimienta, "Quiero Que Me Beses"

• Marco Mares & Sabino, "digo que no, pero si"

• Adri Paíz, "Quererte o No"

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0:25.6	Like, oh, you're being kind of silly on the dance floor and you see someone.
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0:29.1	And in his world, it's like, it's romance.
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