Hey everyone from In Pure Music, I'm Robin Hilton.

Coming up later this week, I'll be back on New Music Friday,

sharing some of the best albums that are coming out now,

including one from the Puerto Rican singer, Elay.

Her latest is called Naka Relay.

It's an album that she says is all about how the personal

and political intersect.

She sings about protest and feminism and colonization

and even her own battles with self-doubt.

She talks more about these themes and a conversation

on this episode of NPR's Alt Latino with hosts Felix Contraris

and Annamarie Isseer.

You know, Annamarie the other day was listening to some updates

on the hurricane situation of Florida

and it was also an update on the hurricane situation

in Puerto Rico and it reminded me of how people on the island

and off the island had such a strong, strong connection

to Puerto Rico.

Yeah, it really is this amazing thing.

I think growing up in Southern California,

I wasn't around a ton of Puerto Ricans earlier in life

and I think the more I've covered music

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