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Felix, did you watch the Super Bowl? Yes, I did. I was raised by a 49er fan. My dad's a 49er friend going back to

the 1950s in San Francisco, so I had to watch and it was a heartbreaker.

Yeah, I will share in the condolences because I grew up in Hawaii where you can just kind of pick whatever team you want to

root for. I was a kid during the Joe Montana Jerry Rice era so you know pretty much they got their hooks into me there

although as a Philadelphia resident now I had a heartbreak that my eagles were

not not there this year but what can you do

complicated allegiances in the sports world yeah you know interesting to think about a

game in which all ears were locked on two alums of the tiny desk, right?

Taylor Swift and Usher.

Tiny deskers.

Right. I didn't think about that. You're absolutely right.

Let's get this started.

You're listening to New Music Friday for February 16, 2024.

My name is Nate Chinen. I'm the editorial director at WRTI in Philadelphia, and I'm joined

today by Felix Contreras the host of alt Latino and an NPR music legend.

Hey Felix, I'm excited to dig in with you.

This week we celebrated the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin's

Rhapsody in Blue. Later in this show I will be joined by NPR's Tom Heisinger

to talk about the piece and some of the insights that each of us has gleaned from

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