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You know what I like, Anna?

What do you like, Felix?

I like a lot of things.

But I really enjoy over the years we've been doing Alt Latino,

finding artists right as they're moving beyond their local environment,

their local fans, their local home and all that,

making a space for themselves in the public out there with all the listeners.

And then watching them get that spark, that chispa, and then just really take off.

Well, it's a lucky thing that that is precisely what we get this week with Mexican vocalist Silvana Estrada.

I mean, she is at that precipice perfect, transformative moment.

I feel like everything is just happening for her right now.

She's got a Latin Grammy, two Latin Grammy nominations under her belt. She recently performed

on the Kelly Clarkson show. She did that show that I talk about 25,000 times a day to you, Felix,

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