Chicano soul, Canary Islands merengue and a percussion supergroup

About this episode

This episode features a diverse range of global music including Chicano soul and Canary Islands merengue.

This week on Alt.Latino, it's another new music episode with a global panorama: Canary Islands merengue, Chicano soul, Afro-Brazilian roots and more. Plus, a percussion supergroup that Felix could listen to for hours. Featured artists and albums: (00:00) Introduction (00:55) Quevedo, 'NI BORRACHO' (05:02) Joey Quiñones, 'In a Soul Situation' (12:24) Carolina Mama, 'Amina' (15:31) Elipsis, 'Elipsis' (19:22) Da Cruz, 'Som Sistema' (23:46) Sofía Rei, 'Antónima' This podcast episode was produced by Noah Caldwell. Suraya Mohamed is the executive producer of NPR Music. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

Topics covered

• Chicano soul
• Canary Islands merengue
• Afro-Brazilian roots
• percussion supergroup
• global music

Keywords

• Chicano soul
• Canary Islands merengue
• Afro-Brazilian roots
• percussion supergroup
• new music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NPR

Books & works: NI BORRACHO, In a Soul Situation, Amina, Elipsis, Som Sistema, Antónima

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