Felix Contreras

We also use the new music to talk about culture and cultural expression.

This week, Bryant Myers and Bad Bunny dropped a sadboy jam, Dominican trio Mula made female Caribbean electro-pop, and Gilberto Rodriguez y Los Intocables premiere a new track for NPR Music.

The veteran singer showcases her soaring powerfully expressive voice in a performance that bridges several generations of classic soul.

Nuyorican newcomer Kim Viera teams up with Daddy Yankee for a summer love hit, Arcangel and J Balvin go disco-over-dembow and Dillon Francis and De La Ghetto keep moombahton alive.

Balún's blend of electronic pop and traditional Puerto Rican instrumentation marks them as one the island's best musical exports in a very long time.

There's too much time to feel restless in the summer. Never fear: Felix Contreras stopped by NPR's Weekend Edition to let you know the Latin music releases that will keep those feet tapping.

The policy that separated children from parents seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border spurred musicians to write new songs and transform some old ones — to haunting effect.

Escovedo's upcoming album, due out this fall, is a suite of songs about identity recorded in Italy and the U.S.

On this week's playlist, Bad Bunny blesses us with not one but two summer bangers and De La Ghetto throws it back to childhood romances with the help of Maluma and Wisin.

The track is from an upcoming album between the celebrated singer and iconic producer/arranger.

We laugh, we cry, we celebrate the best of the year so far with everything from bugalú to boleros to Latinx punk.

The patriarch helped take his legendary family from Gary, Ind., to global stardom, though the disciplinarian streak he used to get them there proved controversial later in life.

The pianist's new album is a lesson on contemporary Cuban piano, performed with a trio with strong familial ties.

On this week's playlist, Luis Fonsi takes a calypso excursion with Stefflon Don, Daddy Yankee gets the band back together in the name of reggaeton viejo and some newcomers fuse every genre in between.

NPR Music's Felix Contreras creates a round up of the sounds of modern Mexico.

Come for one of Havana's most talented acts. Stay for García's incredible mohawk.

Start your summer with the first installment in a weekly Spotify playlist of Latin music, featuring new songs from reggaeton reina Ivy Queen, Cuban hip-hop gods Orishas and more.

This week, Alt.Latino talks to Vida show runner Tanya Saracho about portraying Latinx stories of queerness, family and gentefication with an eye toward nuance onscreen and representation offscreen.

Argentine producer Pedro Canales conjures dance-worthy musical spells on his new album as Chancha Via Circuito.

The pop star and soul outfit reimagine their songs through collaboration.