Manu Chao is this week’s featured artist on Alt.Latino. Moises Saman – Magnum Photo Hide Caption
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This week on Alt.Latino, Anamaria Thayer and Felix Contreras talk about Manu Chao’s exciting new album, his first in 17 years, Dominican indie rock band Solo Fernandez, and Tiny Desk Contest winner Linda Diaz etc.
Ana and Felix are starting something new this week. As Felix always says, it’s not a Mexican party until someone cries. So, in every episode starting today, they talk about a song that moved listeners to tears.
And they want to know, what song moved you to tears? For a chance to be featured on the show, email alt.latino@npr.org.
Songs featured in this episode:
Janeiro feat. Andre Viamonte, “LEGO” Manu Chao, “São Paulo Motoboy” Solo Fernandez, “TELESCOPIO” Solo Fernandez, “BROOKLYN” Solo Fernandez, “TÚ NUNCA DEJARÁS DE SER POESÍA” Linda Diaz feat. .Solomon Fox “Watching Ourself Die” Julieta Rada “Baile del Candombe” Amaia Miranda “Mientras Vivas Brilla” Nick Drake “Pink Moon”
The audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Suraya Mohamed. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music’s executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our Vice President of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.
