Catalina Maria Johnson

The singles and albums that came out this year seem to reflect the diversity of Latin music more than ever.

The regular Alt.Latino chingonas talking about our 12 favorite acts from this year's virtual SXSW, including Vocal Vidas, Yasser Tejeda & Palotré, Ruido Rosa and more.

Ten artists from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean recorded tracks using birdsong from their country, with all profits of the vinyl and digital release going to bird conservation projects.

Ella Fitzgerald's musical genius and influence is still being felt today. Latinx musicians Mabiland and Daymé Arocena explain how Fitzgerald inspires their music.

Alt.Latino hits the road to visit RuidoFest in Chicago, NuevoFest in Philadelphia and the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) in NYC.

Over breakfast tacos and barbecue, Team Alt.Latino sat down with musicians at SXSW for interviews about their music.

The five nights of discoveries at SXSW 2019 served as a reminder that music can heal, challenge and change the world we live in.

It's been another watershed year for Latin music. Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras, Stefanie Fernández, Catalina María Johnson and Marisa Arbona-Ruiz round up the year's best.

Dutcher spent five years researching, writing and recording his brilliant and ambitious debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa -- now, it has earned one of Canada's most prestigious prizes.

A new single and accompanying video spotlights an independence movement massacre to make a plea for understanding.

Collins is no stranger to protest songs. The storied folk singer weighs in on the current immigration debate with a personal, new song.

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

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

The latest video from the California-based Mexican folk fusion band imagines a new existence for immigrants.

The Colombian band stretches their boundaries across the decades, expanding on its swing and jazz-indebted sound with a pop sensibility.

The quartet, from four different countries and brought together through a collaboration initiative from the State Department, stitches the sounds of their homes into wholly new cloth.

The band's sophomore album, Rios de Norte y Sur, pays loving homage to a music born of the collision of indigenous, African and Spanish cultures in colonial Mexico.

The bandleader skillfully mixes classical, jazz and hip-hop in a powerfully creative statement about Cuban music.

In honor of ÌFÉ's Tiny Desk concert, a primer on West African ceremonial music and the band's role in bringing it to life.

With hints of chicha and electrified Miles Davis, La Mecánica Popular makes the ancient sound like the future on their new album, Rosa Cruz.