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MusicSeptember 10, 2019
Ileana Cabra’s Music for a Revolution
Her new album channels the spirit of Puerto Rico’s activists.
Julyssa Lopez
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MusicMay 30, 2019
Melii Is Not Playing Around
The Afro-Latina Harlem rapper’s brash music slides seamlessly between languages, cultures, and the boundaries of genre.
Julyssa Lopez
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MusicMarch 22, 2019
This Is How You Make an Electronic Masterpiece
Helado Negro’s new album of deeply intimate electronic music is simply stunning.
Julyssa Lopez
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MusicJanuary 24, 2019
Meet Sneaks, DC’s DIY Maverick
On her new album, Highway Hypnosis, the post-punk artist revels in rawness.
Julyssa Lopez
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MusicNovember 27, 2018
Rosalía Is Flamenco’s Rule-Defying Renegade
The Catalan singer writes the next chapter in flamenco’s history on her radical new album, El Mal Querer.
Julyssa Lopez
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MusicJune 1, 2018
Away With Monsieur Periné
The Colombian band delicately balances their idiosyncratic swing sound with elements of Latin pop music.
Julyssa Lopez
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MusicFebruary 16, 2018
Into the Latin American Songbook
No contemporary artist has reimagined Latin American folk songs as elegantly and tenderly as Natalia Lafourcade.
Julyssa Lopez