NPR Music’s Alt.Latino Podcast joins host Stephen Kallao

Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras, co-hosts of NPR’s Alt.Latino, help World Cafe kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with a guest DJ set. Felix and Ana share their favorite new releases in the Latin music world, from Cuban jazz pianists to an up-and-coming Dominican rapper named J Noa.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Talking Heads, “Blind”, Naked

Alfredo Rodriguez, “Fur Elise”, Coral Way

Yadam, “Beso”, BESO

Harold Lopez-Nussa, “Tumba La Timba”, Timba a la Americana

J Noa, “Una Carta”, Autodidacta

New Order, “Love Vigilantes”, Low-Life

LCD Soundsystem, “Big Ideas”, 21

Blondshell, “Joiner”, Blondshell

Phoenix, “Lisztomania”, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Tyler Childers, “In Your Love”, Rustlin’ In The Rain

Sheryl Crow, “Leaving Las Vegas”, Tuesday Night Music Club

Ingrid Michaelson, “The Way I Am”, Girls And Boys

Hour Two
MGMT, “Kids”, Oracular Spectacular

Big Thief, “Vampire Empire”, Vampire Empire

Band Of Horses, “No One’s Gonna Love You”, Cease To Begin

Spoon, “Sister Jack”, Gimme Fiction

De La Soul, “Me Myself & I”, 3 Feet High & Rising

They Might Be Giants, “Birdhouse In Your Soul”, Recorded Live for the World Cafe

The Bad Plus, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Recorded Live for the World Cafe

The Last Dinner Party, “Nothing Matters”, Nothing Matters

Coldplay, “Yellow”, Parachutes

Shamir, “The Beginning”, Homo Anxietatem

The Killers, “Mr. Brightside”, Hot Fuss

Allison Russell, “Stay Right Here”, The Returner

Ben Harper, “With My Own Two Hands”, Diamonds On The Inside

Bob Marley & The Wailers, “Get Up, Stand Up”, Burnin’