Unlike Valentine’s Day celebrated on Feb. 14 in the U.S., Colombia waits until Sept. 17 to celebrate “dia del amor y amistad” (or day of love and friendship). Culled from our editors’ playlists, ...

Alright, if you've lived anywhere with a working radio this past summer, you've 100 percent heard “Despacito.” This hit song, originally released by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, then remixed with ...

For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies favored by artists across the Americas.

Nothing captures the agony of love, loss, hope and redemption like the song form known across all of Latin America: the bolero. Last December, UNESCO declared the bolero "an intangible cultural ...

From Xavi's "La Diabla" to Karol G's "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido," see our picks here for the best Latin tracks from 2024's first six months. Latin artists across all genres have been unstoppable ...

Latin music is not a monolith. It encompasses so many different types of music from so many different countries. This year saw the Latin music space become more and more expansive, with its most ...

I recently received a lovely book called The FSG Book of Twentieth Century Latin American Poetry. If you care about Latin poetry, it's a good refresher on some of your favorite authors and a wonderful ...

About 20 years ago, Adrian Quesada was driving at night in his home base of Austin, Texas, when he heard something that made him turn up the volume: “Esclavo y Amo,” a psychedelic love song recorded ...

Valentine's Day. Some years you're in the mood for it; other years you want to tackle every enormous stuffed bear in sight. This year on Alt.Latino, we're neither pro- nor anti-, but are definitely ...

As Mother’s Day approaches on on May 11 (celebrated on May 10 in Mexico), we’ve curated the perfect Día de las Madres playlist to enhance your celebration. This carefully selected 30-track list ...

Father's Day is here, and whether your dad is the emotional type who cries during commercials or the tough guy who insists he's "just got something in his eye," there's one universal truth. It is that ...