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’