Felix Contreras
Felix Contreras is co-creator and host of Alt.Latino, NPR's pioneering program about Latin Alternative music and Latino culture. It features music as well as interviews with many of the most well-known Latinx musicians, actors, filmmakers, and writers. He has hosted and produced Alt.Latino episodes from Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, and throughout the U.S. since the show started in 2010.
Previously, Contreras was a reporter and producer NPR's Arts Desk and, among other stories and projects, covered a series reported from Mexico on the musical movement called Latin Alternative; helped produce NPR's award-winning series 50 Great Voices; and reported a series of stories on the financial challenges aging jazz musicians face.
Contreras is a recovering television journalist who has worked for both NBC and Univision in Miami and California. He's a part-time musician who plays Afro-Cuban percussion with various jazz and Latin bands in the Washington, DC, area. He is also NPR Music's resident Deadhead.
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The Rwandan group's determination to spread its musical message is an inspiration. -
Sunny Jain's music promotes the idea of not just crossing boundaries but obliterating them all together. -
The Indian jazz fusion band stops by the Tiny Desk for a historical performance.
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The stripped down sound of some of Becky G's biggest hits offered a rare view of her artistry. -
Alex Cuba weaves evocative imagery into musical arrangements that conjure his native country.
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The family trio belt out songs of lost love and longing in their Tiny Desk performance.
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In the hands of Colombian musician, the accordion is both a melodic and rhythmic wonder.
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The Puerto Rican vocalist brings her distinctive songs of desire and longing to the Tiny Desk.
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With members hailing from Cuba, Senegal and Venezuela, this Tiny Desk is a truly international musical experience. -
This week a collaboration between Bad Bunny and Grupo Frontera, in addition to a historic chart placement for Mexican artist Peso Pluma, pushed regional Mexican music to international attention
