Marisa Arbona-Ruiz

The singles and albums that came out this year seem to reflect the diversity of Latin music more than ever.

A singer and composer whose songs bridged Native and numerous mainstream styles, Shenandoah was driven to create, and to share her history, with audiences around the world.

The regular Alt.Latino chingonas talking about our 12 favorite acts from this year's virtual SXSW, including Vocal Vidas, Yasser Tejeda & Palotré, Ruido Rosa and more.

How do you inhabit the world's most well-known Latin singer? For singers and actresses Aymée Nuviola and Jeimy Osorio, playing Celia Cruz meant staying in touch with pain, joy and destiny.

We've got more songs than usual this week as we make up for being away for a brief summer break.

How does one carve out a path of her own with a famous parent? Haydée Milanés talks about Pablo Milanés and stamping out her own musical identity.

Alt.Latino hits the road to visit RuidoFest in Chicago, NuevoFest in Philadelphia and the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) in NYC.

The higher the Dominican singer-songwriter's star rises, the tighter he grips his artistic freedom. The new Candela caps a trio of albums connecting dots between bachata, merengue, trap, pop and more.

Flor de Toloache reimagines pop covers (No Doubt, Bee Gees) and offers up collaborations with Miguel, John Legend, Alex Cuba and Las Migas.

The iconic Mexican vocalist and composer Lila Downs uses music to celebrate the chile pepper.