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Alt.Latino Playlist: Catching Up After A Short Summer Getaway

We've got more songs than usual this week as we make up for being away for a brief summer break.
Los Tigres del Norte retrace Johnny Cash's steps at Folsom Prison 50 years later.

Even your dedicated Alt.Latino crew has to take some time off every now and then. As we dispersed to beaches, poolsides or family gatherings, the new music piled up so this week we try to squeeze in as many as we can and we'll probably have to do it again.

And do I really need to say it? The range of stylistic and genre expressions astounds. Prepare to add Latino bluegrass to your list of likes!

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Mon Laferte, "Canción de Mierda"

wears a lot of faces as an artist. After 2018's , a burning 10-song cycle of mambo, cumbia,) begins with a noirish picture of this archetype, washing the dishes — "" — before the song breaks into her show of survival. "" she asks, survivor of all kinds of bloodshed.

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