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What an amazing Spring we have coming our way! Winter may not want to leave our cities, but the music is getting hotter than ever. This week’s Beat Latino shares tunes from all over our musical universe, and many of them are really pushing the envelope of Latinidad. Whether the hip hop is all about the future is female – check out Nakury from Costa Rica and Niña Dioz from Mexico accompanied by Lido Pimienta and Ceci Bastida – to experimental tropi-jazzified salsa by Efraín Rozas, to other shades of tropical from Mexico’s Centavrvs, to Cuban classicas made fresh by Orquesta Akokán, nuestra música is an experiment in becoming. who we are. and always have been… informed in tradition but always forward-leaning, future-bound. Enjoy!
Feature photo: La Mecánica Popular by Mariano Paul, courtesy of the artist
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El espanto | Balún | Prisma Tropical. | Good Child Music | 2018 | 04:57 |
| Necesario | Nakury | Necesario. | Lácteo Cósmico | 2018 | 03:18 |
| Tambalea (feat. Lido Pimienta & Ceci Bastida) [Explicit] | Niña Dioz | Tambalea [Explicit]. | Nacional Records | 2018 | 04:02 |
| Give me love (Give Me Peace on Earth) [feat. David Hidalgo] | Los Cenzontles | Covers 2. | Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center | 2018 | 03:50 |
| Cuando canto grito | Cerrero | Cerrero. | Llorona Records | 2018 | 05:41 |
| Aquí | Boogát (Reptilian Commander Remix) | Aquí (Reptilian Commander Remix). | RAY-ON | 2018 | 03:13 |
| No me llores | Young | No me llores. | Nacional Records | 2018 | 03:12 |
| High Road | SLV | Piece of mind. | Piece of mind | 2018 | 03:08 |
| Ángel Tropical | Centavrvs | Somos uno. | Centavrvs | 2018 | 04:07 |
| Mambo Rapidito | Oquesta Akokán | Oquesta Akokán. | Daptone Records | 2018 | 03:19 |
| Moon Song | Malena Zavala | Aliso. | Yucatan Records | 2018 | 02:49 |
| Salia Sahi | BeGun | Slum, Pt. 1. | Nazca Records | 2018 | 09:20 |
| Part 4- Visiones | La Mecanica Popular | Rosa Cruz. | Names You Can Trust | 2018 | 04:04 |