Felix Contreras
Felix Contreras is co-creator and host of Alt.Latino, NPR's pioneering radio show and podcast celebrating Latin music and culture since 2010.
In addition to his post behind the mic, Contreras programs music from the Latin diaspora for the acclaimed Tiny Desk concerts and hosts a weekly Instagram Live interview with a wide-ranging roster of guests.
A knowledgeable international ambassador for Latino heritage and arts, "Tio Felix '' travels extensively in search of new talent and new music and captures important legacy performers in jazz and Latin genres. Various national and international publications have quoted his expertise on the contemporary influences of Latin culture, music, and media.
His a recovering TV journalist whose first post at NPR in 2001 was as a Producer/Reporter for the NPR News Arts Desk. He is also NPR's resident Deadhead and performs around the DC area with his Latin music Beatles cover band, Los Day Trippers.
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Honduran folk musician Aurelio Martínez has died. The 55-year-old was a respected proponent of the Central American culture known as Garifuna. According to his spokesperson, Martinez and 11 other people died Monday in an airplane crash, shortly after taking off from the Honduran island of Roatán. -
In Cuba, pianists explore the wonderful rhythms of the island with their own percussive sense of melody. Roberto Fonseca's mastery of the Cuban piano tradition fuels this fiery performance. -
The performance is a front row seat to the joys and sorrows of the fado spirit, delivered by an artist that uses the genre as a base to explore other musical worlds, always coming back to a tradition that is centuries old. -
Deyra Barrera, the mariachi voice heard on Kendrick Lamar's new album, GNX, shares the story behind their collaboration and a song that moves her. -
NPR staff recommend memoirs from our annual Books We Love list: "Bird of Four Hundred Voices," "The Backyard Bird Chronicles," "Knife," and "Here After."
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Alt.Latino brings us a new installment to their series "Songs That Move You." This week, we hear about dreams derailed when a young man must grow up fast. -
A new documentary on Apple TV+ goes backstage with The Beatles as they prepared for their first U.S. tour in 1964. -
Alt.Latino brings us a new installment to their series: Songs That Move You. This week, we hear about losing a love but gaining a culture. -
The young country artist solidifies himself as a rising star in this captivating performance. -
On Thursday, Miami hosted the Latin Grammy Awards. Artist Juan Luis Guerra and his band 4.40, who won for record of the year and album of the year, plus producer Edgar Barrera, gathered the most awards of the night.
