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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Led by Johanna Castañeda and Ronald Polo, REBOLU immerses the Tiny Desk in the rich and vibrant sound of Colombia's Caribbean coast. -
Roberto Fonseca's mastery of the Cuban piano tradition fuels this fiery performance. -
The vocalist uses the genre of Portuguese fado as a base to explore other musical worlds. -
One of the world’s most recognized drummers glides easily from genre to genre in this performance.
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The group’s Afro-Cuban sounds honor tradition while stretching the boundaries of how it's expressed. -
The Mexican band brings its signature “Boleroglam” to the Tiny Desk. -
The Brazilian jazz singer and Trio Corrente perform selections from their Grammy-nominated album Cometa. -
The 24th annual Latin Grammy nominations have been announced. The genre is experiencing a wave of unprecedented popularity, but recognition from the Latin Recording Academy seems to be lagging behind.
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The Puerto Rican vocalist brings her distinctive songs of desire and longing to the Tiny Desk. -
Jeff Beck, one the most acclaimed guitarists in rock and roll history, died Tuesday after contracting bacterial meningitis, according to his family. He was 78 years old.
