Daily Newsletter, February 24, 2024

The songs here are so well constructed, played, and sung that you certainly long for more. Well, maybe we can all search out the previous Butler/Oldham project.

Drawing together the threads of three decades’ patient exploration, the Portuguese experimental composer invites you into a teeming world of sound

This soulful single from the "Thin White Duke" helped launch Bowie's U.S. breakthrough. Do you know the guest musicians on the recording?

Another level.

Watch Tom Jones lead Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young through a historic TV performance of the revolutionary anthem Long Time Gone

From making groundbreaking electro to working with Whitney Houston via boozy sessions with Motörhead, plus avant explorations of thrash, drum & bass, grindcore, gnawa and disco, Bill Laswell has been on more great records than you've had hot dinners. Zachary Lipez offers ten points of entry to his bewilderingly vast back catalogue

Before The Jesus and Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine was John McKay.

Jim Reid takes us on an all-access tour through the Jesus And Mary Chain back catalogue, all the way from their 1985 landmark album through to their bitter break-up, reunion and the band's long-awaited second act

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre round up their favorite new music, including Southern Cone rock and cumbia, atmospheric vocals from the U.S. and even some delicate yet emotionally powerful music from the Catalan region of Spain.Featured songs:El Cuarteto de Nos: "Chivo Expiatorio (En Vivo)"Helado Negro: "Best For You and Me"La Yegros: "Bodas de Plumas"Lau Noah: "If a tree falls in love with a river"Daymé Arocena: "A Fuego Lento" (feat. Vicente García)Residente: "Ron En El Piso"Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Joaquin Cotler. Hazel Cills is the podcast editor and digital editor for Alt.Latino and our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.