Rosalía’s Motomami is one of the best Latin albums of 2022.
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Rosalía’s Motomami is one of the best Latin albums of 2022.
/Gotham/Getty Images/Photo Illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR
It was a heart-pounding, dance-inducing, head-spinning year in Latin music. Between the immeasurable cultural impact of Bad Bunny’s exponential rise, and the relentless commitment of up and coming artists to play between genre lines, this is undoubtedly a moment of celebration for the cultural tapestry that is Latin music.
But in a moment where global eyes are on the people who make and celebrate Latin music, there is an urgency, within the music itself and how we tell its story, in highlighting and remembering its origins — music is and always has been the corazon de nuestras familias, comunidades and calles. It is inextricably linked to a rich diasporic history of an even more vibrant lineage of peoples. We take this year as a celebration of our challenges as much as our successes, and breathe through the ebb and the flow as we always have — through the rhythm that pulses within and unites us all. —Anamaria Sayre
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X Alfonso, Síntesis and Eme Alfonso, Ancestros Sinfónico
Cross-genre reinterpretations can be tricky — often the purity of one musical form…