Alt.Latino's Favorites: The Songs Of 2017
We call on some of the top Latinx music writers to help us look back at some of their top cuts of 2017.
Music
Pere Ubu On Mountain Stage
Twenty-six years after its first appearance on Mountain Stage, the eccentric rock band played songs from its latest album, 20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo.
The Year in Gigs: Nate Chinen's Top 10 Jazz Performances Of 2017
In jazz, the best albums of the year only tell part of the story. What's happening at street level — in small venues, clubs and festivals — shows the pulse of the music in real time.
U.K. Campaign Against Sexual Assault, Discrimination The Latest In A Growing Movement
The campaign, Stop2018, has four simple requests it wants to see enacted in the coming year in order to make the country's music industry more equitable for women.
Elbow, 'All Disco' (Live)
Watch the U.K. band perform a track from its latest release Little Fictions, an album about the joy of new love and fatherhood.
The Thistle & Shamrock: The Gathering
We feature family torchbearers for tradition — and forces for innovation in vocal and instrumental music — the Brennans, the Fishers, the Cunninghams and the O'Domhnaills.
Reggie 'Combat Jack' Ossé, Hip-Hop Journalist And Podcaster, Dies At 48
Entertainment lawyer-turned-hip-hop podcaster Reggie Ossé started his interview show, The Combat Jack Show, on a lark, but it turned into an essential document of rap in the Internet age. He was 48.
Goran Bregović Reconciles Religion With Music On 'Three Letters From Sarajevo'
"I like to understand music as a conversation," the Balkan singer says. "Music is language."
Big Thief, 'Mythological Beauty' (Live)
The Brooklyn folk-rock band performs a powerful story-song about family and pain live in the KCRW studio.
Curtis Harding On World Cafe
The young Atlanta-based artist has an old soul — key word, "soul." Hear a performance of songs from his new album, Face Your Fear.