NPR Music editor and Alt.Latino host discuss exciting new albums out May 10, including Mexican regional fusion, R&B singer's reflective style, and a blockbuster indie artist collection for a 90s movie soundtrack. Dive into diverse genres and artist highlights in this episode.
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Grupo Frontera's Unexpected Rise
Grupo Frontera's members were originally ranchers and construction workers.
They transitioned to music unexpectedly, becoming key figures in the regional Mexican music resurgence.
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Regional Mexican Music's Resurgence
Regional Mexican music, rooted in traditional waltz music, has exploded in popularity recently.
This resurgence is driven by young Mexican-Americans and artists' authentic expression.
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Genre-Bending Collaboration
Grupo Frontera's new album features "El Chisme," a collaboration with Nicki Nicole.
The song blends regional Mexican and Argentine cumbia influences.
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This week's episode of New Music Friday from All Songs Considered showcases artists stretching limits across a wide spectrum of genres. NPR Music editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Alt.Latino host Anamaria Sayre dig into the most exciting albums out May 10, 2024, from a juggernaut of the Mexican regional scene experimenting with song forms and sounds from across Latin America to an R&B singer getting loose after portraying a jazz icon to a blockbuster collection of contemporary indie artists pulled together for the soundtrack of a discombobulating movie rooted in the 1990s.
Featured Albums: • Grupo Frontera, Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada • Andra Day, Cassandra (cherith) • Various Artists, I Saw the TV Glow Original Soundtrack
Other notable albums out May 10: • Yaya Bey, Ten Fold • Les Savy Fav, OUI LSF • I. Jordan, I Am Jordan • Ryan Castro, El Cantante del Ghetto • Amen Dunes, Death Jokes • Arab Strap, I'm totally fine with it don't give a f*** anymore • Brad Mehldau, After Bach II • Brad Mehldau, Après Fauré • Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, Remembrance • Chief Keef, Almighty So 2 • Conway the Machine, Slant Face Killah • Dehd, Poetry • Gunna, One of Wun • How To Dress Well, I Am Toward You • Jim White and Marisa Anderson, Swallowtail • Kelsey Waldon, There's Always a Song • Kings of Leon, Can We Please Have Fun • Mick Harvey, Five Ways to Say Goodbye • Morgan Guerin, Tales of the Facade • Myriam Gendron, Mayday • Orville Peck, Stampede, Vol. 1 • Shannon & the Clams, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place
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