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Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Gina Chavez watched their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discussed what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.

This week on Alt.Latino, we celebrate the music that rocked our world in 2012 — from a Colombian electronic journey to a Chilean rap masterpiece and a Mexican film soundtrack that left us breathless.

Those Darlins hooked up at the Southern Girls Rock 'n' Roll Camp, which bassist Kelley Darlin founded in 2003. Critic Robert Christgau is glad to see the band finally playing rock, as well.

Women are dominating the charts, from established singers like Taylor Swift, to newer chart topper Charli XCX.

Throughout his three-decade history leading the Berlin Philharmonic, the conductor struggled to find perfection in the symphony orchestra. Karajan biographer Richard Osborne offers a list of five albums that embody the maestro's magic.

Fresh Air's critic looks back on a fruitful year and lists his favorite music releases of 2011.

From a straight-up death metal record by a bunch of lifers to a bluegrass 'n' black metal hybrid (really!), these are the records that hurt so good in 2012.

The Museum for the United Nations has partnered with musicians to re-release some of their songs with added nature sounds to generate royalties for conservation efforts.

Tocada en tres instrumentos de cuerda, esta música fue la banda sonora del país desde principios del siglo XX hasta la década de 1940.

Kick back with Alt.Latino for Argentine cumbia, Venezuelan rock, Chilean pop and Mexican jarocho.