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Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation backs four preservation projects
A $20,000 grant round supports archives in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Chile and Cuba-linked research.
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The voices, labor and cultural histories behind the music. From records and workshops to the way screen and stage tell a musician’s story.
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October reports
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Latin GRAMMYs set first performer lineup for Las Vegas
The Academy names Anitta, Daddy Yankee, Rosalía and more for the November 12 broadcast.
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Spotify reports a year of anti-spam safeguards for human artists
The platform says it removed more than 50 million suspected slop and spam tracks from recommendations.
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Fonseca announces a 24-date international tour around his new album
The Colombian singer begins the Antes Que El Tiempo Se Vaya Tour in November.
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HA*ASH pair a Mexico City school visit with instrument support
The duo joined Latin GRAMMY In The Schools at Christel House Mexico City.
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Bogotá Best New Artist Showcase spotlights Colombia’s recent honorees
Juliana, Manuel Medrano, Piso 21 and Ela Taubert performed with Andrés Cepeda and Carlos Vives.
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Producers and engineers get a Latin GRAMMY Week event of their own
CPI In The Mix and Sebastián Krys’ Los Producers will combine in Las Vegas to benefit Parkinson’s research.
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EXTi becomes the 2026 Latin GRAMMYs’ visual artist
The Argentine artist’s bandaged gramophone work will frame the awards’ visual identity.
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Spotify puts Spain’s nuevo urbano artists on a Madrid stage
A platform event connected a 700,000-monthly-stream playlist to live sets and a scene discussion.
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Latin Recording Academy names four 2026 Leading Ladies of Entertainment
The honorees include leaders from Sony Latin, YouTube and the studio alongside Niña Pastori.
Music articles
Culture / Music / Books & Writers · LUCIR
Marjua Estevez Is a Pillar of the Culture She Documents
We spend a lot of time celebrating the people on the cover. We should spend more time with the people who understood why they belonged there.
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Lido Pimienta Is Building a Career That Can Change Shape
With Caribenya out this year, the Colombian Canadian artist gives listeners a reason to follow the work beyond a single signature album.
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JuanesTeban Makes a Name Into a Musical Argument
Juanes places his public name beside his given name in a 2026 album whose credits reach across Latin American music scenes.
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Anitta Builds EQUILIBRIVM II Across Sound and Image
Anitta’s second 2026 album chapter brings credited collaborators, poetry and spiritual imagery into one audiovisual project.
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La Música de mi Casa Treats Heritage as a Live Program
Gabriela Torres’s 54 Below evening promises a multi-genre program shaped by several Latino backgrounds rather than a single musical label.
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Costeñita Changes Its Arrangement, Not Its Caribbean Conversation
Pedro Habano’s October 1 release places a song first issued in champeta into a vallenato setting with Yennifer Quintero and Valentina Velasquez.
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Camilo’s Para Cuando Sean Mayores Writes Toward the Future
The Colombian artist’s September 9 album is framed by Sony Music as a 13-track message to his daughters and younger self.
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Tech / Music · LUCIR
TikTok’s Mexico Songs of Summer Show Discovery Has a Local Chart
TikTok’s September 1 Mexico list places a Mexican track beside catalog revivals and global pop. The result is a platform measure of engagement, not a substitute for the music industry’s full record.
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Culture / Music · LUCIR · LOOKING BACK
The Dominican Credits Inside Reggaetón’s Global Story
Luny Tunes, Dominican dembow and the work of collaboration belong in a history that crosses Caribbean borders.
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The Dominican Hands Behind Latin Music’s Big Rooms
From Johnny Pacheco to Luny Tunes and Maffio, following the work reveals a history that star billing alone cannot tell.
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Dominican Names Belong in Hip-Hop’s Early Visual History
Oral histories and a 1975 exhibition record place Dominican and Dominican-descended writers inside graffiti’s formative New York years.
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Johnny Pacheco and the Work Behind Salsa’s Reach
The Dominican Fania co-founder shaped a record-and-stage network; the credits show the musicians and production workers who helped make it sound.
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Susana Baca’s Songs Enter a Student Workshop
A 2014 Berklee concert shows how Afro-Peruvian music can be taught through new arrangements without becoming a relic.
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The Second Life of Yuyay Jap’ina’s Recordings
Luzmila Carpio’s 2014 edition asks how early-1990s educational recordings enter a later music market.
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Culture / Music · LUCIR · LOOKING BACK
A Solo Name, a Public Collaboration
Liniker’s 2021 album uses a shared credit and a visual campaign to complicate the usual lone-artist story.
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El Alimento and the Work of Musical Exchange
Cimafunk’s 2021 album places two named songs within his account of Black music across Cuba and the United States.
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Deja Gives Four Elements a Place to Work
Bomba Estéreo’s 2021 album tied an elemental scheme to named collaborations in Santa Marta, then gave “Tierra” a later visual life.
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Fito’s Biopic Takes Eight Episodes to Reach One Album
The Argentine series builds toward a celebrated Fito Páez album without making one record an entire life.
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Selena: The Series Gives the Band Its Share of the Story
The 2020–21 family-authorized drama moved beyond a star’s image to the work of making a Tejano career together.
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A Chicago Nightclub, Rebuilt With Music
Delgado treats a nightclub as an immigrant social infrastructure and takes the city history into public space.
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An All-Women Mariachi Band Takes Shape
The play links women entering a male-coded ensemble to the work of caring for family memory.
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La Bamba Makes Translation a Form of Inheritance
Luis Valdez keeps Ritchie Valens’ public sound connected to the family and languages that shaped it.
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