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Hispanic Heritage Month: Leila Cobo, Felix Contreras & Jennifer Mota Talk Covering The Thriving Latin Music Scene

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Journalists gather to talk Latin music's growth, its relationship to U.S. pop culture, how they're covering different genres and more
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Oct 12, 2020 - 5:07 pm

From Selena to the Latin Explosion of the 2000s to reggaeton's prevalence today, Latin music has been a force that has gotten the attention of U.S. audiences for years. Leila Cobo, VP of Latin content and programming for Billboard, Felix Contreras, co-creator and host of Alt.Latino, and Jennifer Mota, columnist and multimedia creative, gather to talk Latin music's growth, its relationship to U.S. pop culture, how they're covering different genres, and more. 

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Hispanic Heritage Month: How Latinx Music Industry Professionals Are Bringing La Cultura To The Masses

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Hispanic Heritage Month: How Latinx Music Industry Professionals Are Bringing La Cultura To The Masses

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Mija mgmt's Doris Munoz, Atlantic Records' Riggs Morales, SoundCloud's Roberto Caiffa and Warner Music's Vanessa Noguera gather to talk about Latinx representation in the music industry
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Oct 9, 2020 - 4:56 pm

Latinx music industry executives have trailblazed various areas of the industry and continue to shape the landscape of Latin music around the world. Doris Munoz, founder of mija mgmt and Solidarity for Sanctuary, Rigo "Riggs" Morales, senior vice president, A&R at Atlantic Records, Roberto Caiffa, Head of Major Label Relations at SoundCloud, and Vanessa Noguera, co-founder of the Industry In Spanglish and ECommerce Operations Manager at Warner Music, gather to talk about their experiences, what opened the doors for them in the industry, how they are taking the Latinx culture forward through their work and what needs to happen to see more representation in the industry.

Bringing La Cultura to the Masses 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Cecilia Esquivel & Lilo Gonzalez Talk Political Uprisings & Their Influence On Latin Music

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Cecilia Esquivel & Lilo Gonzalez Talk Political Uprisings & Their Influence On Latin Music

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The two musicians take us into the history of how music and political uprisings in Latin America have come together in the past
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Oct 8, 2020 - 11:57 am

To understand Latin American culture and its essence, in several aspects, you have to understand how different countries have been shaped by their political uprisings.

Singer, arranger, producer, studio owner and clinical social worker Cecilia Esquivel and singer, songwriter and educator Lilo Gonzalez take us into the history of how music and political uprisings in Latin America have come together in the past. Using their own experiences as musicians who lived during political hard times, Esquivel and Gonzalez get into the meaning behind music's power to spread messages, how they looked up to musicians from the U.S. like Pete Seeger using their music for movements there and more. 

Political Uprising & Its Influence On Latin Music

Hispanic Heritage Month: Lucía Parker & Henry Alonzo Talk The History & Globalization of Latin Contemporary Christian Music

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Care For The Culture: Afro-Latinas Talk Identity & The Music Industry | Hispanic Heritage Month

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The Afro-Latina experience is a multi-dimensional one. Hear Calma Carmona, Leslie Cartaya and Jeimy Osorio talk about what their identity means to them
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Oct 14, 2020 - 4:48 pm

Being Afro-Latina doesn't mean choosing one identity over the other. Venezuelan singer Marger moderates an intimate conversation with artists Calma Carmona, Leslie Cartaya and Jeimy Osorio about identity, how it impacts their music, anti-Blackness in Latinx communities and more. 

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Industry Insights: Building The Right Team | Hispanic Heritage Month

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Lucía Parker & Henry Alonzo Talk The History & Globalization of Latin Contemporary Christian Music

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Globalization has impacted Latin faith-based music deeply. Learn how in this conversation with Latin GRAMMY-nominated singer Lucía Parker and Henry Alonzo, partner and chief creative officer at Adarga Entertainment Group
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Oct 6, 2020 - 11:59 am

Faith-based Latin music has evolved to become a genre relevant in Latin America, in the U.S. as well as the Latin music industry. Like popular music genres, Latin Contemporary Christian Music or Latin CCM has been impacted by globalization and in this conversation, Latin GRAMMY-nominated singer Lucía Parker and Henry Alonzo, partner and chief creative officer at Adarga Entertainment Group, come together to talk about the genre's history and where it stands in the industry today. 

The History & Globalization Of Latin Worship Music

Recording Academy Announces Hispanic Heritage Month 2020 Virtual Programming