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New Music Picks: Emilia & Ludmilla, Alaina Castillo, Daymé Arocena and More

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New Music Picks: Emilia & Ludmilla, Alaina Castillo, Daymé Arocena and More

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features Emilia and Ludmilla's fierce collaboration, Alaina Castillo's dance track, and Daymé Arocena's ode to the Caribbean. Also on the list: Las Villa's debut album, Fangoria’s epic team-up with Paulina Rubio, and Gaby Moreno's acoustic EP Plus, [...]

New Music Picks: Carla Morrison, Natti Natasha, Olga Tañón and More

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New Music Picks: Carla Morrison, Natti Natasha, Olga Tañón and More

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features new music from Carla Morrison, Lele Pon's blast from the past with Guaynaa, and Natti Natasha's heartfelt song. Also on the list: Olga Tañón post-breakup anthem “La Vida Da Vuelta,” Bad Gyal breakthrough with “Chulo,” and [...]

Tattooing on Clothes with Chainstitch Embroidery Artist Samantha Saavedra

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Tattooing on Clothes with Chainstitch Embroidery Artist Samantha Saavedra

Samantha Saavedra chain stitches with a hundred-year-old Singer sewing machine. What began as a tailoring stint at Levi’s led to running a business out of her home. Then, in 2022, Saveedra opened Mira Flores, a retail and tailor shop specializing in chain stitch embroidery and denim repair. For the artist, [...]

Jean Dawson, the Uncompromising Misfit of Music, is Ready to Conquer the World

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Jean Dawson, the Uncompromising Misfit of Music, is Ready to Conquer the World

27-year-old experimental alt-singer/songwriter Jean Dawson is the embodiment of a misfit in music. Dawson was raised in a blended household with Mexican and Black parents who treasured underground hip hop and rejected the way the world pummeled the dreams of those who look like Dawson. “My reality was really [...]