Alt. Latino's favorites: the songs of 2017

"One-at-a-time blasts of groovelisciousness": That's how I refer to the individual songs that make up our most extensive round-up of year-end favorites so far. That is not to

say that the albums these songs came from were not worthy of mention. But sometimes just one song will do. And as you can imagine, there were so many to choose from that I had to call in

help. For the podcast, Jessica Diaz-Hurtado returned to the guest host chair to help facilitate the conversation between some very heavy hitters among Latinx music writers: Suzy Exposito,

assistant music editor for _Rolling Stone_; Marjua Estevez, associate editor at _Billboard_; and Veronica Bayetti Flores, the co-creator and co-host of the Latinx music podcast _Radio

Menea_. We had a ton of fun, lots of laughs and even a few singalongs! All the additional blurbs you see below also come from the cream of the crop of Latinx music writers: Jaquira Diaz,

Vicky Diaz Camacho, Julyssa Lopez, Janel Martinez, Emily Prado, Marty Preciado, Isabela Raygoza, Eric Torres and Yezmin Villareal. There will be some things that we miss; that is

unavoidable. But we hope this list can get you started in your hunt for a sound you haven't heard yet. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. 1 of 23  — residente

cover / Courtesy of the artist 2 of 23  — Mula aguas cover / Courtesy of thee Artist 3 of 23  — nitty scott cover / Courtesy of the Artist 4 of 23  — princess nokia cover / Courtesy of the

Artist 5 of 23  — Arca cover / Courtesy of the Artist 6 of 23  — Mula aguas cover / Courtesy of the Artist 7 of 23  — cardi B cover / Courtesy of the Artist 8 of 23  — cuco cover / Courtesy

of the Artist 9 of 23  — Karol G cover Karol G cover / Courtesy of the Artist 10 of 23  — hurray for the riff raff cover / Courtesy of the Artist 11 of 23  — kali uchis cover / Courtesy of

the Artist 12 of 23  — danay album cover / Courtesy of the Artist 13 of 23  — Residente cover / Courtesy of the Artist 14 of 23  — empress of cover / Courtesy of the Artist 15 of 23  — Arca

cover / Courtesy of the Artist 16 of 23  — cafe tacvba cover / Courtesy of the Artist 17 of 23  — los macuanos cover / Courtesy of the Artist 18 of 23  — buscabulla cover / Courtesy of the

Artist 19 of 23  — kwaye / Courtesy of the Artist 20 of 23  — coral casino / Courtesy of the Artist 21 of 23  — buscabulla cover / Courtesy of the Artist 22 of 23  — kaleema cover / Courtesy

of the Artist 23 of 23  — la favi cover / Courtesy of the Artist