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In the face of crisis, our critic turned to music that demanded that she relinquish control.

Inside the world of Dominican car culture, where customized sound systems are an art of their own.

“I’ve made it clear to people that I’m never going to make a record that’s the same as another,” the pop star said. His fourth album was inspired by a spectrum of Caribbean music.

Bouncing in a lowrider and chilling at home with the L.A.-based singer, whose music opens up a world of mischief and beauty, luxury and vulnerability.

The gleefully raunchy Dominican rapper, who’s collaborated with J Balvin and Rosalía, has been hailed as an iconoclast. Her own goal is simple: Speaking her truth.

“Loud” asks us to reconsider mainstream histories of the genre, and reveals critical conversations about its roots and evolution.

A group of older Cuban musicians recorded some of their favorite songs in 1996, and the album became an unlikely blockbuster. How do we hear it a quarter-century later?

The Ecuadorean American musician’s new album, “Far In,” is filled with celestial lullabies that confront earthly anxieties.

A generation of experimentalists are defying colonial assumptions and stretching the limits of sound.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Diva, an album that captures Ivy Queen’s legacy...

Sisters with Transistors, a new documentary highlighting women pioneers in early electronic music, offers one portal into the past—hopefully with more to follow.

From N.I.N.A. to Thai Flow, we highlight some of the women using Brazilian grime and drill for survival, affirmation, and revolt.

Amid rampant anti-trans legislation and attacks on LGBTQ+ communities, venue owners and performers are protecting the sanctity of their spaces—and their lives.

The Dominican label has quickly become a force thanks to its unruly attitude and iconoclastic stars like Tokischa.

Young Miko, RaiNao, and Villano Antillano are part of a new generation proving that the urbano movement can—and should—be flagrantly queer.

Sisters with Transistors, a new documentary highlighting women pioneers in early electronic music, offers one portal into the past—hopefully with more to follow.

On his third album, “Saturno,” the Puerto Rican musician further reimagines the genre, drawing on the worlds of Miami bass, late ’90s underground and freestyle music.

Switched On: The Dawn of Electronic Sound by Latin American Women is available to pre-order from March 3rd.

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The sold-out show by the Dominican artist was a watershed moment for the dembow movement.

The New Age icon discusses the songs and sounds that have shaped his life—from Sinatra to Sade, Baptist choirs to Sikh chants, and plenty of joyful dance parties in between.

On “Vice Versa,” the Puerto Rican singer traverses the lines of house music, baile funk, bolero and beyond, shirking convention and opening possibilities.

Isabelia Herrera’s column returns, surveying the undefinable sounds of Latin America and its diaspora. Her first installment is about a dynamic electronic movement flourishing online and on the...

Artists including Peso Pluma, Eslabon Armado, and Grupo Frontera are updating the sentimental sounds of traditional Mexican music while staying true to its storied history.

A host of fusions between the two genres arrived this year, with implications for both the underground and the mainstream.

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A new wave of artists are reimagining the classic bolero, rising above its gendered tropes and sharpening its quietly feminist rebellion for the contemporary moment.

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The film, set in a New York neighborhood known as the Little Dominican Republic, didn’t cast dark-skinned Latinos in lead roles. Our writers discuss how that absence reverberates.

Inside the world of Dominican car culture, where customized sound systems are an art of their own.

The Rio de Janeiro MC deftly uses a grime framework to explore a wide range of emotional textures that are part of living in Rio—its pleasures and its hardships.

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From Xenia Rubinos’ masterful chronicle of collapse to Sech’s perreo-night soundtrack, this is the music fueling our reflection and rebirth right now.

The Mexican singer-songwriter’s debut solo album, “Marchita,” paints a tender portrait of lost love, putting her voice and her Venezuelan cuatro center stage.

En ‘Marchita’, su álbum debut como solista, la cantautora mexicana pinta un tierno retrato del amor perdido en donde brillan su voz y el cuatro venezolano.