Empress Of, who misplaced her house within the Los Angeles fires, is featured on this week’s episode of Alt.Latino.
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Empress Of, who misplaced her house within the Los Angeles fires, is featured on this week’s episode of Alt.Latino.
Sergione Infuso – Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Photographs
Los Angeles is house for me and all the time in my coronary heart. Watching the fires from afar in my present metropolis, New York, has me considering rather a lot about what makes my hometown nice: breathtaking mountains, gorgeous seashores and above all a hodgepodge, tapestry group that comes collectively in highly effective methods throughout a painful second.
The great and dangerous of LA’s historical past — redlining and rebuilding, earlier fires and displacement, immigration and annexation — have all been constructing blocks for an trade of tradition that reveals up in layers in its music and artwork. This week on Alt.Latino, we have determined to shine a lightweight on among the sounds that really feel most quintessentially LA, whereas additionally particularly honoring the creativity that has come from communities most affected by the fires.
We’re considering of household and pals, and the beating coronary heart of town as an entire. There’s nothing fairly like LA and we hope this episode is an intro to some and an invite for others to rejoice what makes it so particular. —Anamaria Sayre
Songs featured on this episode:
- José Feliciano, “California Dreamin”
- Ry Cooder feat. Lalo Guerrero, “Barrio Viejo”
- Banda MS feat. Becky G and Snoop Dogg, “Que Maldicion”
- Jasper Bones, “Amor de mis sueños”
- Gerardo Ortiz, “Dámaso”
- Empress Of, “For Your Consideration”
Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and blended by Simon Rentner. Editorial help from Hazel Cills. Our challenge supervisor is Grace Chung. NPR Music’s government producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.
Sources for the Los Angeles group:
Nationwide Day Laborer Organizing Community / Pasadena Group Job Middle
Anti-Recidivism Coalition Firefighter Fund
https://antirecidivism.org/firefighterfund/
LA Regional Meals Financial institution
https://www.lafoodbank.org/hearth/
Pasadena Humane Society
https://pasadenahumane.org/give/donate/
LAIT911
California Group Basis Wildlife Restoration Fund
https://www.calfund.org/funds/wildfire-recovery-fund/
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