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Show 'All Your Colors': Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week

This week on Alt.Latino's weekly music round-up includes a re-imagined <em>conjunto</em> punk track from Piñata Protest.

Each week, Alt.Latino whips up a curated list of new favorites that emerge from the Latin music world. This week on Alt.Latino, explore Piñata Protest's new twist on conjunto punk, Los Tigres del Norte's tribute to legendary mariachi singer Vicente Fernandez and a diasporic folk ballad from La Doña.

As part of a series of NPR Music's favorite Latin songs, we created a Spotify playlist to compile the songs we love. Listen and read up on this week's picks below.

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