The Latino National Heritage Fellows reflect major areas of musical accomplishment in Latino USA, including flagship regional traditions such as Tejano, New Mexican, Puerto Rican, and regional Mexican traditions planted firmly in the Southwest. This playlist, drawn from the Folkways and Arhoolie collections at the Smithsonian, is only a partial representation of the full breadth of Latino musical accomplishment included among the National Heritage Fellows.

Listen to the playlist and read Daniel Sheehy’s annotations here.