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Digging Through The Latin Grammy Nominations: Who's Worth Checking Out

By Jasmine Garsd

Published September 28, 2014 at 2:50 AM PDT

Chilean singer and musician Ana Tijoux performs during the Mexican musicial festival Vive Latino, at the Foro Sol in Mexico City, on March 28, 2014.

The Latin Grammy nominations have just been announced: 48 categories of great and not so stellar music. But we want to hear about the good stuff — which is why we invited our friends Jasmine Garsd and Felix Contreras, from the NPR Music show Alt.Latino, to tell us who they're excited about this year. From Chilean hip hop to Puerto Rican rappers, and a flamenco legend who left us this year.

Digging Through The Latin Grammys: What's Worth Checking Out

Ana Tijoux

"Vengo"From 'Vengo'

Calle 13

"Adentro"From 'Multi_Viral'

Paco De Lucia

"Zambra Gitana"From 'Cancion Andaluza'

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Jasmine Garsd

Jasmine Garsd is an Argentine-American journalist living in New York. She is currently NPR's Criminal Justice correspondent and the host of The Last Cup. She started her career as the co-host of Alt.Latino, an NPR show about Latin music. Throughout her reporting career she's focused extensively on women's issues and immigrant communities in America. She's currently writing a book of stories about women she's met throughout her travels.

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