{"id":2374144,"date":"2026-04-15T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2374144"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:24:22","slug":"alt-latino-jorge-drexler-returns-home-all-songs-considered-npr-music-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/alt-latino-jorge-drexler-returns-home-all-songs-considered-npr-music-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Alt.Latino: Jorge Drexler returns home : All Songs Considered : NPR Music : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-img-6026918\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 3377;&#10;        --source-height: 1900;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F52%2F155e704d42318ece1413e304cdc8%2Faa66046d-14e0-4221-a0a1-e11d1e540107.jpeg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F52%2F155e704d42318ece1413e304cdc8%2Faa66046d-14e0-4221-a0a1-e11d1e540107.jpeg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F52%2F155e704d42318ece1413e304cdc8%2Faa66046d-14e0-4221-a0a1-e11d1e540107.jpeg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F52%2F155e704d42318ece1413e304cdc8%2Faa66046d-14e0-4221-a0a1-e11d1e540107.jpeg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F52%2F155e704d42318ece1413e304cdc8%2Faa66046d-14e0-4221-a0a1-e11d1e540107.jpeg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F52%2F155e704d42318ece1413e304cdc8%2Faa66046d-14e0-4221-a0a1-e11d1e540107.jpeg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F52%2F155e704d42318ece1413e304cdc8%2Faa66046d-14e0-4221-a0a1-e11d1e540107.jpeg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F52%2F155e704d42318ece1413e304cdc8%2Faa66046d-14e0-4221-a0a1-e11d1e540107.jpeg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                The new album from Jorge Drexler is called <em>Tarac\u00e1<\/em><br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Manuel Velez\/Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Manuel Velez\/Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Jorge Drexler is one of the most decorated singer-songwriters in Latin America. His albums are always high profile events, and his latest record merits the attention. It&#8217;s called <em>Tarac\u00e1<\/em>, and to make it he returned home to his native Uruguay &#8211; after living in Spain for 30 years &#8211; to explore the roots of an Afro-Uruguayan tradition known as candombe. On this week&#8217;s episode we chat with Drexler about the motivation for returning to his home country, making music after losing his parents, and how the album&#8217;s title reflects the sound made by a candombe drum.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Songs featured in this episode:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"edTag rte2-style-ul\">\n<li>Jorge Drexler, &#8216;El tambor chico&#8217;,<\/li>\n<li>Jorge Drexler, &#8216;Ante la duda, baila&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Alfredo Zitarrosa, &#8220;Do\u00f1a Soledad&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Jorge Drexler, &#8216;Nuestro trabajo \/ Los Puentes&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This podcast episode was produced by Noah Caldwell. Suraya Mohamed is the executive producer of NPR Music.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.npr.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new album from Jorge Drexler is called Tarac\u00e1 Manuel Velez\/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Manuel Velez\/Courtesy of the artist Jorge Drexler is one of the most decorated singer-songwriters in Latin America. His albums are always high profile events, and his latest record merits the attention. 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