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Hear a garage-rock track from the Spanish band Kokoshca, the funky electronic cumbia of Colombia's Monareta, a great remix of Panamanian rap duo Los Rakas, Colombian singer Etelvina Maldonado (remixed by DJs Uproot Andy and Geko Jones) and more.

Pack light, because on this week’s show we're covering a lot of musical ground. A Panamanian rocker honors traditional percussion, a former Menudo wows us, Dominican sisters tell us to relax -- and then we jet off to Italy to collect fantastic covers of classic songs.

The popular video of Beethoven's 5th dressed in a mambo beat is a reminder of many other classical transformations, from jazz great Betty Carter to the Japanese electronics wiz Tomita.

The Polish composer enjoyed enormous success after a 1992 recording of his haunting Symphony No. 3 became a surprise hit around the world. Hear an interview with Gorecki and excerpts of his music.

This week on Alt.Latino, like kids on Halloween night, our hosts consume a bundle of confections by some of our favorite artists -- and find that repackaging old genres can yield delicious treats.

He says he'd rather pick other artists' records, but we pinned Simon Rattle down to choose five of his own favorites made over a fruitful three decades at EMI Classics.

Despite differences in dialect, culture and heritage, many Latinos are united by a shared immigration experience -- either personally or through family members. In this week's edition of Alt.Latino, we review our favorite songs about immigrants.

From a Brazilian rocker's ode to the overworked and underpaid to a Dominican female MC's story of an immigrant's toil, we spin music that honors the spirit of hard work.

This week, host Bob Boilen, NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson and WFUV's Alisa Ali discuss some of the best bands they discovered at this year's CMJ.

This week on Alt.Latino, we travel throughout the Latin world to find 10 great bands that seamlessly stitch traditional Latin music with new and unexpected sounds.