NPR : Latin Alternative’s Big Cheese: Gustavo Santaolalla

“One of the biggest names in Latin music is not some hot young pop star, but a bearded 54-year-old producer. Gustavo Santaolalla was behind the boards for hit albums by many of the biggest pop and rock musicians in Latin America, including Julieta Venegas and Juanes.

He has composed music for such films as Amores Perros and The Motorcycle Diaries and just won an Oscar for his Brokeback Mountain score. But Santaolalla has also built a reputation for guiding and producing some of the most adventurous bands in the genre of music called Latin Alternative.”

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