{"podcast":{"title":"NPR Music","slug":"npr-music-738918","podcast_index_feed_id":738918,"rss_url":"https://feeds.npr.org/510019/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510019/npr-music","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x3000+0+0/resize/1400/quality/66/format/jpg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2F5e%2Fcce9847a4c6293486671ce4e36c0%2Fnpr-music-podcast-feed-tile.png","author":"NPR (podcasts@npr.org)","episode_count":300,"summary":"Welcome to your all-in-one destination for every NPR Music podcast. We break down the best new albums to hit streaming each week on New Music Friday; we share the latest songs worthy of your playlists on All Songs Considered; there’s off-the-rails conversations (and chisme!) about Latin music on Alt.Latino. The NPR Music channel is your hub for new records, iconic artists and cult heroes, free of algorithms and full of surprises.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T16:22:59.099584+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918"},"episode":{"title":"Alt.Latino: A Tejano masterclass with El Gato Negro, Ruben Ramos","slug":"alt-latino-a-tejano-masterclass-with-el-gato-negro-ruben-ramos","published_at":"2026-06-10T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918/alt-latino-a-tejano-masterclass-with-el-gato-negro-ruben-ramos","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5852156/alt-latino-a-tejano-masterclass-with-ruben-ramos","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510019/npr.simplecastaudio.com/afbbcc66-ab00-44f2-903d-1a96ab240270/episodes/244e6a2f-e87b-40c3-abd2-721e99f63cda/audio/256/default.mp3?awCollectionId=afbbcc66-ab00-44f2-903d-1a96ab240270&awEpisodeId=244e6a2f-e87b-40c3-abd2-721e99f63cda&feed=VUaq3kJJ&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5852156&p=510019&d=1619&size=51814445","summary":"Ruben Ramos' life story mirrors the history of what we now know as Tejano music. His family's musical roots in Texas go back to 1918, and as a boy he was brought into the family bands, first as a drummer and then as a vocalist. He's been playing big band-inflected Tejano music now for more than six decades, and just released a tribute album tracing that musical lineage, called 'Los Días de Calor.' In this episode, Felix chats with \"El Gato Negro\" Ramos about the history of Tejano music across the twentieth century, and how his own story fits inside of it. This podcast episode was produced by Noah Caldwell. Suraya Mohamed is the executive producer of NPR Music. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy","meta_description":"Ruben Ramos' life story mirrors the history of what we now know as Tejano music. His family's musical roots in Texas go back to 1918, and as a boy he was…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1619,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/npr-music-738918/episodes/alt-latino-a-tejano-masterclass-with-el-gato-negro-ruben-ramos/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918/alt-latino-a-tejano-masterclass-with-el-gato-negro-ruben-ramos.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}