{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://castro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-castro-congressional-hispanic-caucus-nominate-33-latino-songs-for-inclusion-in-national-recording-registry", "Rep. Castro, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Nominate 33 Latino Works for Inclusion in National Recording Registry", "2022-11-29", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Joaquin Castro", "C001091", "castro.house.gov", "castro", "https://castro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 This week, Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Raul Ruiz (CA-36), and CHC Vice Chair Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) led the CHC in nominating 33 works by Latino musicians for inclusion in the Library of Congress\u2019s National Recording Registry.\n\n\u201cThe National Recording Registry\u2019s very existence speaks to the importance of music and broadcast in American culture and society. Music brings people from all different backgrounds together, and Latino music has had an indelible influence across the American music spectrum on every genre from jazz, rhythm and blues, country, pop, and hip-hop. Yet, Latino contributions in music have been insufficiently recognized,\u201d the members wrote in their nomination letter. \u201cAs an art, the diversity of the Latino sound can be heard in every measure and resonates with every beat\u2026These songs were selected with feedback from the public, and they reflect the diversity of Latino identities, histories, and geographies. We hope you will give each of these songs listed below careful consideration and that we will see many of them included in the National Recording Registry.\u201d\n\nThe National Recording Registry is the nation\u2019s preeminent archive of recorded sound. Established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the Registry is intended to maintain and preserve sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that have cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance to life in the United States. On an annual basis, the National Recording Preservation Board selects 25 recordings to add to the registry and preserve in the Library of Congress. The Registry currently contains 600 works, of which just 23 (3.8%) were recorded by Latino musicians.\n\nThe works nominated by Rep. Castro and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus were drawn from hundreds of public suggestions submitted through social media. The list was crafted to highlight musicians with no prior songs on the Registry and works were intentionally chosen to represent the diversity of the Latino experience \u2014 including Spanish-language and bilingual tracks, tracks from Afro-Latino/a and LGBTQ+ Latino/a musicians, and musicians from across the Latino diaspora.\n\nTo view the full nomination letter, click here.\n\nThe full CHC list of nominations to the National Recording Registry is as follows:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://castro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-castro-congressional-hispanic-caucus-nominate-33-latino-songs-for-inclusion-in-national-recording-registry"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4699748028069735, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}