The pairing of Puerto Rican 15-piece bomba and plena big band El Laberinto del Coco and Miami-born and raised rapper Marti at the Miami Beach Bandshell Saturday, July 19, at 8 p.m. is a meeting of ...
Image Source: Flushing Town Hall Bomba is a percussion-driven musical style formed in 17th century Puerto Rico. African slaves used “bomba” lyrics to express political and spiritual emotions while ...
Norka Nadal comes from a family in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, where the African-rooted percussion and dance tradition bomba y plena has been practiced for generations. “I felt I had to follow in my family ...
The Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC) is the longest-standing Puerto Rican cultural center in Chicago. Established in 1971, it was named in honor of Segundo Ruiz Belvis, a Puerto Rican ...
San Juan, 7 nov (EFEUSA).San Juan, 7 nov (EFEUSA). — El rapero puertorriqueño Tego Calderón será homenajeado el próximo día 19 durante la 42ª edición del Festival de Bomba y Plena de Puerto Rico por ...
Puerto Rico has always marched to the beat of its own drum — and if you ask any Puerto Rican, they’ll tell you that the drum in question is the barril de bomba, a rum barrel topped with goat skin that ...