Dynamic artists from around the world perform in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall as part of the Musical Explorers Family ...
Puerto Rico is a place filled with heritage and tradition. Oftentimes, the history of anything is best told through wordage. For this iconic locale however, its narrative resonates most through the ...
The bomba is danced warmly and softly. The plena, as sung by El Trio Maravilla, comes from Ponce in the neighborhood of San Anton, and serves as both an improvised newscast and a murmur of güiros, ...
The 10th edition of the Festival de Bomba y Plena celebrates the history, the music, and the solidarity of the Puerto Rican community in Tampa Bay. The history of bomba and plena is the story of the ...
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 ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — In a small bookstore in the Caribbean's largest mall, dozens of people gathered on a recent evening for the launch of a slim dictionary. Its title is “The ABC of DtMF,” which ...
Plena is the Puerto Rican music genre that has received the most international exposure thanks to local pop artists like Ricky Martin and Yolandita Monge, or urban artists like Bad Bunny. One reason ...
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Host Buki Elegbede dives into Puerto Rican culture. Host Buki Elegbede dives into Puerto Rican culture. He meets the creator of the first Afro-Puerto Rican comic book superhero, takes a cooking class ...