Bomba and Plena music, Puerto Rico’s traditional rhythms, are having a global moment. Bad Bunny has helped elevate the genres ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds of years ago the music of bomba emerged from Puerto Rico's colonial sugar cane plantations. It's rhythmic beats and story-filled lyrics provided healing for the enslaved ...

MANHATTAN (WABC) -- Bomba is a musical tradition developed by West Africans along the coast of Puerto Rico dating back to the 17th Century, that continues to instill emotion and a sense of pride among ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Drummers beat the goatskin covers of rum barrels while a singer led a chorus in call and response. A dancer emerged from the crowd, tipping an imaginary hat to the lead drummer ...

Discover the music of Bomba! Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the Woodbridge Main Library October 11 at 7PM as Kim Ruiz executive director of the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development ...

Brooklynites will experience Puerto Rico in all its colors this summer at the theater. “Bomba and the Coquí,” a brand new show celebrating Puerto Rican culture and pride with an original score, Bomba ...

First documented in the seventeenth century, Caribbean bomba emerged in the context of colonialism. Mariana Núñez Lozada Campo, yo vivo triste Cada día sufriendo más Ay Dio’ ¿qué será de mí? If you ...

The music starts when one of the members of Bomba Marilé mischievously shakes a maraca. Then one of the group’s dancers, Liliana Rodriguez Muriel, starts moving to the infectious beat of the barrill ...

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A dancer emerged from the crowd, tipping an imaginary hat to the lead drummer. It’s a gesture that says the bomba has begun. p pulse Follow SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Drummers beat the goatskin covers of ...