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 ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Marisol with her family at Saturday’s fest. Credit: Sonia Ahmed photo Marisol sat under a tent ...

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

Saturday's finale hit new heights as he rapped alongside Puerto Rico heavyweights Ñengo Flow, Jowell y Randy, Dei V, Arcángel and De La Ghetto, then shocked the audience when Marc Anthony joined him ...

For years, the Super Bowl Halftime Show has been one of the most-watched performances in the world, a stage reserved for ...

Bad Bunny is perhaps the only pop star fully equipped to take on the current American sociopolitical ecosystem and the fact that a show must entertain.

1. "Pueblo pueblo": popular culture in time -- 2. Lite colonial: diversions of Puerto Rican discourse -- 3. Broken English memories: languages in the trans-colony -- 4. "Salvación Casita": space, ...