The singer collaborated with Apple to capture the rainforests of the island, and tell the story of vejigantes, for his ...

Bomba. It's a word you feel: percussive, rhythmic, pulsating. The art form grew out of the Afro Indigenous cultures of Puerto ...

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 ...

Bomba has long been a way for those who play and dance it to forget their troubles. It was true for the island's slaves who first danced to it centuries ago. It was true after Hurricane Maria too. And ...

Since the focus was more the art form than the practitioners, this edition had a more directly educational format than others of the In-Between Series. For crucial context, Sanchez opened with a ...

The South Bronx Folk Festival kicked off this weekend to the beat of Puerto Rican Bomba music. The music and movement originated from the slave trade and is still widely popular in Puerto Rico. Many ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — It’s a sacred musical tradition ...

Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st Century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers, and laptops as with drums and flutes. That’s one of the ...

The crowd came ready to party on the Near Northside Saturday. While much of Houston may have been down at NRG Stadium for The Weeknd, a sold-out audience on the White Oak Music Hall lawn was ready to ...