Don Rafael Ithier, Afro-Puerto Rican ‘El Maestro’ Of Salsa And Founder of El Gran Combo, Passes at 98

Rafael Ithier, the founder and bandleader of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, has died at 98, leaving an unparalleled legacy in ...
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What's Past Is Present On Two New Puerto Rican Albums

Banning Eyre reviews two albums from artists who are reinventing classic sounds from Puerto Rico: iLe's iLevitable and Miramar's Dedication to... What's Past Is Present On Two New Puerto Rican Albums ...
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If you liked Bad Bunny's new album, check out these Puerto Rican artists and legends

Bad Bunny has dropped a new album, "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS", just in time for Dia de los Tres Reyes. Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known the world over as Bad Bunny, has notably ...
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A UW-Madison historian's work became a key feature of Bad Bunny's new album. Here's how

Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, an assistant history professor, revived the Puerto Rican history course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last spring. It hadn't been taught in seven years, and the ...
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Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Muslims: How both remix what it means to be Boricua

(The Conversation) — Like Bad Bunny’s music, Puerto Rican Muslims’ lives challenge ideas about race, religion and belonging in the Americas. (The Conversation) — Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio ...