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 ...
San Juan, 10 ene (EFEUSA).San Juan, 10 ene (EFEUSA). — Reconocidas agrupaciones del género musical autóctono puertorriqueño de la plena se presentarán mañana en la tradicional “Fiesta de la 23 Abajo”, ...
In Santurce, a poor suburb outside San Juan, Puerto Rico, there’s a bus that doesn’t run anymore, but the stops it once madeparadasstill lend their names to the densely populated neighborhoods. Ask ...
Bad Bunny's hit 'DtMF' originated with the festive spirit of Puerto Rico's Three Kings Day, leading to a love letter to his ...
San Juan, 7 nov (EFEUSA).San Juan, 7 nov (EFEUSA). — El rapero puertorriqueño Tego Calderón será homenajeado el próximo día 19 durante la 42ª edición del Festival de Bomba y Plena de Puerto Rico por ...
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 ...
Plena musician Hector "Tito" Matos says the government hasn't been transparent about the death toll after Hurricane Maria. He channels that... Puerto Rico's Devastation Permeates Plena MICHEL MARTIN, ...
Some musical genres are just particular—particular to a region or a community, without aspiring to be universally relevant or to commercially conquer new audiences. I think of the plena this way, an ...
Plena musician Hector "Tito" Matos says the government hasn't been transparent about the death toll after Hurricane Maria. He channels that frustration into his music. Finally today, we've been ...