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 ...

If Bad Bunny’s highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime show is representative of his 2025 album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” and its subsequent “No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí” residency at Puerto Rico’s Coliseo ...

Bomba is still a music of rebellion, used to criticise the government or call for independence from the US, of which Puerto Rico has been an unincorporated territory since 1898. But it’s become a ...

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 ...

Artist Edwin Sepúlveda, known as Don Rimx, is working to preserve Puerto Rican culture and Bomba music through a new Kissimmee mural.

Nelson Baez works to pass the music of Puerto Rican Bomba on to the next generation. Nelson Baez shares his passion for the music of Bomba, Puerto Rico's oldest genre of music, with communities of all ...

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 ...

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 ...

A dancer emerged from the crowd, tipping an imaginary hat to the lead drummer. It’s a gesture that says the bomba has begun. This playful exchange between dancers, singers and drummers is the rhythmic ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The inhabitants of San Juan aren’t early risers. At 9am, the city’s streets are largely empty. In the Plaza Colón, there’s a cockerel ...