Photos by Deborah Guelfi Jul 21, 2025 Jul 21, 2025 LAWRENCE — The heat and humidity weren’t enough to discourage a large crowd from turning out Sunday afternoon for the third annual Bomba y Plena ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

“Puerto Rico has a mix of races, and we like to defend our African roots,” said Iván “E-van” Ortiz Amaro, the director of Bomba con Conciencia. If Bad Bunny’s highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime ...

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 ...

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 ...

Afro-Caribbean identity on the island of Puerto Rico is situated at the crossroads of continuity and change, where the realities of colorism and systemic inequities still exist alongside a cultural ...

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 ...