Puerto Rico News » Carolina News Puerto Rico » Carolina » Music: Seguimo’ Aquí: Puerto Rico’s Music Is Still A Powerful Weapon Against Erasure
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2019, the streets of San Juan were filled with protest chants and drums. People of all ages used music to demand the ...
News Puerto Rico » Carolina » Music: Bad Bunny’s DtMF Won’t Solve Colonialism in Puerto Rico — But Music Is Key to Revolutions
I started listening to Bad Bunny in 2017, when I was living in “Nueva Yol.” Back then, the song “Tu No Vive Así” made me feel nostalgic. Despite sounding more like trap than the dembow of my ...
News Puerto Rico » Carolina » Music: Review: Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico’s history and culture to a revolutionary Super Bowl show
The sun hung low when Bad Bunny emerged in Puerto Rico’s sugar cane fields during his halftime show, surrounded by jíbaros in pavas (rural farmers in traditional straw hats), viejitos playing dominos ...
News Puerto Rico » Carolina » Music: How Much Did Bad Bunny’s Residency Actually Generate for Puerto Rico?
At the peak of his popularity, Bad Bunny ditched the typical North American tour to center his homeland with a historic 31-show residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The sold-out residency, titled “No ...
News Puerto Rico » Carolina » Music: What Bad Bunny’s halftime show means for Puerto Rico
For three hours last summer, Wilfredo José Burgos-Matos felt like he didn’t have to leave Puerto Rico again after moving away from the island 11 years ago. Bad Bunny’s residency in San Juan last ...
News Puerto Rico » Carolina » Music: Bad Bunny Is Kicking Off a Historic Residency in Puerto Rico. Is the Island Ready?
Bad Bunny made a statement when he decided to host a three-month residency at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, right in the heart of his homeland’s capital of San Juan. Starting this weekend, and for the ...
News Puerto Rico » Carolina » Music: Rafael Ithier, Ambassador of Puerto Rican Music, Dies at 99
Leading the acclaimed salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, he brought the music of his native island to a worldwide audience for more than 60 years. Credit: Niveles Productions-Lexter L./EGC ...
News Puerto Rico » Carolina » Music: Seguimo’ Aquí: Puerto Rico’s Music Is Still A Powerful Weapon Against Erasure
Overthepast decade, Puerto Ricans have endured a relentless string of challenges that have left the island bruised but unbroken, including a crippling economic crisis, Hurricane Maria’s devastation, ...