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Toca Bomba
Bombera playing the "barril de bomba" and singing chorus with Segunda Quimbamba.
Ten Stringed Cuatro
The Puerto Rican cuatro is unofficially known as the national instrument of Puerto Rico. It is used to play the traditional jíbaro music of the mountains of Puerto Rico.
Segunda Quimbamba
Segunda Quimbamba performing at the Perth Amboy Ferry Slip on September 14, 2019. Segunda Quimbamba is a Jersey City-based percussion and dance ensemble that performs authentic Bomba and Plena, musical traditions from the island of Puerto Rico.…
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Plenera
Plenera playing a pandero and singing a plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Plena
Playing plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Playing the Baril de Bomba
Playing the "barril de bomba" with Segunda Quimbamba.
Playing Primo
In bomba, the lead drum and lead drummer mark the movements made by the dancer, called "piquetes" or "picoteos".
Playing Cuatro
José Gabriel Muñoz gave the Raíces Digital Archive crew a short private concert after his oral history interview.
Patricio Rijos 'Toribio' el rey del Guicharo
Raíces BOD chair Angela Lugo visiting a memorial statue of Patricio Rijos. The statue reads, "De los hijos del antiguo San Juan a Patricio Rijos 'Toribio' el rey del Guicharo."
Parranda - Paranda Puertoriqueña and Garifuna
End jam session at the Bronx Music Center in the Melrose section of the Southwest Bronx. Holiday Celebration "Bronx Rising - Season 6 - December 2017 - Parranda con Paranda Strings Attached
Parranda - Paranda Puertoriqueña and Garifuna
End jam session at the Bronx Music Center in the Melrose section of the Southwest Bronx. Holiday Celebration "Bronx Rising - Season 6 - December 2017 - Parranda con Paranda Strings Attached
Parranda - Paranda Puertoriqueña and Garifuna
End jam session at the Bronx Music Center in the Melrose section of the Southwest Bronx. Holiday Celebration "Bronx Rising - Season 6 - December 2017 - Parranda con Paranda Strings Attached
Oral History with José Gabriel Muñoz - Cuatrista
On October 20, 2019, Raíces Cultural Center had the honor of conducting an oral history interview with cuatrista José Gabriel Muñoz. Download a PDF of the full oral history interview transcript here: José Gabriel Muñoz Interview Transcript