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El Charango
Pepe plays the charango. This is another staple in Andean Music. It is a small guitar made up of ten strings. The back of a charango is the shell of an armadillo.
Showing the Audience
Pepe holds up instruments to show his audience. This is a trademark of Pepe's performances. He believes in respecting his audience's intelligence by explaining to them the origins of his instruments and how they are used in Andean Music.
Tuning for the Performance
Here Pepe is tuning his instruments for his performance at Whispering Knoll Assisted Living facility in Edison, New Jersey.
Pan Flutes
During his performance Pepe has his instruments on display. These are just a few of the many pan flutes in his collection. This instrument is a staple in Andean Music. Pepe sometimes plays two at a time.
Playing Primo
Drummer playing the primo, or lead drum, which interprets the moves of the dancer in sound.
Playing Cuá
Drummer playing cuá with the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Drummers
Drummers playing bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores, completely surrounded by crowds and cameras.
Coro
Singers in the group representing Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores singing the coro, or chorus, of the song being performed.
5th Encuentro de Tambores
Drummers and audience at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Bomba drums
Bomba drummers playing with the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Singers
Singers representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Bomberos from Aguada
Singers and lead drummers of the bomba group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico posing for a photograph before they begin to play.
Learning the Cuá
A member of the group representing Aguada in the 5th Encuentro de Tambores takes time to teach Raíces co-founder and ensemble member Nicole Wines the pattern he plays to accompany the bomba strains. Each town and group has their own variations of…
Cuá
The cuá is an instrument that accompanies the barriles de bomba. The cuá is actually the sticks used to play on either a barrel or chunk of bamboo and helps keep the basic rhythm of the bomba strains.
Jariksa Valle Feliciano
Jariksa Valle Feliciano, a member of the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Bomberos
Drummers playing bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Playing the Barriles
Playing the barriles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Bomberas
Group of women playing barilles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Puerto Rico. Drumming is often associated with male musicians, especially on a performance basis, but this is changing in modern society, as seen at this "Meeting of the…
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.…
Plenera
Plenera playing a pandero and singing a plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Plena
Playing plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Bombera
Bombera performing with Segunda Quimbamba in Perth Amboy, NJ.
Toca Bomba
Bombera playing the "barril de bomba" and singing chorus with Segunda Quimbamba.
Bombera
Performing with Segunda Quimbamba at the Perth Amboy Ferry Slip.
Keeping the Tradition Alive
In teaching youth the fundamentals of bomba, from the drum to the dance to the songs, Segunda Quimbamba helps to keep the tradition alive and pass it along to future generations.