News Puerto Rico Music: ‘We did it ourselves’: Singer iLe on why she’s a voice among Puerto Rico’s uprising
"So I needed to exteriorize everything I was feeling towards my own country, and the rest of the world. So that’s how this album comes from that anger, and from that need to recognize that we all have an interior force."
News Puerto Rico Music: Feminists and LGBTQ Activists Are Leading the Insurrection in Puerto Rico
On July 26, still giddy after the massive mobilization of Puerto Ricans that played a major role in forcing Governor Ricardo Rosselló to resign, plena musician Tito Matos and street-theater ...
News Puerto Rico Music: How music took down Puerto Rico’s governor
On July 24, Puerto Ricans made history when, after nearly two weeks of massive public protests, Ricardo Rosselló finally resigned as governor. Puerto Ricans found increasingly creative ways to gather ...
News Puerto Rico Music: Daddy Yankee, Rauw Alejandro and Other Urban Music Stars Speak Up for Puerto Rico at Premios Juventud
When Daddy Yankee went on stage at Premios Juventud to receive an award, the reggaeton star addressed the political crisis in his native Puerto Rico. Before a cheering crowd, he admitted that his ...
News Puerto Rico Music: In Puerto Rico, Protest Music Becomes Essential Part of a New Movement Against Corruption
In Puerto Rico, folk genres like bomba, sung and danced by enslaved Africans as a form of rebellion against slave-owners, and plena, a traditional musical styling impoverished jibaros sung to ...
News Puerto Rico Music: 'Ricky, resign!' Puerto Rico's famous musicians lend voice to surging protesters
“I’m going to put a pause on my career because I don’t have the heart or the mind to make music. I’m going to Puerto Rico.” Corruption has blighted Puerto Rican politics for generations. Urgent, ...
News Puerto Rico Music: Lanesboro play to look at hurricane's impact on Puerto Rico
LANESBORO — A one-man play about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico will be presented at 7:30 p.m. July 27 in Lanesboro. "Juracan: The Jibaro and His Three Sons" features playwright/actor ...
News Puerto Rico Music: 'Either You Leave or We Take You Out': Puerto Rican Diaspora Demands Rosselló Resignation
The Puerto Rican diaspora rallied fervently against Roselló and other politicians in the island, chanting “Ricky, renuncia! [Ricky, resign!]” at the rythm of lively Plena music being played. Tuesday's ...
News Puerto Rico Music: Bad Bunny, Ricky Martin, Lin-Manuel Miranda want Puerto Rican governor out
“I have not committed illegal acts,” Rosselló said. “I committed inappropriate acts.” Since the revelation of Rosselló's remarks, Puerto Rican music superstar Bad Bunny (born Benito Antonio Martínez ...
News Puerto Rico Music: Bad Bunny, iLe, and Residente release protest song against Puerto Rico governor
Bad Bunny, Residente, and iLe dropped a blistering protest anthem “Afilando Los Cuchillos” aimed at Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló on Wednesday. The song has already amassed more than ...
News Puerto Rico Music: The World (of Pop Music) Comes to New York
Her performance, the first of a pair of shows for the Red Bull Music Festival New York ... from South Korea, Spain, Nigeria and Puerto Rico playing to packed rooms and, more often than not, bringing ...
News Puerto Rico Music: Best live music in L.A.: The Strokes, Health and more
Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Blvd., 8 p.m. Thursday. Since arriving in Puerto Rico in the late 1990s, singer-drummer-producer Otura Mun has established himself as something of a luminary in the local music ...
News Puerto Rico Music: Puerto Rican Singer-Songwriter iLe On The Music Of Protest
Singer Ileana Mercedes Cabra Joglar – better known as iLe – rose to fame as part of the Puerto Rican hip-hop group, Calle 13. They're one of the most prominent Spanish-language acts of the last decade ...
