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The trailblazing Plena Libre has been thrilling international audiences for nearly three decades. Masters of the traditional Puerto Rican plena and bomba styles, Plena Libre fuses well-loved traditions with modern Afro-Caribbean influences, putting a new and always electrifying spin on this scintillating music.
Plena Libre - Wikipedia
Plena Libre is a plena and bomba group. Their music follows traditional forms while also drawing on other styles of music. In a biographical summary of the group, Steve Huey of Allmusic observed that the group's blend of "contemporary dance arrangements... (and) the long-ignored Puerto Rican folklore-derived plena style... return(ed) the style ...
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Listen to Plena Libre. Hard-hitting horns, master hand drummers, and songs from the soul of Puerto Rico TORCH BEARERS OF PUERTO RICO PLENA, BOMBA AND BEYOND!
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The trailblazing Plena Libre has been thrilling international audiences for nearly three decades. Masters of the traditional Puerto Rican plena and bomba styles, Plena Libre fuses well-loved traditions with modern Afro-Caribbean influences, putting a new and always electrifying spin on this scintillating music.
Plena Libre Concerts & Live Tour Dates: 2025-2026 Tickets
Plena Libre stays true to the island’s unique African-based plena and bomba pulse, while flirting unabashedly and engagingly with sounds from across the Caribbean and Latin world.
Plena Libre | Zoellner Arts Center - Lehigh University
2024年11月2日 · The trailblazing Latin Grammy-nominated Plena Libre has thrilled international audiences for nearly three decades with its contemporary, high-energy, dance-infused concerts. Masters of the traditional Puerto Rican plena and bomba styles, Plena Libre fuses well-loved traditions with modern Afro-Caribbean influences, putting a new and always ...
Plena Libre | Music Department - University of Chicago
2021年10月15日 · The Latin GRAMMY-nominated musicians of Plena Libre are the contemporary masters of the high-energy, dance-infused Puerto Rican styles of plena and bomba. Tickets: $10-30, purchase at tickets.uchicago.edu
Passport Series: Plena Libre - Proctors
2024年8月22日 · With multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations, and over 30 years of recording and touring history, Plena Libre is widely considered to be Puerto Rico’s most important plena, bomba and salsa ensemble and is a Latin dance party that can’t be beat.
PLENA LIBRE - Appell Center For The Performing Arts
2024年5月4日 · Masters of the traditional Puerto Rican plena and bomba styles, Plena Libre fuses well-loved traditions with modern Afro-Caribbean influences, putting a new and electrifying spin on this music. With mesmerizing hand drumming, raucous horns, and soaring three-part vocal harmonies, this multi-Grammy Award–nominated band always brings the heat.
Live from the Lawn: Plena Libre - Strathmore
Grammy- and Latin Grammy-winning band Plena Libre revisits traditional bomba and plena music from Puerto Rico, blending Afro-Caribbean and jazz styles. Led by founder and bassist Gary Nuñez, the band’s spirited percussionists and loud brass have captivated audiences for 30 years, boasting 15 albums and an appointment in 2019 as the Don ...