For his second Marsalis Music release and third overall, alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón returns with the same crew from Ceremonial (2004) to celebrate the rural music of his Puerto Rican homeland.

The “cuatro” (Spanish for the number “four”) is a deceptively simple instrument. It’s a small, four-stringed guitar but it serves as the backbone of traditional Puerto Rican jíbaro music. Over decades ...

Students will learn to identify the characteristic instruments, rhythms, and sound of jíbaro music, as well as appreciate the improvisatory skills of the poet/singers known as trovatores. Students ...

Ricardo Vázquez performs an action-packed solo show on the history of Puerto Rico in a bilingual, family-friendly adventure with music, mask and audience participation. The performance is set for ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The World Music Institute will present EL ESPIRITU JIBARO featuring Yomo ...

Folk musician Andrés Jiménez, known as “El Jíbaro,” will come to Miami for the first time in his 50-year career to celebrate Three Kings Day, the most special day of the Christmas season for Puerto ...

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In a conversation on line for a portable toilet, the struggles of Northern Ireland were compared with the independence movement in Puerto Rico. The comparison — or the conversation — probably wouldn’t ...

Alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón explores the country music of Puerto Rico on Jibaro, an album of Latin jazz originals. By applying these innate cultural ideas in a jazz context, Zenón's quartet creates ...