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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...
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The plena genre originated in Barrio San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico, [3] [4] around 1900. [5] It was influenced by the bomba style of music. [citation needed] Originally, sung texts were not associated with the plena, which was rendered by guitar, accordion and pandero, but eventually, in 1907, [citation needed] singing was added.
Mon Rivera is the common name given to two distinct Puerto Rican musicians (both born in Mayagüez), namely Monserrate Rivera Alers (originally nicknamed Rate, later referred to as "Don Mon", or Mon The Elder, and sometimes erroneously credited as Ramón in songwriting credits) and his oldest son, Efraín Rivera Castillo (May 25, 1924 – March 12, 1978), [1] [2] (referred to early in his ...
Bad Bunny in a promotional image for his new album "Debí Tirar Más Fotos." Credit - Eric Rojas. L ast summer, the global superstar Bad Bunny was driving through the streets of San Juan, Puerto ...
The plena rhythm is a simple duple pattern, although a lead pandereta player might add lively syncopations. Plena melodies tend to have an unpretentious, "folksy" simplicity. Some early plena verses commented on barrio anecdotes, such as "Cortarón a Elena" (They stabbed Elena) or "Allí vienen las maquinas" (Here come the firetrucks).
Plena Libre — Mi Ritmo; Best Tropical Song. Sergio George and Jorge Villamizar — "Mi Primer Millón" Elvis Crespo — "Bandida" Sergio George and Jorge Luis Piloto — "La Salsa Vive" (Tito Nieves) Kike Santander — "Por Más Que Intento" (Gilberto Santa Rosa) Ray Contreras, Jimmy Greco, La India and Shirley Marte — "Sedúceme" (La India)
Plena Libre — Mas Libre; Omara Portuondo — Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo; Best Tropical Song. Kike Santander — "Júrame (Merengue)" Albita — "Azúca' Pa' Tu Amargura" Issac Delgado — "La Fórmula" Toño Rosario — "Yo Me Muero Por Ella" Alejandro Jaén and William Paz — "Yo Si Me Enamoré" (Huey Dunbar)