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El Laberinto del Coco Héctor Barez Streams Bomba Jazz Live From Old San Juan

"Coco" Héctor Barez El Laberinto del Coco (the artist)

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Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 7pm
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Héctor “Coco” Barez & El Laberinto del Coco Take Bomba to the World

Héctor Barez "Coco" (German Baratto/Meinl)

richmond.edu 🇵🇷 Monday, February 22, 2021, FREE

El Laberinto del Coco Plays Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion for globalFEST at Lincoln Center

El Laberinto del Coco in 2024 (Héctor "Coco" Barez)

DROM, East Village, Manhattan ~ Secret Planet showcase. 🇵🇷
DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan ~ globalFEST world music showcase. 🇵🇷
OLD SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ~ La Sanse cultural festival. 🇵🇷
WASHINGTON DC, University of Maryland. 🇵🇷

El Laberinto del Coco Plays Bomba Fusion at CasaSaffra in Santurce

El Laberinto del Coco to play CasaSaffra (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

Thursday, May 12, 2022
CASASAFFRA
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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El Laberinto del Coco

Héctor "Coco" Barez (Tania Fernández/HCB)

Follow us into El Laberinto del Coco of Calle 13’s original percussionist Hector “Coco” Barez (NEA, Puerto Rican Cultural Institute and SXSW), and discover the living folk art of Bomba. (“Bomba” means pump in Spanish. We pump the barril or rum barrel.) The distinctly Puerto Rican drum, song and dance tradition from Mayagüez, is all about connecting with family, friends, […]

El Laberinto del Coco featuring El Hijo de Borikén Plays Hip-Hop Bomba Fusion at La Respuesta, Santurce, San Juan

El Laberinto del Coco featuring Hijo de Borikén (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

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Thursday, March 17, 2022
LA RESPUESTA
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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El Laberinto del Coco Plays Bomba Fusion at Lote 23 in Santurce, Puerto Rico

El Laberinto del Coco Héctor Barez (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

TRAVEL
Saturday, January 8, 2022
LOTE 23
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours Play a Taíno Areíto of Their New Album “Songs del Yucayeke”

Papo Vázquez (artist/Hostos)

PREGONES/PRTT, Concourse, The Bronx 🇵🇷

Our Lady of Candelaria is the Patron Saint of the African Diaspora; Tenerife, Canary Islands; and Miners

Our Lady of Candelaria (Marco Gallo/Dreamstime)

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Puerto Rican Culture in New York City

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Explore Puerto Rican culture in New York City including bomba, plena, salsa, reggaeton, latin trap, spoken word, theatre, and more. 🇵🇷

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Adál Maldonado "Coconauts in Space" 1988 (Estate/Roberto Paradise)

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Puerto Rican Heritage Month, “Yo Soy Boricua…”

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Kianí Medina (Wilmary Ramos)

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Hip Hop in New York City

Hip Hop in New York City (Chaoss/Adobe)

Explore Hip Hop in New York City: artists, DJs, festivals, and theatre; and venues: stadiums, arenas, performing arts centers, and theaters.

Bomba NYC

Bomba Puertorriqueña, Ballet Folklorico Hermanos Ayala in Loiza Aldea (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

Bomba is a Puerto Rican drum, song, and dance tradition of the African Diaspora, but today it is a communal expression of family, faith, community, and love for all Puerto Ricans. Bomba rhythms mixed with Cuban son into salsa. In NYC, bomba is performed and taught by folkloric drum, song and dance groups such as […]

New York Latin Jazz NYC

New York Latin Jazz (Francesco Lorenzetti/Dreamstime)

New York Latin Jazz is traditional in Harlem and Greenwich Village. Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance are New York’s leading jazz and Latin jazz institutions. Birdland and the Blue Note are famous jazz clubs. The Village Vanguard is NYC’s oldest. Minton’s is where bebop was born. Terraza 7 is Latin. […]

New York Latin Folk Music and Folk Dance

Diego Obregon Afro Colombian Pacific Coast marimba master. Vaya con Dios. (courtesy Sergio R. Reyes))

New York Latin dance, music

New York Bomba

Bomba Puerto Rican drum, song and dance (Chispy2/Wikimedia)

Bomba in NYC is a Puerto Rican drum, song, and dance tradition with African roots. The barille drum used to be made from old rum barrels. “Bomba” in Spanish means “pump.” We pump the barille. The Bomba dancer challenges the lead drummer to match their dance moves. Cuban Rumba Columbia plays a similar game. Women […]

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Heritage Month ~ Comparsa Talentos Nacional Puertorriqueña (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

Puerto Rico really is the island of enchantment. Famous for some of the world’s best beaches, the mountain heartland is even more beautiful. We are both contemporary and conservative. Old ways survive, especially in the mountains. The drum is alive in Puerto Rico. The island is so many things you never imagined. It is famously […]

Ama Ríos Flows From Bomba to Reggaeton to Latin Alternative

Ama Ríos, one of the first ladies of bomba (Arts By Confetti PR/artist)

El Laberinto Series on Puerto Rican Bomba Drummers 🇵🇷🎵

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