Latin • Latin America

Plena

Puerto Rican street music lyrically similar to Trinidadian calypso and played on panderetas (hand-held frame drums), güiro, harmonica, and accordion.

Plena Artist Highlights

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Bobby Sanabria

Ray Barretto

Gilberto Santa Rosa

Buscabulla

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Plena Album Highlights

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Cortijo y Su Combo / Cortijo / Rolando Laserie / Ismael Rivera Danger Do Not Trespass

Cortijo / Cortijo y Su Combo Bueno, Y Qué...?

Ray Barretto / Ray Barretto & New World Spirit Taboo

Cortijo & His Time Machine / Cortijo Cortijo & His Time Machine

Cortijo El Sueno del Maestro

Cortijo / Ismael Rivera Fiesta Boricua

Cortijo Cortijo Bailable

Cortijo / Cortijo y Su Combo / Ismael Rivera Quitate de la Via Perico

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Plena Recent Releases

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Buscabulla Regresa

Gilberto Santa Rosa Irrepetible

Héctor Lavoe Historia de La Salsa

Héctor Lavoe The Complete Studio Albums, Vol. 2

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Plena Song Highlights

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Moliendo Cafe

Cortijo y Su Combo / Rolando Laserie / Ismael Rivera

Tuntuneco Sara Nieves

Cortijo y Su Combo / Ismael Rivera

Guaji-Rita Hector Martignon

Ray Barretto

Borinquen

Cortijo

Gumbo Pepe Castillo / Edgardo Miranda

Cortijo & His Time Machine

Loco

Héctor Lavoe

El Todopoderoso Willie Colón / Héctor Lavoe

Héctor Lavoe

Mi Bomba Francisco Bastar / Carlos Santos

Kako

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