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Puerto Rico’s folk music icon

From plena to salsa to reggaeton, Puerto Rico is a Caribbean musical powerhouse. In the first of a series of reports from the island, Ian Malinow meets ‘jibaro’ music legend Andrés Jiménez and discovers an independence movement.

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Ian Malinow

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// ALSO

• Evolución
• Bomba and plena
• Andrés 'El Jíbaro' Jiménez, Andrés 'El Jíbaro' Jiménez - Puerto Rico's folk music icon
• Joe Bataan & James Pants live at Cargo 11 June plus dates in Leeds and Birmingham
• Quantic and his Combo Barbaro album launch tour starts Friday 5 June at the ICA
• The Original Sound of Latin New York
• Calle 13
• Bomba and plena, Bomba and plena - Puerto Rico's fire inside
• Sofrito, Tropical Disco Chart




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// ALL ANDRéS 'EL JíBARO' JIMéNEZ'S REPORTS

Puerto Rico’s folk music icon
11/12/2008




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// DISCOGRAPHY

Mi Parranda (Album) Cuarto Menguante -2007

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