Puerto Rican Music

Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as the gentleman of Salsa or El Caballero de la Salsa is a singer of salsa and bolero. He was born in Puerto Rico in the city of Carolina.

Willie Colon is a Puerto Rican salsa icon and has been involved in the political movement of Puerto Rican immigrants for decades. He currently lives in New York and sings, writes and produces his own music.

Bomba, largely popularized by Rafael Cepeda and the rest of the Cepeda family is traditional Puerto Rican folk music. It has its roots in West Africa but is very well known and revered in Puerto Rico.

Tito Gomez is a well known Puerto Rican salsa musician who began his career at age 15 but didn’t go solo until about 1990 after he’d already made about seven albums.