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Ofrenda (Danny Rivera Album)
Ofrenda (''Offering'') is a Puerto Rican Christmas music and Puerto Rican folk music album by Danny Rivera. The album was Rivera's second Christmas album. As special guests he reunited legendary local folk group Trio Vegabajeño (Fernandito Alvarez, Benito de Jesús, Pepito Maduro and Jorge Hernandez). Jorge Hernandez was also a member of the group Alpha IV which had been recording with Danny for several years. From his previous album, Controversia he recruited singer Alma Galarza of Vicente Carattini y Los Cantores de San Juan with the condition she quit ''Los Cantores'' to join him on lead vocals full-time in the studio and on tour, which she did. ''Jardinero de Cariños'' was the biggest hit from the album. This album was dedicated to Joaquin Muriel. Track listing Musicians * Danny Rivera - lead vocals * Trio Vegabajeño * Alma Galarza Alma Galarza Flores is a Puerto Rican vocalist best known for her work with Danny Rivera in albums ''Controversia'', ''Ofrenda'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Rivera
Danny Rivera (born 27 February 1945) is a singer and songwriter born in San Juan whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is well known in Puerto Rico for his political activism. In 2008, Rivera acquired Dominican Republic citizenship. After 12 years of work, Danny Rivera and Nelson González in 2014 finished work putting new life into the classical bolero - in Spanish. ''Rivera and González Hit the Heart of the Latin American Song Book'' on Obsesión (release 25 March 2014) Musical career Danny Rivera is often called “the national voice of Puerto Rico", Sandra Torres Guzman. ''La Perla del Sur''. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 21 May 2014. Year 32. Issue 1590. pp. 24-25. but his passionate singing style is known in the Spanish-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Puerto Rico
The music of Puerto Rico has evolved as a heterogeneous and dynamic product of diverse cultural resources. The most conspicuous musical sources of Puerto Rico have included European, Indigenous, and African influences, although many aspects of Puerto Rican music reflect origins elsewhere in the Caribbean. Puerto Rican music culture today comprises a wide and rich variety of genres, ranging from essentially indigenous genres like bomba to recent hybrids like Latin trap and reggaeton. Broadly conceived, the realm of "Puerto Rican music" should naturally comprise the music culture of the millions of people of Puerto Rican descent who have lived in the United States, and especially in New York City. Their music, from salsa to the boleros of Rafael Hernández Marín, Rafael Hernández, cannot be separated from the music culture of Puerto Rico itself. Traditional, folk and popular music Early music Music culture in Puerto Rico during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries is poorly docum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Controversia (album)
''Controversia'' is an album by Danny Rivera, Vicente Carattini y Los Cantores de San Juan and Alpha IV. This album was Danny Rivera's first Puerto-Rican-Christmas-Music album. The title song "Controversia" (''Controversy'') is about an argument between Danny and Vicente in which Vicente accuses Danny of stealing Christmas gigs from him by becoming a new Christmas-music singer. At the end of the song, vocalist Alma Galarza comes in to break up the "fight" and at the end they both make peace. In real life, however, Danny did steal something from Vicente. For his next album ''Ofrenda'' he wanted vocalist Alma Galaza (who had been singing with Vicente for 8 years) to be a special guest vocalist, but only if she quit Vicente and his group. Alma went with Danny with whom she recorded several albums and toured for several years. This album was dedicated to Puerto Rican composer Mario Enrique, who composed 3 song for the album. Despite the success of this album, it is no longer available ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trio Vegabajeño
Trio Vegabajeño was a legendary Puerto Rican popular music trio that existed from 1943 to the early 80s. This group marked an era of popular music in Puerto Rico. When trios were very popular in the Americas, Trio Vegabajeño was considered the ambassadors from Puerto Rico. ''Vegabajeño'' is the demonym for people of the town of Vega Baja. Eventually they were recognized as the National Trio of Puerto Rico and on October 26, 1996, a monument was inaugurated in Vega Baja. History Trio Vegabajeño was informally formed in 1943 at the Tortuguero Military Camp of Vega Baja by Fernandito Álvarez who gathered a few co-workers (Octavio González and Benito de Jesús) to put together a few musical numbers. A friend, Rafael Quiñones Vidal, came up with the name for the trio. Shortly after they recorded their first song "Llanto de mar". At the time only Fernandito Alvarez and Benito de Jesus did both vocals and guitar while Octavio González only played guitar. In 1945 Octavio Gon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito De Jesús
Benito de Jesús Born on October 25, 1912, in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, was a legendary Puerto Rican songwriter of romantic ballads, including "Nuestro Juramento", "La copa rota", "Sigamos pecando". He was also founder of the group Trio Vegabajeño. He died on June 24, 2010, at the age of 97 at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico Hato Rey is a former barrio located in the northwest part of the dissolved municipality of Río Piedras. It now stretches over three barrios, of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico: Urban landscape Its name means "king's cattle farm" ( .... References External links 1912 births 2010 deaths People from Barceloneta, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican musicians {{Songwriter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Galarza
Alma Galarza Flores is a Puerto Rican vocalist best known for her work with Danny Rivera in albums ''Controversia'', ''Ofrenda'' and ''Mi Canción Es Paz''. She comes from a family of musicians. One of her biggest inspirations was her aunt, singer Nardy Flores who died at a very young age. Vicente Carattini y Los Cantores de San Juan Alma started her career in 1977 with '' Vicente Carattini y Los Cantores de San Juan'' as one of the dancers. A few years later after noticing her vocal abilities, Vicente added her to the choir. Eventually she sang several songs as lead vocalist and finally in 1985's ''Controversia'' (Danny Rivera and Vicente's group) she did lead vocals with Danny in two songs ("Controversia" and "De Mi Voz Nació La Luz") and did lead vocals by herself on "Plena de los Cantores". Danny Rivera ''Controversia'' was the transition from Vicente to Danny. After falling in love with her voice, Danny Rivera offered to bring her with him to record albums and to go on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Carattini
Vicente Carattini (November 11, 1939 – November 7, 2005), was a singer and composer of Puerto Rican Christmas-related songs. Early years Carattini (birth name:Ernesto Vicente Carattini) was born and raised in the town of Cidra, Puerto Rico where he received his primary and secondary education. His father realized that the young Carattini was fascinated with Puerto Rican folk music and presented him with a Puerto Rican cuatro. A cuatro is a Puerto Rican stringed instrument somewhat similar to a guitar but smaller in size. The Puerto Rican cuatro has five pairs of strings for a total of ten, and is different from the cuatro in other Latin American countries (for example, the Venezuelan cuatro actually has four strings). At the age of nine, Carattini learned how to play the cuatro by asking those in town who knew how to play the instrument to teach him. In 1950, his father gave him a better quality cuatro and a guitar. In 1956, when Carattini was 15 years old, he formed the "Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Christmas Albums
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
