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For those of you who think that Puerto Rico's greatest musical claim to fame is a toss-up between salsa and reggaeton, I suggest you check out this CD for a great introduction to one of their ORIGINAL musical claims to fame. Plena is a great, syncopated up-tempo style of music, complete with percussion and charged vocals. Traditionally speaking, plena was a means of communicating important news and social issues to the masses, through its lyrics.

Plena Libre does a wonderful job of capturing the sound and flavor of plena with their tunes (some of them original, others old favorites). Some of my favorite cuts include "Olvidalo," "Canario Blanco" and "Tributo a Rafael Cortijo" (Cortijo was one of Puerto Rico's late, great musicians). This album is sizzling. Buy it today.

A really good cd with some great tracks that get you into the mood to dance.

We love listening to this CD. Makes us want to dance and party.

Plena Libre are one of the true gems of Puerto Rican music and every time I hear them, they just get better and better. This latest disc is a knockout... although still not quite as good as seeing them live!

If you are a Gringo, like I am, you relate explanations of Latin sounds to our own experience. So...,imagine the lazy backbeat of New Orlean's Second Line.. Mix in the raucos marching rhytm of Carnaval in Brazil. Add splashes of rollicking piano Rhumba and braying Salsa trombones, and finally great coro harmony singing of Puerto Rico and you "has it"!

This cd is great just like all the plean libre cd's. Definitley go and buy this one. But like the review before me said nothing is like seeing them live.