April 27, 2008 The band members spoke to us about their new cd, embracing a new generation of fans, and their love for the Philadelphia Hispanic community. Enjoy their biography posted in both English ...

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico may have played the House of Blues only last weekend, but this legendary orchestra is already hungering to return to the City Beautiful. And thus El Gran Combo has just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rafael Ithier, leader of the salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, has died, The Associated Press reports. He was 99. The news ...

The band -- founded by the late Rafael Ithier -- has placed more than 40 songs on the Tropical Airplay chart, including 15 top 10s. By Sigal Ratner-Arias Deputy Editor, Billboard Español The founder ...

In this week's song pick, News & Notes Executive Producer Nicole Childers talks about her favorite childhood song, "Brujeria" by El Gran Combo. Every Wednesday, we play our staff song pick of the week ...

The full slate of Wind Creek Steel Stage performances is set for the 40th edition of Musikfest with the announcement of salsa orchestra El Gran Combo. El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, as its formally ...

SAN JUAN – Rafael Ithier, a beloved musician and a founder of the legendary salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, whose hits have inspired Bad Bunny and other icons from the U.S. territory and ...

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican Salsa music orchestra. It is Puerto Rico's most successful musical group, and one of Salsa's most famous recording and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Founded in 1962 by Ithier, who was for many years the pianist and musical director of the orchestra, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico ...