Grupo Quisqueya has been played on NTS shows including 75 Years of Folkways Records, with Pobre Gaviota first played on 22 October 2023.

Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernández organized Trío Borinquen in New York City in 1925. It was the first trio of its type in the history of Latin American music. The original members were Manuel "Canario" Jiménez, Salvador Ithier and Rafael Hernández. Sometimes the trio added some extra musicians on saxophone, cuatro or guiro, and then would record as Grupo Borinquen or Grupo Quisqueya. Canario sang lead voice; Salvador Ithier supplied the second voice and played second guitar, and Rafael played lead guitar and very rarely, added a third voice.