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He was also one of the first artists to form a movement of romantic-bachateros, artists who helped the genre emerge into mainstream music. \nPaniagua still tours and performs today in the USA, Europe, and of course in the Dominican Republic. \nHe recently played with his orchestra at one of several inaugural events in Arecibo, Puerto Rico's well known Pulguero Bajo Techo. 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