Aurelio Martínez, the longtime ambassador of Garifuna music and former Honduran congressman, has died. He was 55. Martínez’s official Facebook page confirmed his death and mourned the loss of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aurelio Martínez performing in Seattle in 2013 - Credit: Suzi Pratt/FilmMagic Aurelio Martínez, the celebrated Honduran folk ...

Honduran folk musician Aurelio Martínez has died. The 55-year-old was a respected proponent of the Central American culture known as Garifuna. According to his spokesperson, Martinez and 11 other ...

The Honduran, real name Gustavo Castillo, calls the Latin Grammy nod for his Garifuna song ‘a dream come true’ When the Honduran musician Gustavo Castillo, stage name Tavo Man, was nominated for a ...

A collective that is preserving the sounds and culture of Afro-Indigenous people from Belize and Honduras will join the Brandeis community for a concert and residency this fall. Garifuna culture was ...

As Aurelio Martinez knows well, music is much more than another commodity to be bought and sold. The Honduras-based troubadour with the stage name Aurelio understands its role in helping bring ...

“Everybody wants to be cool, especially young people,” says Andy Palacio, 45, the moving force behind the Garifuna Collective, a band that’s attracting international attention to the endangered, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Judith Burrows / Getty Images) Aurelio Martínez, the longtime ambassador of Garifuna music and former Honduran congressman, has ...

Aurelio Martínez, the celebrated Honduran folk musician who helped introduce the wider world to the music of the Garifuna people, died Monday, March 17, in a small passenger plane crash. He was 55.