"With deep sorrow, we confirm the passing of Aurelio Martínez, legendary musician, composer, and Garifuna activist, who ...

Martínez was one of 13 people to die when a small passenger plane crashed after takeoff near mainland Honduras ...

Honduran folk musician Aurelio Martínez has died. The 55-year-old was a respected proponent of the Central American culture ...

The Honduran musician brought the local Afro Caribbean genre to international attention and served as his country’s first ...

Among the victims was Aurelio Martínez Suazo, a former member of Congress and member of the Garifuna ethnic group, which is ...

Aurelio Martínez Suazo, the Honduran musician who championed his country’s Garifuna people (also known as the Garínagu) and brought the music to wider international attention, has died.

Garifuna music is a rich tapestry woven from the threads of West African, Indigenous, and other Caribbean influences. This unique musical tradition erupted on the Central American coast in the 17th ...

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.

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 musician brought the local Afro Caribbean genre to international attention and served as his country’s first ...