Aurelio Martínez Suazo, a renowned Honduran musician and cultural ambassador of the Garifuna community, passed away on March 17, 2025, in a plane crash near…
Aurelio Martínez, Prominent Garifuna Musician, Dies in Plane Crash in Honduras
Tag: Honduran music
Aurelio Martinez & The Garifuna Soul Band to Perform in New York City
Honduran singer-songwriter, guitarist, percussionist, and political activist, Aurelio Martinez is set to perform with The Garifuna Soul Band on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at (le)…
Artist Profiles: Julio Zelaya
Julio Zelaya is one of the most important contemporary composers in Central America. He plays original compositions using the unique Honduran garifuna rhythms and exposes…
Artist Profiles: Guillermo Anderson
Guillermo Anderson was born February 26, 1962. He was Honduras’s best-known world music artist along with Garifuna musician Aurelio Martinez. Guillermo was based in the…
Aurelio Martinez: Music of Love, Culture of Love
Aurelio Martinez takes up space in the room even when he is seated. He speaks without hesitation and with big clear gestures. I had wanted…
Darandi Celebrates 30 Years of Garifuna Icon Aurelio Martinez
Aurelio – Darandi (Real World Records, 2017) Honduran singer-songwriter Aurelio Martinez’s fourth album celebrates his thirty years as a performer and defender of Garifuna culture…
Artist Profiles: Aurelio Martinez
Singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, and politician Aurelio Martínez Suazo was born on September 26, 1969, in Plaplaya, Honduras. He followed the footsteps of the legendary parranderos…