Garífuna Homelands

NYU's Hemispheric Institute and The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University present a special concert, "Garífuna Homelands" by celebrated singer-songwriter Aurelio Martínez, on the occasion of the Pop Conference. As part of a special partnership between the Hemispheric Institute and the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Martínez performs songs that in many ways illuminate the larger themes of the conference: race, borders and home Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics

Garífuna singer-songwriter, guitarist, and percussionist Aurelio Martínez is one of Central America's most gifted composers and performers. Born in Honduras, the artist is known for his powerful and evocative voice and for compositions that bring a modern expression to Garífuna music. He is a major tradition-bearer of Garífuna diasporic culture, a former Honduran congressman, and a global ambassador for the Garífuna nation. His albums have been named to multiple year-end critics lists, including The Sunday Times and The Guardian. Roots named Martínez as the" finest living exponent of the music of the Garífuna people" and The London Evening Standard called him "one of the great artists of Latin America." Martínez joins NYU's Hemispheric Institute as artist in residence during the 2022 calendar year as part of the Mellon Foundation's World Making and Social Emergency Initiative Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics