The first student to graduate from Berklee College of Music with a specialty in the Puerto Rican instrument, Mendez is now artist in residence with Boston Landmarks Orchestra. She’ll perform two free ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalonians gathered to celebrate Puerto Rico’s cultural heritage with a festival honoring the island’s national instrument Sunday. The Buffalo History Museum and the Hispanic ...

FALL RIVER — Latinx Music Ambassadors Sol y Canto will be joined by virtuoso Puerto Rican cuatro player and singer Fabiola Méndez and her trio at the Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., on ...

Fabiola Méndez picked up the cuatro in her youth and has been playing Puerto Rican folk music, both traditional and modern, ever since. On Monday, Sept. 19, she will play on the main stage of the ...

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“¡Ataca Yomo! (Attack Yomo!),” shouts singer Héctor Lavoe as the bright notes of what sounds like a guitar solo start flying by our ears in the middle of the iconic salsa hit “La Murga.” But what ...

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Fabiola Mendez says kids used to tease her growing up for playing the Puerto Rican cuatro. "People would make fun of me and be like, 'That’s such a lame instrument, that’s an instrument for 'viejitos, ...

With the rise of YouTube, world music enthusiasts can now find videos of musicians playing just about any kind of instrument they are interested in. This hasn’t always been the case. In the past, the ...

DACAMERA and The Menil Collection present Stop, Look and Listen!, a live outdoor concert with socially-distanced audience on the Menil Collection’s North Lawn. The concert features Will Cruz and ...