Pop Conference 2022 - "When I Think of Home: Race and Borders in Popular Music"

NYU’s Hemispheric Institute and The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University are proud to join with Pop Conference to present a special concert
"Garifuna Homelands" by celebrated singer-songwriter Aurelio Martínez.

As part of a special partnership between the Hemispheric Institute and the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Martínez will perform songs that in many ways illuminate the larger themes of the conference: race, borders and home.

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." This year Martínez has joined NYU’s Hemispheric Institute as artist in residence, as part of the Mellon Foundation’s World Making and Social Emergency Initiative.


Music: Aurelio Martinez
Audio and Mixing Engineer: Doug Iszlai
Assistant Audio Engineer: Ko Narter
Assistant Audio Engineer: Jordan Lee
Video Director: Victor Bautista
Live Video Mixer: Daniel Howell
Camera Operator: Manuel Molina Martagon
Camera Operator: Daniella Gitlin
Camera Operator: Victor Bautista
Lighting Technician: Manuel Molina Martagon
Producer: Jason King
Producer: Sofia Rei
Producer: Ana Dopico
Producer: Marcial Godoy
Artist Relations: Marat Berenstein