3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists The late Tito Matos, who passed away in January, reinvented the Afro-Puerto Rican singing tradition of plena, and was celebrated in San Juan by a ...

In just a few years, Puerto Ricans have gone through a devastating debt crisis, a catastrophic hurricane, a string of earthquakes, a series of angry protests against political corruption and ...

Tito Matos, a master percussionist, revered educator and lifelong champion of the Puerto Rican style of music known as plena, died Jan. 18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was 53. His wife, Mariana Reyes ...

Nestor “Tito” Matos, 53, of Scranton and formerly of New York, died Aug. 18 at Geisinger Community Medical Center after an illness. Private funeral services were from the Kevin K. Kearney Funeral Home ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. But these performances were not simply a commemoration of Tito and his life’s work. It was a labor of love and a gathering space for healing, as ...

The sudden passing of master plenero, percussionist, educator, and community leader Héctor René “Tito” Matos Otero left a void in Puerto Rican communities around the globe. Tito lived his life ...

In Santurce, a poor suburb outside San Juan, Puerto Rico, there’s a bus that doesn’t run anymore, but the stops it once madeparadasstill lend their names to the densely populated neighborhoods. Ask ...

Police in two counties are working to piece together a murder-suicide after a woman was found dead in a Fayetteville home and a man was found shot in a car. Police in two counties are working to piece ...

Plena musician Hector "Tito" Matos says the government hasn't been transparent about the death toll after Hurricane Maria. He channels that frustration into his music. Finally today, we've been ...

A woman who was found slain in her Fayetteville home last week was a paratrooper stationed at Fort Liberty, officials confirmed Tuesday. The body of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jessica Moore, 35, was ...

Hurricane Maria destroyed Hector "Tito" Matos' business. He looks back at the past few months of recovery in Puerto Rico, and reflects on the holiday season. In August and September of this year, ...