At first, Music Express Inc. looks like any other instrument store in Chicago. Guitars, horns and percussion are displayed behind the counter, which David Rivera runs, while his brother, Orlando, ...

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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 ...

MASTER guitarist Yomo Toro has been making sweet music for more than five decades. Thanks to the “King of Cuatro’s” infectious sounds, children in Ireland and Japan are playing Puerto Rico’s ...

Master of the cuatro, the national instrument of Puerto Rico, Yomo Toro brought traditional acoustic rhythms to mainstream popular Latin music and Linda Rondstadt, Gloria Estefan and David Byrne… By ...