“¡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 ...

The Latin music world will gather next week to celebrate the life and music of legendary guitarist Yomo Toro. The “Tribute to a King for 3 Kings Day” dance concert will pay homage to the Puerto Rican ...

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 ...

Yomo Toro, a cultural icon for 50 years, is one of Latin music's most beloved musicians. He was born in the Guarnica province of Puerto Rico in Ensenada, where a statue of him now stands in the town ...

Yomo Toro, a master of the cuatro, a guitar with five pairs of strings often referred to as the national instrument of Puerto Rico, died June 30 in New York. By Judy Cantor-Navas Guitarist Yomo Toro ...

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 ...

When he was only a teenager, cuatro player Yomo Toro was already a big star in Puerto Rico known for his mastery of the traditional music of the jíbaro, the highland farmer. Two decades later, in the ...

Iconic Puerto Rican guitarist Yomo Toro has died in a New York hospital of kidney failure, his family announced Monday. He was 78. Iconic Puerto Rican guitarist Yomo Toro has died in a New York ...

Nueva York, 1 jul (EFE).Nueva York, 1 jul (EFE). — Nueva York rendirá homenaje al pintor puertorriqueño Rafael Tufiño, al legendario cuatrista Yomo Toro y al Regimiento “65 de Infantería” del Ejército ...

Nueva York, 30 dic (EFEUSA).Nueva York, 30 dic (EFEUSA). — El grupo Zon del Barrio llevará la tradición de las famosas “octavitas” puertorriqueñas al club S.O.B en Nueva York en un espectáculo donde ...

Iconic Puerto Rican guitarist Yomo Toro has died in a New York hospital of kidney failure, his family announced Monday.He was 78. Iconic Puerto Rican guitarist Yomo Toro has died in a New York ...