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Andy Palacio - Belize

Andy Palacio
Andy Palacio was a bandleader and songwriter who spearheaded a revival of the Garifuna music of Central America. read more..

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Andy Palacio - Watina
With the Garifuna Collective

A stunning album featuring a multigenerational, all-star lineup of musicians from the African-Amerindian Garifuna communities of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Filled with enchanting rhythms, powerful melodies and a deep soulfulness that recalls Cape Verdean or Afro-Peruvian music, Watina has been praised by media worldwide as one of the best world music albums in recent memory. It is the masterwork of the late Andy Palacio, and winner of the BBC's 2008 World Music Award for the Americas.

Each track on Watina is based on a traditional Garifuna rhythm and all of the lyrics are in the Garifuna tongue - a unique and endangered language whose root is Arawak influenced by Carib, French, and, possibly, West African languages. In 2001, UNESCO declared the Garifuna language, music, and dance "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". As an official within Belize’s Ministry of Culture at that time, Andy Palacio played a role in securing that proclamation. Palacio became one of those rare musicians with one foot in the world of cultural diplomacy and another foot on the performance stage. This album brings together his dual passion for the safeguarding of culture and making modern music tied to Garifuna roots.

Andy Palacio passed away unexpectedly of complications from a heart attack on January 19, 2008. His legacy will live on in the hearts of all who have been inspired by the profound music of the Garifuna people.

Track Listing:

1. Wátina (I Called Out)
2. Weyu Lárigi Weyu (Day by Day)
3. Miami
4. Baba (Father)
5. Lidan Aban (Together)
6. Gaganbadibá (Take Advice)
7. Beiba (Go Away)
8. Sin Precio (Worthless)
9. Yagane (My Canoe)
10. Águyuha Nidúheñu (My People Have Moved On)
11. Ayó Da (Goodbye My Dear)
12. Ámuñegü (In Times to Come)

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