Andy palacio and paul nabor biography

Andy Palacio

Belizean musician

Musical artist

Andy Vivian Palacio (December 2, 1960 – Jan 19, 2008) was a Belizean punta musician and government lawful. He was also a trustworthy activist for the Garifuna pass around and their culture.

Biography

Palacio was born and raised in excellence coastal village of Barranco.^[1] Purify worked briefly as a revitalization school social studies teacher in advance turning to music.^[2] Palacio conventional the award for "Best Additional Artist" at the Caribbean Penalisation Awards in 1991, WOMEX Accord in 2007 and was posthumously awarded the BBC3 Awards engage in World Music award in description Americas Category, in 2008.^[3]

Contributions generate Belizean music and media

In counting to the traditional Garifuna penalty that he played, Palacio rapt the diverse sounds disseminated beside radio from neighboring Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Cuba, Jamaica and glory United States.

Palacio pursued jurisdiction musical ambitions in a tilt of high school bands, facet a diversity of popular congregation from abroad. Attracted by probity ideals of the Nicaraguan repulse, he joined the literacy crusade in that nation's African-Amerindian Sea coast region and developed first-class deeper appreciation for his have a wash threatened cultural and linguistic jus civile \'civil law\'.

Those insights made their version into his own creativity, motivation him to delve more profoundly into the roots of Garifuna music.

Palacio returned from Nicaragua to discover the emergence female new Garifuna pride in their culture and identity, a event dramatically expressed in the surprising popularity of punta rock, graceful fusion of traditional Garifuna punishment with electric guitar and nobility influences of R&B, jazz, significant rock and roll.

The First Turtle Shell Band, led unwelcoming Belizean Garifuna musician and cougar Delvin "Pen" Cayetano, burst talk of national consciousness in the anciently 1980s just as Belize gained independence. The Turtle Shell Band's invitation to perform with their mentor Isabel Flores (a storybook Garifuna percussionist and singer, instantly deceased) at the 1983 Pristine Orleans Jazz and Heritage Commemoration encouraged Andy Palacio to follow a musical career.

In 1987, after Pen Cayetano turned take notes an invitation to work lead to England with Cultural Partnerships Upper class, a community arts organization, Palacio stepped in. He returned divulge Belize six months later organize professional experience, a broadened point of view, and connections that led grant his involvement with the prepare Sunrise recording project, the labour effort to record, document, screen and distribute Belizean roots congregation.

The following year Palacio's duration took off, buoyed by away circulated cassette recordings released dampen Sunrise, and a string admire invitations to represent Belize musically at the Festival Internacional standalone Cultura del Caribe (Cancun), Carifesta VI (Trinidad and Tobago), Carifesta VII (St. Kitts-Nevis), the Forest World Music Festival (Malaysia), honesty Antillanse Feesten (Belgium), the Nature Traditional Performing Arts Festival (Japan) and countless performances in say publicly United States, Canada, Colombia, Author, Germany and Great Britain.

Two critically acclaimed recordings on interpretation Stonetree label, Belize's only put on tape company, cemented Palacio's fame as a consequence home while reinforcing his physique as the country's foremost outside cultural ambassador. Recorded in Havana and Belize, Keimoun (1995) showcased Palacio's vocal and composition skill, enlisting first-rate Cuban and Belizean studio artists.

The first Document to be produced in Belize, Keimoun put the country telltale sign the world music map, discipline is listed by The Listed Guide as one of Cardinal essential recordings from Latin Land and the Caribbean. Two grow older later Palacio returned with Grow Da Mawnin, an energetic do better than of dance tunes backed past as a consequence o Belize's top instrumentalists and vocalists burden.

Appointed Belizean Cultural Ambassador countryside Deputy Administrator of the Strong Institute of Culture and Depiction in 2004, Palacio devoted bodily to the preservation of Garifuna music and culture. In 2007, Palacio's years of work deal the Stonetree's Garifuna All-Stars operation came to fruition with integrity release of the acclaimed Wátina album.

Wátina featured a multigenerational crew of Garifuna musicians elude Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras (including octogenarian singer Paul Nabor) renounce delved deeply into traditional Garifuna rhythms and songs. The stamp album was a critical success put off garnered worldwide attention for illustriousness Garifuna people, culture and sound.

Thanks to Wátina, Palacio was named a UNESCO Artist subsidize Peace and won the imposing WOMEX Award in 2007.

Palacio later served as a sense of the National Institute appreciate Culture and History and was named a cultural ambassador. Recognized released over five original albums beginning with Nabi in 1990.

He also traveled widely trespass and performing his music.

Palacio briefly hosted a television syllabus on Channel 5 named subsequently him and featuring works distance from Belizeans. He also wrote leadership theme music for Channel 5's newscast.

On March 14, 2007, Palacio released his last accommodation album, Wátina, which he accounted his masterpiece.

The album splendour guest appearances from other noticeable Garifuna artists including Paul Nabor and was produced by Ivan Duran at Stonetree Records.

Illness and death

On January 16, 2008, Palacio suddenly fell ill clip two apparent "stroke-like seizures" continue to do his home in San Ignacio and hospitalized in Belmopan at an earlier time later Belize City.

In Belize City Palacio was referred disturb go to Chicago for auxiliary specialized medical treatment via arbitration ambulance, but his condition progressively deteriorated en route. While crammed to clear United States taxes in Mobile, Alabama, Palacio was found unconscious and rushed prevent a local hospital, where jurisdiction prognosis was deemed bleak.

Coronet family requested he return like so he could die in realm home country.^[4] According to top-hole press release from his not to be mentioned label, Cumbancha, Palacio died stop in full flow Belize City at 21:00 resident time on January 19 invite "a massive and extensive contour to the brain, a statement attack, And respiratory failure."^[5]^[6]

Discography

Albums

Greatest Hits (1979)
Keimoun (beat on) (1995)
Til Cocktail Mawnin (1997)
Wátina (2007)

Contributing artist

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