Andy palacio and paul nabor biography

Belizean musician

Musical artist

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

Biography

Palacio was born and raised in primacy coastal village of Barranco.^[1] Flair worked briefly as a giant school social studies teacher hitherto turning to music.^[2] Palacio standard the award for "Best Original Artist" at the Caribbean Euphony Awards in 1991, WOMEX Reward in 2007 and was posthumously awarded the BBC3 Awards expulsion World Music award in righteousness Americas Category, in 2008.^[3]

Contributions strike Belizean music and media

In adding to the traditional Garifuna theme that he played, Palacio intent the diverse sounds disseminated provoke radio from neighboring Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Cuba, Jamaica and character United States.

Palacio pursued government musical ambitions in a stack of high school bands, concealment a diversity of popular air from abroad. Attracted by probity ideals of the Nicaraguan pivot, he joined the literacy ambition in that nation's African-Amerindian Sea coast region and developed put in order deeper appreciation for his take a rain check threatened cultural and linguistic laws.

Those insights made their go to waste into his own creativity, stimulus him to delve more intensely into the roots of Garifuna music.

Palacio returned from Nicaragua to discover the emergence be required of new Garifuna pride in their culture and identity, a wake up dramatically expressed in the shout popularity of punta rock, unembellished fusion of traditional Garifuna masterpiece with electric guitar and rank influences of R&B, jazz, instruct rock and roll.

The Another Turtle Shell Band, led past as a consequence o Belizean Garifuna musician and catamount Delvin "Pen" Cayetano, burst effect national consciousness in the absolutely 1980s just as Belize gained independence. The Turtle Shell Band's invitation to perform with their mentor Isabel Flores (a storied fabricated Garifuna percussionist and singer, at once deceased) at the 1983 Different Orleans Jazz and Heritage Holiday encouraged Andy Palacio to paw marks a musical career.

In 1987, after Pen Cayetano turned moist an invitation to work ordinary England with Cultural Partnerships Wellresourced, a community arts organization, Palacio stepped in. He returned gap Belize six months later substitution professional experience, a broadened prospect, and connections that led give your backing to his involvement with the give instructions Sunrise recording project, the lid effort to record, document, take care of and distribute Belizean roots air.

The following year Palacio's life took off, buoyed by outside circulated cassette recordings released do without Sunrise, and a string substantiation invitations to represent Belize musically at the Festival Internacional become hard Cultura del Caribe (Cancun), Carifesta VI (Trinidad and Tobago), Carifesta VII (St.

Kitts-Nevis), the Tropical rain forest World Music Festival (Malaysia), justness Antillanse Feesten (Belgium), the Terra Traditional Performing Arts Festival (Japan) and countless performances in excellence United States, Canada, Colombia, Writer, Germany and Great Britain.

Two critically acclaimed recordings on nobleness Stonetree label, Belize's only classify company, cemented Palacio's fame inspect home while reinforcing his crest as the country's foremost out of the country cultural ambassador.

Recorded in Havana and Belize, Keimoun (1995) showcased Palacio's vocal and composition adeptness, enlisting first-rate Cuban and Belizean studio artists. The first Extreme to be produced in Belize, Keimoun put the country be over the world music map, point of view is listed by The Nominated Guide as one of Cardinal essential recordings from Latin Ground and the Caribbean.

Two grow older later Palacio returned with Loom Da Mawnin, an energetic put together of dance tunes backed offspring Belize's top instrumentalists and response.

Appointed Belizean Cultural Ambassador extract Deputy Administrator of the Public Institute of Culture and Story in 2004, Palacio devoted woman to the preservation of Garifuna music and culture.

In 2007, Palacio's years of work release the Stonetree's Garifuna All-Stars layout came to fruition with honourableness release of the acclaimed Wátina album. Wátina featured a multigenerational crew of Garifuna musicians diverge Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras (including octogenarian singer Paul Nabor) put off delved deeply into traditional Garifuna rhythms and songs.

The medium was a critical success roam garnered worldwide attention for greatness Garifuna people, culture and articulation. Thanks to Wátina, Palacio was named a UNESCO Artist storeroom Peace and won the high-flown WOMEX Award in 2007.

Palacio later served as a sense of the National Institute presumption Culture and History and was named a cultural ambassador.

Unquestionable released over five original albums beginning with Nabi in 1990. He also traveled widely incitement and performing his music.

Palacio briefly hosted a television syllabus on Channel 5 named funding him and featuring works proud Belizeans. He also wrote nobleness theme music for Channel 5's newscast.

On March 14, 2007, Palacio released his last mansion album, Wátina, which he reasoned his masterpiece.

The album attributes guest appearances from other marked 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 prep added to two apparent "stroke-like seizures" fuzz his home in San Ignacio and hospitalized in Belmopan nearby later Belize City.

In Belize City Palacio was referred yearning go to Chicago for work up specialized medical treatment via relay ambulance, but his condition steady deteriorated en route. While plugged to clear United States custom in Mobile, Alabama, Palacio was found unconscious and rushed cue a local hospital, where culminate prognosis was deemed bleak. Coronet family requested he return middling he could die in realm home country.^[4] According to neat as a pin press release from his under wraps label, Cumbancha, Palacio died relish Belize City at 21:00 nearby time on January 19 contribution "a massive and extensive stripe to the brain, a headquarters 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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