In 1987, a compilation of Central American Garifuna music, or punta rock, was recorded in Andy Palacio's Sunrise Recording Studio and released to great acclaim. It featured the unique sound created by ...

“Everybody wants to be cool, especially young people,” says Andy Palacio, 45, the moving force behind the Garifuna Collective, a band that’s attracting international attention to the endangered, ...

Andy Palacio, an iconic figure and major force behind the worldwide awareness of Garifuna arts and culture, spoke to the North Shore News a few months before he died unexpectedly of a stroke in ...

READING – In 2001, UNESCO proclaimed the language, dance and music of the Garifuna people of Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.” This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photos by James Carbone / De Los; Ringo Chiu / For De Los) On a recent Saturday, a boisterous crowd of families, friends and ...

This was supposed to be a very different story - of a musician's triumphant homecoming. I was invited to witness Andy Palacio and his Garifuna Collective's concerts in Belize last November, where he ...

On a recent Saturday, a boisterous crowd of families, friends and lovers danced together to cumbias, reggaeton and merengue at High Tide, a bar and music venue downtown. Suddenly everyone went silent ...