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San Francisco Bay Times, CD Review >>
Andy Palacio &
The Garifuna Collective
Wátina
www.Cumbancha.com
Instantly transporting to another time and place is the enchanting and fluid modern-ancient Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective preserving and performing the near extinct Garifuna rhythms and language. The Garifuna, in Central America were formed when two slave ships filled with West Africans sunk of the coast of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent in 1635. The culture had all but disappeared when Andy Palacio ran into an old Garifunan man and was inspired to revive the original musical heritage rather than turn to technological music methods. Like a Mariachi caller beckoning all to dance the soulful poetry is part celebration part remembrance and all deeply enriched. My picks: “Weyu Lárigi Weyu (Day by Day),” “Baba (Father),” “Gagánbadibá (Take Advice),” “Ayó Da (Goodbye My Dear)” and “Ámeuyengü (In Times to Come).”
02/22/07 >> go there
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