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Belize: The Exile's Song

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The Ambassador of Punta Rock:
Andy Palacio
Punta Rock

Meet the hardest-working man in Belize's show business, Andy Palacio, the 43-year-old "ambassador of Punta Rock." Palacio reworks roots classics in a mixture of Garifuna, Spanish and Creole and sets them to a party, dance-floor tempo.

Palacio is currently hard at work on a CD featuring duets with other Garifuna artists. The album will offer traditional songs infused with new drumming patterns and jazz flourishes. Meanwhile he continues to perform and record as well as serve as director of Belize's Institute of Creative Arts of the Ministry of Culture.

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