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CD Review (in the Latin Forum)
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Sometimes a roots journey is a necessary thing. Andy Palacio's Watina is a case in point. Along the Caribbean coasts of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador lie the scattered villages of the Garifuna, one of the most unique and threatened cultures in the Americas. Of West African ancestry, they are the descendants of a slave vessel that shipwrecked near St. Vincent in 1638. Musician Andy Palacio, raised in Barranco, Belize, speaks and performs in their rapidly vanishing language. Watina features the best living Garifuna musicians, updating their traditional sound, while offering 12 compositions sounding a familiar chord with lovers of Afro-Cuban music and its deeply rhythmic core.
-by Victor Cruz-Lugo 03/01/07
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