Belize and Haiti at Stern Grove
by Wanda Sabir

This weekend at Stern Grove there are two wonderful bands: Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective from Belize and Emeline Michel from Haiti. The concert starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 29, but arrive early. Last week at the Anoushka Shankar and Karch Kale concert, the Grove closed early, and if you were there you know why. It was a wonderful afternoon of contemporary South Asian music. I really liked the opening band with dancers: The Non-Stop Bhangra Collective with the Dholrhythms Dance Troupe featuring live percussionists and DJ Jimmy Love on vocals. They were all hot!

Visit www.sterngrove,org or call (415) 252-6252. I had a wonderful interview with Andy Palacio. Look for it in the web exclusives at my website, wandaspicks.com.