BELIZE CITY (Reuters) - Belizean musician Andy Palacio, who brought the world the music of the Garifuna people descended from Central American natives and shipwrecked African slaves, has died aged 47.

Andy Palacio, a singer and guitarist whose critically acclaimed music championed the vanishing language and culture of the Garifuna people of his native Belize and made him a cultural icon in the ...

Andy Palacio, a musician and cultural icon in Belize, died Saturday. Through his music, Palacio sought to preserve the culture of the Garifuna... Andy Palacio, a musician and cultural icon in Belize, ...

THERE’S a buoyant, lighthearted tropical quality to Andy Palacio’s music. Echoes of reggae, salsa, samba and calypso simmer beneath the surface of its infectious percussion. But the heart of the music ...

Belize-born Andy Palacio has helped lead the Garifuna culture, a mix of African and Central American cultures on the Caribbean coast, to a more global profile. In 2001, UNESCO declared the "Language, ...

World-music fans were saddened last month by the untimely death of Andy Palacio, who was only 47 and had spent this decade campaigning to spread awareness of the Garífuna culture, which descended from ...

Aurelio Martinez stakes a claim as the Garifuna's top cultural ambassador, picking up the late Andy Palacio's baton and running with it on this Sub Pop LP. Save this story Save this story In 2008, ...

Andy Palacio, a musician and cultural icon in Belize, died Saturday after he suffered a stroke and a heart attack that triggered respiratory failure. He was 47 years old. Palacio was a Garifuna — ...