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Andy Palacio: 1960 - 2008
Belizean musician Andy Palacio has died. The respected musical figurehead of the Central American Garifuna community was felled this weekend at age 47 by "a massive and extensive stroke to the brain," according to an e-mail from his producer and manager, Ivan Duran.
When I interviewed Palacio in Belize just over a year ago, I found him in his windowless office at the National Institute for Culture and History in the Belizean capital, Belmopan. He was fretting over tour dates and logistics for the pending release of his new album, Wátina.
But he may as well have been planning the album for decades.
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New Jamie Lidell in 2008: A walking, talking question mark
The best news I've heard in the past 12 hours or so: It's not too late to accept Jesus as my saviour Ridicu-voice Jamie Lidell will have some new stuff out this year!
His label has YouTubed out a wee video. Is it possible that the Wurlitzer electric piano emits the sweetest sounds on earth?
Devoted reader(s) may recall a remix for Mr. Lidell cracked irwinloy.com resident dj dj ill's prestigious yet ill-fated Top 10 songs list for 2006.
Gonzales's stripped down piano accompaniment with Lidell accomplished what the remix rarely does: It improved on a good song. Enjoy.
> Jamie Lidell - Multiply (Gonzales In a Minor Key mix) .mp3
Songs about Jesus that don't suck
Before Al Green was a man of God, he was a sinner and a hustler, just like the rest of us. Which might explain the apparent contradiction in his music - sensuous, dripping in soul, but overtly spiritual.
Pitter patter
Ah, Brazil. The home of, among many things, remarkably wonderful music to listen to while the rain is falling.
Back in the house
Is four months a long time to go without posting? Here are a four superb tracks, of the dance music variety, to make it up to whomever's still reading.