Garifuna Music

1. Yurumei/Nati Maximo

2. Soudey Mala

3. Lemesi

4. Mayeihabei

5. Garifuna Nuguya

6. Galasun

7. Caco

8. Pusura Buma

9. Ineru

10. Potu Gedina

11. Ayuda

12. Amasio/Tadibiriha Luma/Numari

13. Sarah Sarah

14. Chubaba Lidon

15. Bolele

16. Sunn Hilumuti Wadagara Garanagu Wagiya

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Average customer rating: Cross-cultural wonderfulness Not a great World Music album - just a great album Andy Palacio's welcome return to his roots Life is a beach Could this be the most enjoyable World CD since...Buena Vista?

Watina Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective Manufacturer: Cumbancha ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Vieux Farka Touré Aman Iman: Water is Life Putumayo Presents: Women of the World - Acoustic The Idan Raichel Project Garifuna Soul ASIN: B000LP4OPQ Release Date: 2007-02-27

Tracks:

1. I Called Out
2. Day By Day
3. Miami
4. Father
5. Together
6. Take Advice
7. Go Away
8. Worthless
9. My Canoe
10. My People Have Moved On
11. Goodbye My Dear
12. In Times To Come

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Palacio is from Belize and his music celebrates a culture called Garifuna, in which indigenous Arawak and Carib sounds, plus West African influences imported during the dark years of the slave trade are twisted around one another like a helix. Over the centuries, fiercely independent tribes-people maintained their identity even as European colonizers relentlessly pushed them from St. Vincent, where the Africans had been shipwrecked and intermarried with the local population, toward the Central American coast. But more recently, the culture had begun losing ground, especially in Nicaragua, a fact brought to Palacio's attention when he visited that nation as teenage literacy advocate. His impassioned espousal of his birthright began when he got involved with punta rock, a synth-and-drum-machine-driven dance style popular during the 1990s. The present album represents a return to his roots. Blended Native, African and Latin exhalations create softly pretty, simply constructed, yet indelible melodies while percolating, hypnotic rhythms, some of which are anchored by a prominent Afro-Cuban clavé, get everyone moving. The songs are sung exclusively in the Garifuna language and built around folkloric sources like the ritual-based dügü. There's not a false note anywhere in earshot but "Yagane", a seafaring tune composed by and performed with Paul Nabor, a septuagenarian buyei (spiritual healer), is one stand-out; the delightful title track is another. The CD is enhanced with videos and other extras. --Christina Roden

Album Description

These soul-stirring melodies and vibrant grooves from the Garifuna community of Central America unite the musical legacies of Africa and the Caribbean to create a powerful saga of exile, longing, hope and celebration. Years in the making, Watina is infused with contemporary influences, yet firmly rooted in the rich musical traditions of this unique and inspiring culture. Belizean icon, Andy Palacio, leads an all-star, multi-generational lineup to deliver a monumental tribute to the Garifuna of yesterday and tomorrow.

* 32-page booklet features full lyrics and stunning photographs.
* Deluxe enhanced CD includes "making of" video and a preview of the upcoming Garifuna women's project "Umalali".
* The third release from Cumbancha, the new label founded by the head of music research at Putumayo World Music.

"****. Endlessly satisfying." --Charlie Gillett, The Observer Music Monthly (UK)

"Brimming with Buena Vista-ish elegance and dignity." --The Boston Globe (US)

"A little bit Cuban, a little bit Brazilian, with a reggae lilt, a Cape Verdean melodic lushness and a whole range of African echoes that you can't quite put your finger on." --London Daily Telegraph (UK)

"A fascinating musical mash-up...Transcendent, infectiously rhythmic music." --Veryshortlist.com (USA)

"There's a full year worth of listening on Watina... It's a fantastic recording that makes me thirst for more..." --Bob Tarte, Beat Magazine

"Rampacked to overflowing with amazing music." --Dave Hucker, Beat Magazine

"Superb" --Mondomix (France)

"****. Will spellbind the most indifferent listener." --Irish Times

"Consider this the first must-have album of 2007." --World Music Central

"An immediate world music classic." -Folk Roots (UK)

Customer Reviews:

Cross-cultural wonderfulness.......2007-06-30

This is the kind of music that everyone can relate to--all you need is a soul. Get this album, you won't be disappointed.

Not a great World Music album - just a great album.......2007-05-23

It is hard to imagine anyone in 2007 producing anything so pure, so moving, so touching, so uplifting as Watina by Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective. If you can't fall in love with this music, then go to the doctor immediately and ask him to check if your heart is still beating.

The growing number of people who listen to World Music will instantly recognise this as a classic. But it deserves to be heard much more widely than the World Music circuit. Songs like Weyu Lariga Weyu should be being played on the radio and in the shops.

I knew nothing of Garifuna and had never heard of Andy Palacio until a week or so ago. Now I can't get the music out of my head and I've fallen in love with a place I have never been to (and probably never will) and a people whom I have never met. That's how good this album is.

Andy Palacio's welcome return to his roots.......2007-05-17

Andy Palacio from Belize was little known outside his country, the smallest one in South America. He contributed a bland track to Putumayo's "Music from the Chocolate Lands",and frothy Caribbean pop to Putumayo's "Caribe! Caribe!" When Andy Palacio realized he was one of the few young people still speaking the Garifuna language, he decided to return to his roots, and form the Garifuna Collective.

Andy Palacio's return to his roots has led not only to a revival of Garifuna language and culture, but is a joy for world music fans who delight in earthy, powerful music. "Watina" is a savory blend of reggae-flavored music such as "Lidan Aban" (Together) and the bluesy laments of "Sin Precio" (Worthless), "Ayo Da" (Goodbye my dear) and the title track. There is the reverent sacred music of "Baba" (Father),"Weyu Larigi Weyu" (Day by Day) and "Aguyuha Nidudenu" (My people have moved on). The jazzy,frothy song "Miami" isn't about the Florida metropolis, but about injustice in that city in Honduras. The closing song, "Amunegu" (In times to come),is a hopeful gaze to the future.

There isn't a single weak song on this album. It's a perfect introduction to the music of Belize (too often overshadowed by Argentina,the tango capital of the world and Brazil with its sambas and bossa novas) and Garifuna culture. It's a must for any world music collection!

Life is a beach.......2007-05-06

I listen to a lot of different music and pride myself for my collection. If you are into world music, check this one out! Some ultimate world music. Where does this one come from? Beach sounds from Belize... King Sunny Ade lost in the caribean? Does Orchestre Baobab play hints of reggea? Does Yousou'n dours 10th cousin play drums with Palacio? Or is this gilberto gil on vacation? The booklet that comes with it is worth the cd price in itself. Beautiful history, the lyrics, an inunderstandible dying language. Yet, you can understand what is being said, especially with the english translation. Simple texts, sometimes big things don't need much words. Put this on, have a beer, close your eyes, move to the tropics. This is fine fine music.

Could this be the most enjoyable World CD since...Buena Vista?.......2007-04-10

It takes a lot to make Americans listen to music recorded beyond our borders. Like Buena Vista Social Club. I'll bet you bought that CD, played it to death, and drag it out now on occasions when you want an easy, hip-skaking lilt as background. But would you have given Cuban geezers a listen if renowned musician and producer Ry Cooder hadn't brokered the sale and turned an otherwise obscure CD into a Grammy-winning hit ? If Wim Wenders hadn't made an exquisite documentary film that turned seventy-year-old musicians into brand names?

Andy Palacio doesn't have Buena Vista's advantages. He's from Belize, the least-populated country in Central America. His music celebrates the Garifunan culture, which is known to maybe five American Caucasians. And although his record company couldn't be more distinguished in World Music circles --- Jacob Edgar, its founder, was head of A&R at Putamayo --- few of you have heard of him or his sparkling label, Cumbancha.

No matter. This musician you've never heard of, singing in a language spoken by no more than a few hundred thousand people, has delivered what could easily be the most enjoyable CD of the year.

What's it like? Everything. And that's the key to the music.

In the 1700s, West African slaves were shipwrecked on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. They intermarried with Arawak Indians and lived peacefully until the English forced them into exile on a small, resource-poor island off Honduras. They moved on to the mainland, but their identity has blurred over the centuries. Now there are just 11,500 Garifunans living in Belize --- and the Garifunan language, which is taught in only one village there, has been designated by the United Nations as among the "masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity."

Andy Palacio, a Garifunan from Belize, once modified his culture's music so it would have wider appeal. But the threat that it might become extinct encouraged him to return to his roots. And so he assembled all-star Garifunan musicians in a thatched-roof shack on Belize's Caribbean coast and spent four months with that band, playing endangered music deep into the night.

The musicologist in me wants to tell you about the richness to be found here: the sexy thrust you'll find in the Cape Verde songs of Cesaria Evora, the raw vocals reminiscent of the Peter Tosh era with The Wailers, the lyrics about life's everyday challenges that could have been written by Ali Farka Toure or Boubacar Traore --- and, of course, the joyous bounce of Buena Vista.

But it's the enthusiast in me that carries the day. Here are 12 songs, each radically different, that, taken together, form a classic mosaic. The electric guitar couldn't be more seductive, the drumming catchier, the lead vocals more urgent, the harmonies more subtle. This CD is as irresistible as Amadou & Mariam --- you will leave your chair.

As I write, the music industry in America is facing the greatest crisis in its history --- it can't find much to sell that you care about. Well, here are some poor musicians no one ever heard of, who made the recording of their lives without any thought of fame or fortune. And here's a guy in a Vermont farmhouse, lavishing beautiful packaging and energetic promotion on these nonentities.

And what's the outcome?

For one of the planet's smallest subcultures, a moment of bracing attention.

For you, satisfaction on the order of Buena Vista --- and maybe greater.

No kidding about that. Andy Palacio and his friends aren't just good, they're seriously great.

Average customer rating: an excellent disc Brings back memories

Garifuna Soul Aurelio Martinez Manufacturer: Stonetree Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Watina Paranda The Idan Raichel Project From Bakabush, The First Ten Years Of Stonetree Vieux Farka Touré ASIN: B000IFSJZ0 Release Date: 2005-04-13

Tracks:

1. Santo Negro
2. Yau
3. Nuwerun
4. Tagarigu Nanigi
5. Dügü
6. Deme Nowen
7. Yalifu
8. Niraü Hagabu
9. Lumalali Limaniga
10. Mala Mujer
11. Tabari Dudu
12. Tili Bugudura

Product Description

Following in the footsteps of the legendary Parranderos from the Caribbean coast of Central America, with an enchanting blend of African and Latin acoustic roots, Aurelio emerges as one of the most exceptional Garifuna artists of his generation.

Customer Reviews:

an excellent disc.......2007-06-27

This disc reflects the African heritage of the Garifuna with traditional drum rhthyms, great guitar work and gutteral singing styles, in spanish and Garifuna dialects. Martinez is a literal and figurative ambassador for the Garifuna people. A wonderfully bright and upbeat session. this is an easy sell for anyone who enjoys global music!

Brings back memories.......2007-05-16

I grew up in Honduras and the music and sounds of this CD remind me of home. One of the cuts sounds tinny and I don't know if it's my CD or the recording.

Average customer rating: An Excellent CD The voices of our planet The music is haunting, accessible, and soulful.

The Spirit Cries: Music Of The Rain Forests Of South America & The Caribbean Garifuna , Ashaninka , Aluku , and Wayana Manufacturer: Rykodisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Environmental | New Age | Styles | Music Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music Environmental | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Music For The Gods: The Fahnestock South Sea Expedition, Indonesia Smithsonian Folkways World Music Collection L. H. Correa De Azevedo: Music Of Ceara And Minas Gerais Sarangi: The Music of India Mbuti Pygmies of Ituri Rainforest ASIN: B0000009ON Release Date: 1993-03-02

Tracks:

1. Music Of The Garifuna: Abelagudahani
2. Music Of The Garifuna: Grating Song
3. Music Of The Garifuna: Abaimahani
4. Music Of The Garifuna: Abaimahani
5. Music Of The Garifuna: Abaimahani
6. Music Of The Garifuna: Arumahani
7. Music Of The Garifuna: Paranda
8. Music Of The Garifuna: Combination
9. Music Of The Garifuna: Punta
10. Music Of The Garifuna: Dugu Song
11. Music Of The Choco Indians: Healing Song
12. Music Of The Shipibo And Ashaninka: Shipibo Song
13. Music Of The Shipibo And Ashaninka: Ashaninka Songs
14. Music Of The Aluku: Aleke
15. Music Of The Aluku: Songe
16. Music Of The Aluku: Lonsei
17. Music Of The Aluku: Mato
18. Music Of The Aluku: Mato
19. Music Of The Aluku: Awasa
20. Music Of The Aluku: Kumanti
21. Music Of The Aluku: Kumanti
22. Music Of The Aluku: Agwado Song
23. Music Of The Aluku: Susa
24. Music Of The Wayana: Dance Song
25. Music Of The Wayana: Love Song
26. Music Of The Jamaican Moroons: Papa
27. Music Of The Jamaican Moroons: Tambu

Customer Reviews:

An Excellent CD.......2002-01-08

This CD, part of the Library of Congress' Endangered Music Project, is one of the greatest wolrd music CDs anyone could get their hands on. I strongly recommend this CD to anyone interested in the Native Americans of Latin America, or the traditional African-American music of that region.
The music includes songs from the Garifuna ("Black Caribs" of Belize), Choco Indians of Panama and Colombia, Shipibo of Peru, Ashaninka of Peru, Aluku of French Guiana, Wayana of Suriname and Maroons of Jamaica. Quite a diversity of cultures, ranging from Native Americans to the free descendants of African slaves brought over by the colonists. However, all these cultures have similar, and yet distinctly different, musical stylings.
Almost all the music on this CD is "traditional", or at least in the sense that the influence from western culture is minimal to no-existant, so it will please purists. Alot of it cosists of drumming, especially with the Aluku and Maroons, who were influenced heavily by the African music of their ancestors. However, some of the more interesting songs on here include a shamanic healing song and a Garifuna grating song! This is a great CD. I've had mine for over a year and still listen to it frequently.
Anyone interested in anthropology, musical history or Native American/Afro-Carribean culture should definately own a copy. Trust me you'll love it.

The voices of our planet.......2000-04-30

The depth of feeling and pure musical emotion on this cd is astounding. The musicians and singers on this cd are, for me, the voices who speak from and for our earth. This music isn't played as a concert, it isn't played to make money, it isn't played for any of the reasons that we in 21st Century Western Culture usually equate music with being "about". It is played just to express the core of human emotion and experience.

One of my favorite songs (#11) is performed by a Choco shaman as a way to cure a man's fever. The liner notes say that he shakes a palm frond to exorcise the fever-causing evil spirit out of the man. The palm frond also happens to create a rhythmic sound that comes across beautifully on cd along with the shaman's voice.

There are indeed a couple tracks on here that don't do much for me musically but that doesn't matter. The tracks that I love (which are almost all of them) are well worth the cost of this cd.

The music on this cd is mostly voice and percusssion oriented. Sometimes they are work songs, used to break up the monotony of jobs like grating cassava root. Sometimes they are healing songs, and sometimes they are ceremonial dance songs, etc... They are always important and give us a deeper understanding of the beauty that exists in the ancient way in which humans used to (and sometimes still do) live.

The music is haunting, accessible, and soulful........1999-06-24

Music from indigenous musicians from Peru to Jamaica. The selections are digitally remastered field recordings from the Library of Congress's Archive of Folk Culture. All this music cataloged and preserved, but the people left to fend for their own. Their music speaks for itself. It lingers. It inspires us to remember that we -- the users of earth's resources -- are not the only beings on the planet.

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LEBEHA DRUMMING Lebeha Boys Garifuna Youth Manufacturer: INNOVA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Garifuna Music: Field Recordings from Belize ASIN: B0009NSDQ6 Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. Welcome To the Party
2. John Canoe
3. Paranda: Malati
4. Gunjai
5. Chumba
6. Combination Dance
7. Paranda: Arabo
8. Punta

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Garifuna Music: Field Recordings from Belize Various Artists Manufacturer: Arc Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shine Eye Gal: Brukdon Belizian Calypso Watina LEBEHA DRUMMING The Garifuna Journey The Spirit Cries: Music Of The Rain Forests Of South America & The Caribbean ASIN: B0007PLKPW Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. Yurumei/Nati Maximo (My Brother Maximo) [Hungu-Hungu]
2. Soudey Mala [Gunjei]
3. Lemesi [Parranda]
4. Mayeihabei [John Canoe]
5. Garifuna Nuguya [Punta]
6. Galasun [Chakanari]
7. Caco [Leremu Egi]
8. Pusura Buma [Abeimahani]
9. Ineru [Abeimahani]
10. Potu Gedina [Parranda]
11. Ayuda
12. Amasio (A Name)/Tadibiriha Luma (She's Playing With Him)/Numari ...
13. Sarah Sarah [Hung-Hungu]
14. Chubaba Lidon [Game]
15. Bolele [Game]
16. Sunn Hilumuti Wadagara Garanagu Wagiya [Leremu Egi]

Average customer rating: The rhythm in music Punta Rock

Caribbean Punta Fever Manufacturer: Erv Ski Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006IR4X Release Date: 2002-08-09

Tracks:

1. Binya Garinagu
2. Nuguya Naremuja
3. Ven A Bailar Conmigo
4. Oundara Wama
5. Aguwajatibu Nu
6. Mabuserutina Aguirau
7. Eres Todo Para Mi
8. Wabagari
9. Unsu Jati Le
10. Nidinimari

Customer Reviews:

The rhythm in music Punta Rock.......2002-10-02

I'm so amazed with this CD. It sounds good.

Average customer rating:

Arufudei Wanichigu International Garifuna Band Manufacturer: Journeyagents Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000667QJ6 Release Date: 2003-12-09

Tracks:

1. Subculture
2. Mafinuraabana(Don't Put A Curse On Me)
3. Bunagua (My Heart Refuses To Let Go)
4. Naufuri (Relationships)
5. Benita
6. Kaba Bichiga(What Am I Going To Get)
7. Nubuibume (My Beauty)
8. Magurubali(Don't Touch It)
9. Tomasa
10. Leh We Punta
11. Dunguayadina(I Have Encountered)
12. Drum

Product Description

This recording pays tribute to the legacy of Garifuna ancestors. It tilts toward traditional compositions and original compositions in traditional style as done by performers from Belize, Honduras and Guatemala.

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Jam 96X Aziatic y Los Nuevos Conceptos Manufacturer: Sta-Tic Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA8NHA Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. Huya
2. Goubana
3. Chikkittikkolla
4. Numari
5. Fedu
6. Jam '96x
7. I'm Gonna Get U
8. Chikkittikkolla Drum Mix
9. Jam 96X Underground Megamix

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Honduras: Songs of Garifuna Various Artists Manufacturer: Navarre Corporation/ ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003MQV Release Date: 1996-01-09

Tracks:

1. Bugudura Wuritu
2. Tagarigu Nanigui
3. Taguara Iriu
4. Yurumey
5. Africa
6. Culiou
7. Yita
8. Dame Nouweni
9. Gunchey
10. Nirou Jigabu Nu (What's the Matter)
11. Miguirabana
12. Sandu Wuriti
13. Wanaragua

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Garifuna Music: Field Recordings from Belize Various Artists Manufacturer: Arc Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007D0AG4 Release Date: 2005-01-01

Tracks:

1. Yurumei/Nati Maximo (My Brother Maximo) [Hungu-Hungu]
2. Soudey Mala [Gunjei]
3. Lemesi [Parranda]
4. Mayeihabei [John Canoe]
5. Garifuna Nuguya [Punta]
6. Galasun [Chakanari]
7. Caco [Leremu Egi]
8. Pusura Buma [Abeimahani]
9. Ineru [Abeimahani]
10. Potu Gedina [Parranda]
11. Ayuda
12. Amasio (A Name)/Tadibiriha Luma (She's Playing With Him)/Numari ...
13. Sarah Sarah [Hung-Hungu]
14. Chubaba Lidon [Game]
15. Bolele [Game]
16. Sunn Hilumuti Wadagara Garanagu Wagiya [Leremu Egi]

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