[FA Worldmusic] Reactions to the loss of Andy Palacio

[Mark Gorney]

>From Jacob Edgar:

Dear all,

News about the untimely demise of Andy Palacio has been spreading across the
world, and we have received hundreds of messages offering condolences and
support. Please feel free to post your own thoughts and memories about Andy
at Andy's MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/andypalacio) and on the
Cumbancha blog (http://cumbanchamusic.blogspot.com/). The messages coming in
from all corners of the globe have been very moving.

A number of major media outlets have published or will be publishing
obituaries, including the New York Times, Reuters, El Pais, CBC Canada,
Chicago Sun-Times, Le Monde, The Guardian, Liberation, among others. I have
posted links to some of these at the bottom of this note.

People in Belize and Garifuna people everywhere have been mourning Andy's
death. On Friday morning, there will be a tribute concert at the Bliss
Center for the Performing Arts in Belize City. The funeral ceremony will
take place on Saturday in Barranco, the small village in southern Belize
where Andy was born and raised. His body will be brought by boat (weather
permitting) to Barranco, where there will be a traditional Garifuna wake as
well as a Catholic service. 

A foundation is being established in Andy's name, where people can make
donations. Information will be posted on the MySpace page and Cumbancha blog
as soon as that becomes available.

A major tour was in the works for Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
with special guests Umalali starting in April and running through the fall.
After discussing it with the musicians and agents, everyone agrees that Andy
would have wanted this tour to continue, in tribute to his memory and to
further his goal of exposing Garifuna music and culture to the world. A
number of rising stars of Garifuna music will be added to the lineup, and we
are confident that this tour will be a magical tribute to Andy and his work.

Best wishes,

Jacob Edgar
Cumbancha


ANDY PALACIO OBITUARIES: 

The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/arts/music/21palacio.html?_r=1&ref=obituar
ies&oref=slogin

Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN2033803720080121

CBC Radio 2 Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/blog/2008/01/21/andy_palacio_nationa.html

Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/750512,CST-FTR-palacio21.article

El Pais 
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/Necrologicas/Andy/Palacio/artista/paz/elpepun
ec/20080121elpepinec_2/Tes

Reuters Espaqa
http://es.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idESCAS12600920080121