The Garifuna people are a diasporic community shaped by resistance and survival. They are a mixture African and Amerindian ...

Before J. King moved to New York 20 years ago, he was a legend in his home country of Honduras. His Punta rock band, Black Fever, had a hectic tour schedule, and their music–featuring the drum-based ...

PUNTA GORDA, Roatán – A decade after the first cruise ships approached this scenic Caribbean coastline, bringing the promise of a new tourism economy to an island that was still using a partial barter ...

On a recent Saturday, a boisterous crowd of families, friends and lovers danced together to cumbias, reggaeton and merengue at High Tide, a bar and music venue downtown. Suddenly everyone went silent ...

WTOP celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month this Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, with stories spotlighting the contributions, culture and accomplishments of Hispanic communities across the D.C. region.

In 1987, a compilation of Central American Garifuna music, or punta rock, was recorded in Andy Palacio's Sunrise Recording Studio and released to great acclaim. It featured the unique sound created by ...

“Everybody wants to be cool, especially young people,” says Andy Palacio, 45, the moving force behind the Garifuna Collective, a band that’s attracting international attention to the endangered, ...

Latin Roots reporter Rachel Faro is back to introduce World Cafe listeners to Garifuna music. Faro wears many hats: She's an artist and record producer who owns the Ashe record label, which ...

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 ...