Music from Honduras – Lidia Handal

Honduras music styles vary. Honduran artists play anything from local music, such as the Garifuna punta style, to different Caribbean styles such as merengue, reggae, reggaeton, and salsa. This is Lidia Handal with his song “Jamas”

Music from Honduras – Guillermo Anderson

Honduran bandleader Guillermo Anderson sings with a voice high pitched and delicate as a tropical bird’s. His music is a melange of softly pulsating merengue polyrhythms. Flamenco guitar and keyboards that are tinged with both new age airness and subtle blues. In his home country he is a star. One listen and you’ll see why. Here i present his song “El Encarguito”

Music from Honduras – Aurelio Martinez

Aurelio Martinez is one of the most extraordinary and passionate Garifuna artists of his generation. Here is his song “Africa“:

Music from Belize – Andy Palacio †

Andy Palacio was an Afro-Latin musician from Belize who died in 2008. Here’s his song “Watina“:

This was another great Music-Suggestion from Kweli, so much thanks!