BANKIE BANX HAS GIVEN new meaning to the term "surf music." Since 1991, the musician known as "the Anguillan Bob Dylan" has gathered international reggae and folk artists to jam on Anguilla's Rendezvous Bay Beach during Moonsplash, the Eastern Caribbean's longest-running independent music festival, ¶ The venue - Banx's endearingly ramshackle Dune Preserve restaurant and lounge - was destroyed in Hurricane Irma, but reopened this past November. "Through hard work, lots of encouragement, and support from our friends abroad, we are up and fully running and better than ever before," Banx says, ¶ The next Moonsplash is scheduled March 21-24. At other times of the year, cruisers have a good chance of hearing Banx's raspy baritone and distinctive mix of reggae, folk and jazz played live at the Dune Preserve; he often performs when he's in town.
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