An exciting album with a big, big sound! Salsa Celtica have established themselves as one of the hottest bands on the World, Latin and Celtic music circuits, having performed their own special blend of Latin and Scottish music worldwide, from Hollywood (via Toronto, New York, Gran Canaria, Paris and Edinburgh) to Singapore. The past couple of years have seen the band share festival billing with top Latin acts such as Sierra Maestra and Guayacan, performing at New York's Lincoln Centre, the WOMAD Reading Festival, and the huge Antilliaanse festival in Belgium.
Twenty three musicians from Scotland, England, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, New York and Shetland feature on El Agua De La Vida, with most of the material written by Toby Shippey and other members of the band. El Agua De La Vida translates from Spanish into Scottish Gaelic as 'uisge beatha' - 'the water of life', more popularly known as whiskey!
The band are: Toby 'El León' …
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An exciting album with a big, big sound! Salsa Celtica have established themselves as one of the hottest bands on the World, Latin and Celtic music circuits, having performed their own special blend of Latin and Scottish music worldwide, from Hollywood (via Toronto, New York, Gran Canaria, Paris and Edinburgh) to Singapore. The past couple of years have seen the band share festival billing with top Latin acts such as Sierra Maestra and Guayacan, performing at New York's Lincoln Centre, the WOMAD Reading Festival, and the huge Antilliaanse festival in Belgium.
Twenty three musicians from Scotland, England, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, New York and Shetland feature on El Agua De La Vida, with most of the material written by Toby Shippey and other members of the band. El Agua De La Vida translates from Spanish into Scottish Gaelic as 'uisge beatha' - 'the water of life', more popularly known as whiskey!
The band are: Toby 'El León' Shippey (trumpet, coro) * Lino Rocha (lead vocals, coro, perc) * Steve Kettley (saxophones, flute) * Fraser Fifield (saxophones, pipes, whistles) * Ryan Quigley (lead trumpet, coro) * Dougie 'El Pulpo' Hudson (congas) * David 'El Chimpo' Robertson (bongos, bell, coro) * Guy Nicolson (timbales) * David 'Demus' Donnelly (bass, coro) * Chris Stout (violin) * Kenny Fraser (violin, tres guitar) * David Patrick (piano on trks 6,7,8,9).
Special guests: Chris Grieve (trombone) * Ricardo Fern‡ndez Pompa (coro, perc, lead vocals on trks 5,8,9) * Roland Perrin (piano on trks 2,3,4,5) * Phil Alexander (piano on trk 1) * Javier Chernicoff (timbales, perc on trks 4,6) * Emeris Solis (congas on trks 1,7,8,9) * Tommy Beavitt (coro, chicken) * Riley Briggs (coro) * John Somerville (accordion on trks 1,9) * Ricky Manning (guitar on trk 5) * ƒamonn Coyne (tenor banjo, tenor guitar on trks 1,9).
Produced by Jim Sutherland, released by Greentrax Recordings.
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