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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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