Salsa Celtica - El Agua De La Vida
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Artist: Salsa CelticaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2003-06-10
Music Label: Compass Records
Soundtracks:
- Cumbia Celtica
- El Sol De La Noche
- Guajira Sin Sol
- Elagua De La Vida
- Whisky Con Ron
- Ave Maria De Escocia Medley
- Maestro
- Adios Adios
- Auld Lang Syne
Music reviews of El Agua De La Vida
Music Review: Latin and Irish Blend
Rating: 4 Stars
I'm not sure who came up with the idea of coming Irish and Latin music, but I've got to congratulate them for filling what was undoubtedly a gap in the world music market. Salsa Celtica's El Agua de la Vida is a little heavy on the Salsa (Spanish is the prevalent language) and a little light on the Celtica, but the combination works. The opener, "Cumbia Celtica" introduces the music mix well, with mostly a Latin flavor with the addition of a banjo. "El Sol de la Noche" continues the tradition. The appearance of bagpipes on "Guajira sin Sol" was a shock, I must admit, but once I got used to the sound, it blended well with the melodic intent. The title track is the best at mixing the two genres; it has the Celtic violin folded over the Latin guitar and percussion. A low point was the "Ave Maria de Escocia Medley," but just skip it in favor of the highly danceable "Maestro." Finally, Salsa Celtica's version of "Auld Lang Syne" should find its way to every New Year's Eve rotation, starting slow, but turning into a rousing rendition of the Guy Lombardo classic.
People looking for pure Celtic are going to be sorely disappointed by El Agua de la Vida, but anyone who likes fiesta music--and don't mind a taste of the Emerald Isle on the side--are going to find something to share with friends.
Description of El Agua De La Vida
Salsa Celtica is more than just a band: it s a way of seeing the world, a remarkably fluid intermingling of cultures that is as joyfully exuberant as it is ingenuous. Their new album (and U.S. debut) El Agua de la Vida features the eleven core Salsa Celts joined by a dozen or so guests, with participants hailing from such far-flung locales as Scotland, Venezuela, England, Cuba, Columbia, and New York. Their initial impetus to fuse the aching modal sounds of Scottish traditional music with the rhythmic flexibility of classic Cuban salsa has been brought to full fruition over the course of ten tunes, brimming with congas, tenor banjos, pandeiros and pipes in equal measure.Something so audacious as Salsa Celtica s fusion of Afro-Latin grooves and Celtic sonorities does not just occur. The members of Salsa Celtica (who have played with such renown folk groups as Capercaillie, Old Blind Dogs, and Blazin Fiddles) first mastered their own native musical traditions before setting sale for Cuba. Upon arriving, they spent many an hour in the presence of their favorite son and salsa groups, learning first-hand while freely exchange of Scotch whiskey for Cuban rum. Soaking in both the techniques and the emotional source of salsa, they returned to their home base in Edinburgh to conquer the world with their unique hybrid.
Beginning as local favorites of Edinburgh and Glasgow's Hispanic communities, Salsa Celtica took their sound all over Scotland and the British Isles. Rave reviews in U.S. Latino press brought them before a crowd of 6000 New Yoricans at Lincoln Center. After soaking in the sounds of Spanish Harlem and Dominicansville, the band dazzled audiences in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Halifax, and Ottawa. At each stop, their new twist on two timeless genres dropped jaws and moved feet.
Released on June 10, 2003, El Agua de la Vida is Salsa Celtica s third collection, and their most seamlessly integrated. Appropriately kicked off with stabbing horn accents immediately followed by a propulsive Irish lick by guest banjoist Éamonn Coyne, the album somehow manages to be both their most Scottish and most Cuban-influenced collection. Soaring bagpipes dance with fiddles above a swaggering cláve and rock-solid rhythm section. The result is a brilliant album by master musicians, driven by a unique and unfaltering vision. Finding common ground in the most unlikely of places, El Agua de la Vida is a powerful introduction to one of roots music.
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