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CELSO PINA

Celso Pina making an exclusive bay area appearance at the Appleton Ballroom in Watsonville.

Doors at 9pm.
$30 in advance, $35 at the door.
$60 meet and greet/balcony access.(Limited)

Celso Piña (Born April the 6th 1953 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México) is a notable Mexican singer, composer and accordionist. In 2002, Piña was nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards: Best Contemporary Tropical Album and Best New Artist From the North as well as for Best Alternative Artist by the MTV Latino Awards. He is also know by the nicknames: El Rebelde del Acordeón and El Cacique de la Campana.

Hes an accordion player and singer who has risen to be one of the most notable figures in cumbia music. Cumbia has its origins in Colombias African and indigenous populations, but it has spread to be one of the most universal Latin American genres. Celso Piña is a pioneer in mixing or blending sounds of tropical base, combined with all kind of popular genres from norteño to sonidero, Ska, Reggae, Rap, Hip Hop or R&B, just to mention some. For this reason hes considered one of the best musicians from Mexico and Latin America.

Celsos album Barrio Bravo, which includes collaborations with other popular Latin musicans of various genres, brought to life the mega hit Cumbia Sobre El Rio. Many of his popular crossover songs feature artists like Lila Downs, Control Machete, El Gran Silencio, Café Tacuva, Ely Guerra, Benny Ibarra, Alex Lora (El Tri), Aleks Syntek, Julieta Venegas, Inspector, Blanquito Man and Sargento García, amongst many others.

By the year 2011, Celso began to show his music around the world, with the "Cumbia Por El Mundo" tour where he has performed in more than 20 countries like: Germany, Colombia, Spain, United States, Canada, Guatemala, Denmark, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Nicaragua, Perú, Morocco, among others. On October of 2015, Celso Piña took another big step in his career by taking his music to Asia where he toured in the 5 most important cities of China.

On March 25th, 2016, Celso Piña is getting ready to reléase in the United States his latest álbum named Aquí presente compa. With this new álbum, Celso Piña will continue consolidating his career as one of the most important Mexican artists around the world.
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