El Agua De La Vida | 
 enlarge | Artist: Salsa Celtica
Label: Compass Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 34461
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 974361
UPC: 766397436128
EAN: 0766397436128
ASIN: B00009IB1N
Release Date: June 10, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Cumbia Celtica | | • | El Sol de la Noche (The Midnight Sun) | | • | Guajira Sin Sol | | • | El Agua de la Vida (Uisge Beatha, The Water of Life) | | • | Whisky Con Ron | | • | Ave Maria de Escocia Medley (Hail Mary of Scotland Medley) | | • | Maestro (Master) - Salsa Celtica, Fifield, Fraser | | • | Adios Adios (Farewell, Farewell) | | • | Auld Lang Syne - Salsa Celtica, Burns, Robert [2] |
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Product Description
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 Eamonn Coyne, the album somehow manages to be both their most Scottish and most Cuban-influenced collection. Soaring bagpipes dance with fiddles above a swaggering clave 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Kind of weird, but good stuff November 28, 2008
These guys do a lot of Cha-cha-cha/guajira, I think about half the tracks use that rhythm. That slower rhythm appears to blend easier for them with the scottish sounds. Then on the salsa tracks they turn up the latin, and it works. "El Sol de la Noche" is their masterpiece, never have I heard a cha-cha-cha like this, that track sounds as as good as anything by the top salsa bands in New York and Cuba, only with Celtic instrumentation added.
The musicality is good, but could have a little more variety in their rhythm section. While they understand the Cuban rhythms well, they don't play with them that much as the Cubans do, and it sounds repetitive at times, specially on the longer tracks.
 Salsa Celtica CD July 12, 2008
Who says there's no new, amazing music out there? Classic Celtic folk music combined with Salsa, bred from the group's time spent with the sizzling Latin Carribe masters of Cuba ...go figure. Its off the well beaten path but full of energy and enough surprises to keep you moving to it's infectious beat while grabbing your senses with the unexpected. And never let it be said that there is nothing wrong with a few good looking men in kilts. Sabor!
Must-dance-now Music - Great for Parties & Road Trips June 25, 2008
This is the CD everyone in the family grabs when they have to drive someplace far away, or it's a grey day and they want cheering up, or a bunch of friends came over and we feel like dancing. Impossible not to smile when this is on. Now, I'd give almost anything to see these guys live.
Great CD October 6, 2007
If you love either Salsa or Celtic music, this band is the one for you. Amazing music that makes you move your body whether you know the steps or not.
Surprising! August 27, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I first became aware of these guys while watching a movie, (Driving Lessons). In the film, there is a scene in a club where there is a band in the background playing salsa. At some point the camera catches the band and I realize it is an outsized group with some members wearing kilts!?! I couldn't let that go without notice so I waited till the end of the film when they finally roll the music credits and discovered the band was Salsa Celtica. Now I was really intrigued and looked up their list of cd's. I settled on this one because it had the songs they played in the movie. When it arrived, I played it through and listened for the first time mostly undistracted. The unique intertwining of celtic sounds and instrumentation with salsa beat and rythym was amazing. And if you think (like I did), that the two genres were not a good mix, then just listen with an open mind. It is amazing how they carry this off and it sounds so natural and fun. I will be purchasing more of this bands' music, these guys know how to have a good time. Enjoy!
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