WOMEX 11 Guide

© Fernando Vega © Toti Ferrer© Steve Gullick© Mark ShoulCelso Piña (Mexico)Contact: Derapage ProductionsLabel: La Tuna RecordsDuquende (Spain)Contact: Taller de MúsicsLabel: unsignedEliza Carthy Band (UK)Contact, Label: HemHem RecordsHugh Masekela (South Africa)Contact: GriotLabel: GalloArtists A – ZS h o w c a s e sSaturday 22:00 Foyer Stage 1 Thursday 00:45 Studio 1With nearly two dozen albums to his credit, singer,composer and accordionist Celso Piña is known for hispioneering experimentation with the tropical style, theMexican version of cumbia popular since the 1950s. He’sbeen hooking it up with all kinds of urban and popularstyles from norteña and sonidera to ska, reggae, rap andhip-hop. His massive 2001 hit, ‘Cumbia Sobre el Rio’ –featured in the soundtrack of the film Babel – created awhole new hybrid of cumbia and electronica. Since then,he’s made successful collaborations with artists suchas Lila Downs, Control Machete, El Gran Silencio, andSergent Garcia while constantly touring at home and inthe Americas with his group, Ronda Bogotá. Now, after acareer spanning over 30 years, he’s making his Europeandebut at WOMEX. Será una fiesta!www.derapageprod.fr/en/Celso-Pina› CD WOMEXIMIZER 11› WOMEX 11 Showcase Trailer on www.womex.comCelso Piña lead vocals, accordionRuben Piña Arvizu drums, percussionJorge Eduardo Piña Arvizu bassEnrique Alejandro Rosales Granados guitarJuan Jose Quiroz Dominguez second vocals, guacharacaHernan Cortes Nava congas, caja, backing vocalsJuan Rafael Cortés Santiago, known as Duquende, wasborn in Sabadell, Catalonia, into a Gypsy family. For a longtime he has been considered one of the most worthysuccessors to the late Camarón de la Isla. Indeed, it wasthe legendary cantaor who ‘initiated’ him by invitingDuquende to sing when he was only nine years old,as Camarón himself accompanied him on guitar. Hisadmiration for the master continues and he is proudto have had extended collaborations with both ofCamerón’s two most famous guitarists, recording andtouring the world with Paco de Lucía and undertakinga series of projects with Tomatito, but Duquende hasdeveloped his own voice and is expanding flamencotraditions, as attested by the recent surprise success ofhis version of Leonard Cohen’s song ‘The Gypsy’s Wife’.www.tallerdemusics.com/en/duquende› WOMEX 11 Showcase Trailer on www.womex.comDuquende vocals | Chicuelo guitar | Isaac Vigueras percussionSponsors: Institut Ramón Llull, ICIC – Catalan! Music,Taller de MúsicsFriday 22:00 Foyer Stage 1Winner of innumerable accolades, Eliza Carthy hasperformed and recorded with a diverse array of artistsincluding Paul Weller, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, NickCave, Billy Bragg and Bob Neuwirth. More than most,Eliza Carthy has revitalised folk music and captured themost hardened of dissenters with intelligent, boundarycrossingperformances. She grew up immersed in theworld of traditional music and still divides her timebetween touring and recording with her legendaryparents, Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, as well asengaging in numerous solo and band projects includingthe groundbreaking Imagined Village, which boldly reexaminedthe concept of what constitutes an Englishmusical identity in the multicultural 21 st century. ElizaCarthy describes herself simply as a modern Englishmusician, which, as she proves, covers a lot of ground.www.eliza-carthy.com› WOMEX 11 Showcase Trailer on www.womex.comEliza Carthy lead vocals, violin, guitar, violas, accordion | William Mollesondrums, backing vocals | Bethany Porter cello, backing vocals | Steven Christiepiano, accordion, backing vocals | Emma Smith double bass, vocalsSponsors: HemHem Records, PRS – British Music AbroadSunday 12:00 Studio 2It’s impossible to encapsulate the remarkable careerof Hugh Masekela in just one paragraph. After all, it’sbeen more than half a century since he first picked upa trumpet and he shows no sign of putting it down yet.It was the instrument that helped him find his voice tosound out against the injustice and suffering inflictedon millions of South Africans by apartheid and it helpedhim break out during those dark days to bring a musicalcommuniqué to the rest of the world. From successin the US pop charts in the ‘60s, through the Afro-jazzexperiments of the ‘70s, returning to Africa and touringwith Paul Simon in the ‘80s and on until today, he hasnot stopped releasing albums, touring the world andengaging in new collaborative projects. At 72 yearsyoung, to paraphrase one of his album titles, the boy’sstill doin’ it!www.griot.de/hughmasekela.html› On Location/WOMEX Artist Award› CD WOMEXIMIZER 11› WOMEX 11 Showcase Trailer on www.womex.comHugh Masekela flugelhorn | Cameron John Ward guitarAbednigo Sibongiseni Zulu bass | Randal Skippers keyboardLee-Roy Sauls drums | Francis Manneh Edward Fuster percussionArtists A – ZS h o w c a s e s184185