Celso Piña

Celso Piña, Mexican composer and accordionist, pioneering in the mixture or merger of tropical sounds as base, bringing together with all kinds of popular genres from the northerners up to "sonidero", ska, reggae, rap, hip-hop, bolero and others. He is considered one of the best musicians of Mexico, Latin America and USA, he is known like the El Rebelde del acordeón (The Accordion Rebel) or also as Cacique de la Campana (The Chief of the Bell).

Celso started playing traditional music with his brothers Eduardo, Rubén, and Enrique; together they were giving serenades in the neighborhood to all girls. In the early '80s, they turned to the tropical style after listening to Aníbal Velasquez and Alfredo Gutiérrez, forming a group called Celso Piña y su Ronda Bogotá.
Celso Piña is a self-taught person of the accordion, playing and playing he formed his own style "regio vallenato". Some of his more recognized songs are:  “Cumbia de la Paz” (Peace Cumbia), “EL Tren” (The train), “Cómo el viento” (As the wind) and the famous “La Piragua”.

From 2001 in the anniversary of his 20 years of career, Celso has recorded innumerable duets with important local rock bands: Café Tacuba, Santa Sabina, and Control Machete, among others.