Salsa Celtica's fusion of Scottish and Irish traditional music with all the Latin American elements of salsa has taken them and their music all over the world. In the last ten years the group has been a hit equally at major celtic, jazz, world music and salsa festivals. Their albums have topped the New York and L.A. salsa charts and European world music charts, the band has been nominated for folk music awards and appeared as themselves in a feature film.

Their lineup combines some of Scotland and Ireland's most exciting traditional musicians mixed with a stellar group of world, jazz and salsa musicians from the U.K. and Latin America.  Salsa Celtica's stunning combination of virtuosity and energy has made them one of the most exciting groups on the world music circuit today. Started in Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1995 Salsa Celtica has gone on to invent their own genre and then take it around the world and back again to critical and public acclaim.The group has released four studio albums, most recently "El Camino" also to critical and public acclaim. 2009 will see the release of a live Salsa Celtica concert dvd and cd album, see you along the way!

"A stunning marriage of musical styles..." The Scotsman

"Scene stealers..." The Observer, UK
"Not your average salseros , not to be missed"  LA Times, USA

"This unique group is a dynamic force on the world music scene"  Songlines UK

"Music doesn't get more exciting than this" The Boston Globe USA

"Oh so irresistible "  Billboard USA

Salsa Celtica 

Toby Shippey - bongos, cowbell   Scotland 

Lino Rocha - vocals   Venezuela 

Dougie Hudson - congas  Scotland 

Javier Fioramonti - Bass guitar  Argentina 

Steve Kettley - Saxophone, Flute, Jaws harp England 

Éamonn Coyne - Banjo, Tenor guitar Ireland 

Dan Houghton - Bagpipes, Whistle, Scotland 

Kenny Fraser - Fiddle Scotland 

Wilmer Sifontes - Timbales Venezuela

Simon Gall - Piano Scotland 

Special guest from NY 

Joey De Jesus- Trombone,Trumpet,Flute NY