Cumbia artist Celso Piña has passed away in Mexico due to a heart attack. By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Cumbia artist Celso Piña died Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 21) in Mexico. He was 66 years ...
More than 30 years ago, Celso Piña introduced cumbia into Mexico and established his native Monterrey as the seat of the genre. In this millennium, the accordionist then revolutionized the popular ...
On the streets of Monterrey, Mexico, Celso Piña’s Colombian-style traditional cumbia had long been the soundtrack of that industrial city and its hardscrabble neighborhoods. Then the unexpected ...
Celso Piña, one of Latin America’s most beloved accordion players and singer-songwriters, died of a heart attack in his hometown of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. His record label, La Tuna Group, ...
The prolific and celebrated Mexican accordion player Celso Piña died Wednesday of a heart attack in his hometown of Monterrey, Mexico. He was 66 years old. His record label, La Tuna Records, announced ...
Celso Piña, a self-taught Mexican accordionist who turned his hometown of Monterrey into an unlikely oasis for cumbia, the Colombian dance music, then became a Latin music superstar with his fusion of ...