Piña was a pioneer in the mixture and fusion of tropical sounds with many of his works having elements of cumbia, regional mexicano, cumbia sonidera, ska, reggae, rap/hip-hop, R&B, etc. Piña is also known as El Rebelde del acordeón or the Cacique de la Campana.
Piña started playing music in his hometown Monterrey with his brothers Eduardo, Rubén and Enrique. Together they would go to several homes and perform for local citizens, especially teenage girls from their neighborhood.
In 1980, Celso Piña bought his first accordion and was introduced to the world of musica norteña. He spent numerous hours of practice and work in the popular district of La Colonia Independencia, south of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Having lived for a majority of his life there, he titled one of his songs Mi colonia Independencia, which is located at the heavily populated area of Cerro de la Campana, near of the downtown in Monterrey.
Piña's group decided to change their musical rhythm to encompass a more tropical style during the mid-1980s after having seen Aníbal Velásquez and Alfredo Gutiérrez in concert at "Baile de las Cintas (reproducción de música mediante cintas)". The group decided to switch into the genre of cumbia, and became what today is Celso Piña y su Ronda Bogotá.
Piña taught himself how to play the accordion with no formal training. As a result he was able to create the unique sound he is well known for. His most popular songs include, La quebradita de la paz, El tren, Como el viento and La piragua by José Barros. He was featured in the song Sufran con lo que yo gozo along with Mexican singer Gloria Trevi.
Celso had several successful international tours that included countries as Germany, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Italy, France, Switzerland, Morocco, Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Canada and the United States.
On August 21, 2019, Piña died from a heart attack in Monterrey, Mexico at the age of 66.
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Celso Piña was a Mexican singer, composer and accordionist. In 2002, Pina was nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards: "Best Contemporary Tropical Album" and "Best New Artist From the North" as well as for "Best Alternative Artist" by the MTV Latino Awards. He is also know by the nicknames: El Rebelde del Acordeón and Cacique de la Campana.
He's an accordion player and singer who has risen to be one of the most notable figures in cumbia music. Cumbia has it's origins in Colombia's African and indigenous populations but has since spread to be one of the most universal Latin American genres. Celso Piña is a pioneer in mixing or blending a tropical base with popular genres from Norteño to Sonidero, Ska, Reggae, Rap, Hip Hop, and R&B.
Celso's album Barrio Bravo, which includes collaborations with other popular Latin musicans of various genres, produced the mega crossover hit Cumbia Sobre el Rio. He made a special appearance on the track Sufran Con Lo Que Yo Gozo by Gloria Trevi. He also played with the likes of: Lila Downs, Control Machete, El Gran Silencio, Los Humildes, Julieta Venegas, Blanquito Man and Sargento García.
But it was in the year 1980 when Celso Piña bought his first accordion to enter the world of vallenato music, with long hours of trial and effort, in the popular suburb Independencia, south of the city of Monterrey. In this area there was a very well know cumbia called Mi Colonia Independencia.
In the mid 1980s they changed their musical style and began playing tropical music. After listening to the distinguished Aníbal Velasquez and Alfredo Gutierrez during a baile de cintas (dancing with ribbons to music playback), decided to enter fully into the vallenata music, and so he formed his own band Celso Piña y su Ronda Bogotá.
Piña began playing regional music from long ago together with his brothers Eduardo, Rubén, and Enrique together serenading the neighborhood with all the girls on the block. Celso is a self-taught accordion, not attending any school and so just by practising again and again, as to come to a style of his own. From its early beginnings as several important cumbias La cumbia de la paz, El Tren, Como el Viento and his very famous version of La piragua (José Barros).
Cumbia Campanera
Celso Piña Lyrics
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Ya llegó la campanera.
Es del Campano, costa colombiana.
La mujer más cumbiambera, Que tiene la costa de la sabana.
Esa negra campanera, Anda buscando al tigre sabanero.
Pa' que le toque al campanero,
Salió de la costa colombiana, Para luego volver a mi Monterey.
Va para la costa mejicana A bailar cumbia hasta amanecer.
Acapulco y en San Marcos Guerrero, Ella dice que el dinero se queda.
Para ver quien son los cumbiamberos Que le aguanten a la campanera.
Porque ella es peligrosa con su movimiento e' caderas.
Y a los hombres que agarra, temblando los deja.
Ella quiere bailar por todas las costas de Guerrero,
Porque sabe que son bastante cumbiamberos.
Ay en la costa chica y en la costa grande, la negra,
A una rueda de cumbia va la campanera.
Ay en la costa chica y en la costa grande, la negra,
A una rueda de cumbia va la campanera.
Musica
Porque ella es peligrosa con su movimiento e' caderas.
Y a los hombres que agarra, temblando los deja.
Ella quiere bailar por todas las costas de Guerrero,
Porque sabe que son bastante cumbiamberos.
Ay en la costa chica y en la costa grande, la negra,
A una rueda de cumbia va la campanera.
Ay en la costa chica y en la costa grande, la negra,
Va a bailar la cumbia la negra campanera.
Musica
The lyrics of Celso Piña's "Cumbia Campanera" are an ode to a woman known as the campanera, who hails from the Campano region of the Colombian coast. She is described as the most cumbiambera woman on the coast, with the best moves and rhythm of the region. The campanera is looking for a partner, specifically the sabanero tiger, to dance cumbia with her. Her journey takes her from the Colombian coast to the Mexican coast, including places like Acapulco and San Marcos Guerrero. The campanera is on a quest to find the best cumbiamberos who can match her skills and dance moves, and she is known to leave men trembling with her dancing. She wants to dance cumbia all over the coasts of Guerrero because she knows that people there are great cumbiamberos. Finally, the lyrics highlight the joy the campanera brings to people through her dancing and her ability to create a circle of cumbia wherever she goes.
Line by Line Meaning
Ya llegó la campanera.
The Campanera has arrived.
Es del Campano, costa colombiana.
She is from the Campano region in the Colombian coast.
La mujer más cumbiambera, Que tiene la costa de la sabana.
She is the most skillful woman in cumbia dancing, residing in the coastal areas of Colombia.
Esa negra campanera, Anda buscando al tigre sabanero.
The Campanera, a black woman, is searching for a skilled male cumbia dancer known as the 'tigre sabanero'.
Pa' que le toque al campanero, Porque ella quiere bailar en la cumbiamba.
She wants the 'campanero' to play the music for her to dance at the cumbiamba event.
Salió de la costa colombiana, Para luego volver a mi Monterey.
She left the Colombian coast to eventually return to Monterrey, Mexico.
Va para la costa mejicana A bailar cumbia hasta amanecer.
She is headed towards the Mexican coast to dance cumbia all night.
Acapulco y en San Marcos Guerrero, Ella dice que el dinero se queda.
In Acapulco and San Marcos, Guerrero, she says that money stays with her.
Para ver quien son los cumbiamberos Que le aguanten a la campanera.
She is looking for skilled male cumbia dancers who can keep up with her.
Porque ella es peligrosa con su movimiento e' caderas.
Her dangerous hip movements make her a highly skilled cumbia dancer.
Y a los hombres que agarra, temblando los deja.
Men who dance with her tremble because of her impressive moves.
Ella quiere bailar por todas las costas de Guerrero, Porque sabe que son bastante cumbiamberos.
She wants to dance in all the coastal areas of Guerrero because she knows there are many skilled cumbia dancers.
Ay en la costa chica y en la costa grande, la negra, A una rueda de cumbia va la campanera.
This black Campanera goes to a cumbia dance circle in both the 'costa chica' and 'costa grande.'
Ay en la costa chica y en la costa grande, la negra, Va a bailar la cumbia la negra campanera.
The black Campanera goes to dance cumbia in both the 'costa chica' and 'costa grande.'
Porque ella es peligrosa con su movimiento e' caderas.
Her dangerous hip movements make her a highly skilled cumbia dancer.
Y a los hombres que agarra, temblando los deja.
Men who dance with her tremble because of her impressive moves.
Ella quiere bailar por todas las costas de Guerrero, Porque sabe que son bastante cumbiamberos.
She wants to dance in all the coastal areas of Guerrero because she knows there are many skilled cumbia dancers.
Ay en la costa chica y en la costa grande, la negra, A una rueda de cumbia va la campanera.
This black Campanera goes to a cumbia dance circle in both the 'costa chica' and 'costa grande.'
Ay en la costa chica y en la costa grande, la negra, Va a bailar la cumbia la negra campanera.
The black Campanera goes to dance cumbia in both the 'costa chica' and 'costa grande.'
Writer(s): CELSO PINA
Contributed by Lucy V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@rotten8764
TE JURO QUE CELSO NACIO EN COLOMBIA!! PORQUE SOLO ALGUIEN DE LA REGION CARIBE PUDO HABER TOCADO NUESTRA CUMBIA ASI!! GRANDE MEXICO, MONTERREY Y CELSO DESDE COLOMBIA TE AMAMOS DESCANSA EN PAZ
@OscarraymundoCoronadobravo
Gracias hermano...
@crazyhorse3275
Saludos cordiales modulando la 57 soy trailero viajo de Alaska hacia Houston Texas acompañado con estos grandes videos. Descansa en paz rebelde de la accordion.
@beatrizgonzalezmolina9076
Es una lastima haber perdido a este señoron no me canso de oír su música me quedé con ganas de verlo en vivo
@rosarioalvarez3182
Siempre bailaremos tú cumbia desde Tijuana hasta Can Cún, gracias Maestro CELSO PIÑA por la escuela que nos dejás a todos los mexicanos que debemos evolucionar lo que nos gusta la música, Dios te tenga a su diestra amén.
@arturogalarragapozo1366
Desde Ecuador un saludo la cumbia es regional Perú Colombia y Ecuador y ahora con Celso Piña Reina un exponente de la cumbia mexicana con influencia colombiana eres grande Celso Piña Reina
@carluna822
Los regios son la onda, raza schingona así como mí querido Celso Piña ✌️ saludos desde Irapuato, Gto. 🤩
@nancycazares9156
Por favor Regios!!!! No dejen morir la música de mi gran Celso Piña!!! Un grande para siempre!!!
@marisolportillo7632
Nunca tuve la dicha de verlo en vivo😢 desaforadamente se nos fue solo trabajo y trabajo es uno y por eso nos perdemos de todos
@raulsalas5241
No tengo palabras para describir mi emoción, al recordar a mi familia de MTY, y no tener los recursos para ir a verlos, por eso me gusta escuchar y ver estos vídeos ya que así me siento que estoy con ellos, saludos a toda mi familia regia