Mar
7
Musician Núñez to play CSM Leonardtown
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Carlos Núñez will perform 7:30 p.m. March 8 at the College of Southern Maryland’s Leonardtown campus, 22950 Hollywood Road.
Núñez comes from the Celtic nation of Galicia in Spain. He plays the pennywhistle, ocarina, Jew’s harp, tin whistle, flute and the “gaita” (Galician bagpipe). He is one of Galicia’s most revered artists, undisputed as the tradition’s greatest piper, according to a news release.
He is enormously popular across the rest of Spain and throughout Europe and Latin America. His records regularly attain gold and platinum status in Spain, while worldwide he has sold more than a million albums.
Núñez is known in Irish music thanks to his early “adoption” by The Chieftains (so close was his musical and personal connection he was dubbed “The Seventh Chieftain”). Núñez played on many of the acclaimed Irish group’s CDs including “Treasure Island,” “The Long Black Veil,” the Grammy-winning “Santiago,” which was inspired by Galician music, “San Patricio” and the group’s latest release, “Voice of Ages.”
The concert is a collaboration between the Celtic Society of Southern Maryland and the College of Southern Maryland,
Tickets are $30 at the door.
Go to www.cssm.org/tickets, or for more information about Núñez, go to www.carlosnunez.com.
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