Carlos Nunez
Carlos Nuñez is a musician from Galicia, Spain, who plays the gaita, a kind of bagpipes. He has become an integral part of the Galician Celtic music, and has collaborated with
Ry Cooder, Sinéad O'Connor,
The Chieftains and La Viejo Trova Santiaguera. His most renowned album was 1996's A Irmandade Das Estrelas, which sold an unprecedented 100,000 copies, and included collaborations with Nightnoise, Luz Casal, Tino di Geraldo, Triona and Michael O'Domhnaill, Kepa Junquera, Ry Cooder, The Chieftains and Dulce Pontes. He has since moved on to including elements of Berber music and flamenco, as well as more pronounced Celtic, especially Breton, influences.
Nuñez was born in Vigo and began playing the gaita as a child. In his early teens, he was invited to play with the Lorient Festival Orchestra. He quickly gained stature as a young virtuoso, and met Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains. He performed with the band two years later, and has been referred to as the "7th member" of the band. He appeared on their Grammy-winning Santiago, which focused on Galician music and included Los Lobos and Linda Ronstadt.
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