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While its eclectic and original style may not conquer hard-core salseros or fans of Ricky Martin pop and Jennifer Lopez soul, Ruben Blades' Tiempos could be the best Latin record of the year. Reinventing yet again a career that saw him go from Willie Colon's lead vocalist to presidential candidate...
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Biography
Panamanian singer Rubén Blades is as much a political
activist as he is a singer and actor. As one of the premier
performers of salsa music, he is an innovator who has broadened the
genre's appeal far beyond its Latin-American base.
Son of a police officer and an actress mother, Blades was influenced as a child by his maternal grandmother, a Rosicrucian vegetarian who exposed him early to...
Son of a police officer and an actress mother, Blades was influenced as a child by his maternal grandmother, a Rosicrucian vegetarian who exposed him early to...
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