Ruben Blades - Greatest Hits (Dig)
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Artist: Ruben BladesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-11-04
Music Label: Fania
Soundtracks:
- Plastico
- Pedro Navaja
- Juan Pachanga
- Tiburon
- Buscando Guayaba
- Paula C
- Pablo Pueblo
- Canto Abacua
- Maestra Vida
- El Cantante
- La Palabra Adiós
- Ligia Elena
- El El Cantante
- La La Palabra Adios (Fania All Stars)
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Music Review: Discovering Latin Music?
Rating: 4 Stars
If you're familiar with the history of Latin music in the United States, you don't need me to tell you about Ruben Blades. If you're interested but unschooled, here's a good place to start. I knew Ruben Blades as an actor (the retired FBI agent who uses shoe polish to un-invalidate his ID in Once Upon a Time in Mexico) before I was aware of him as a musician. Then he turned up on Los Lobos album The Ride. Cool! So I looked him up on the net and, low and behold, he's spent a lotta time on stage with Carlos Santana! Hmmm...One of the most beloved musicians in his native Panama. I see. Then I found out he was one of the original New York salsa crowd along with Celia Cruz and Hector LeVoe, etc. So I ordered the greatest hits album hoping to get a little bit this, a lttle bit that, and that's exactly what I got. If retro turns you off, this isn't the album for you because some of it's distinctly disco in flavor. But it's a heartfelt, often joyful, fun collection that will definitely give you an ear for Latin music and a taste of a voice you'll be able to indentify forever after as Ruben Blades.
Description of Greatest Hits (Dig)
Singer, songwriter, actor, politician, and visionary are but a few of the words that describe the lifelong endeavors of Ruben Blades. More popularly known as El Poeta de la Salsa, he revolutionized the sound and more specifically the lyrics of the genre. his lyrics spoke of the everyday struggles of the working class in Latin America. His humble beginning from the Fania Records mailroom led to a musical partnership with Willie Colon that forever changed the face and sound of Salsa. Included in the collection are the very best songs including 'Pedro Nvaja', 'Plastico', 'El Cantante', 'Juan Pachanga' and many more from his greatest era.International CDs
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