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Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (Spanish: [ruˈβem ˈblaðes], but [-ˈbleðs] in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in the salsa, and Latin jazz genres.
Latin Music icon Rubén Blades was at the center of the New York Salsa revolution in the 1970s. His landmark albums in classic Afro-Cuban salsa are touched with rock, jazz, pan-Latin, and worldwide influences.
Jul 12, 2024 · Ruben Blades, Panamanian musician, actor, and political activist who was one of the most successful and influential salsa musicians of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Learn more about Blades’s career, including his music, movies, TV shows, and awards.
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Jul 3, 2019 · Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948) is a Panamanian singer/songwriter, actor, activist, and politician. He was a key figure in popularizing New York-based salsa music in the 1970s, with socially conscious lyrics that commented on poverty and violence in Latino communities and U.S. imperialism in Latin America.
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Oct 11, 2023 · Known as one of the most successful Panamanian musicians ever, Rubén Blades is a master of the salsa and Latin jazz genres. The singer-songwriter is also a social activist, an actor, and a politician.
Jan 10, 2020 · Rubén Blades is a singer, songwriter, actor, lawyer, and politician, born in Panama and a New Yorker since 1974. After four decades in the public eye, 17 Grammy Awards, and some of the...
Rubén Blades was born on 16 July 1948 in Panama City, Panama. He is an actor and composer, known for Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Color of Night (1994) and The Counselor (2013).
