Ruben Blades Quotes


You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut.


Citations

Blades, Rubén. Interview. Latin Music USA, WGBH Educational Foundation, 2009.

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Ruben Blades
Ruben Blades
  • Born: July 16, 1948
  • Nationality: Panamanian
  • Profession: Musician, Singer, Composer, Actor, Activist, Politician

Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna, known professionally as Rubén Blades (Spanish: [ruˈβem ˈblaðes], but [- ˈbledz] 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. As a songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and politically inspired Son Cubano salsa to his music, creating "thinking persons' (salsa) dance music". Blades has written dozens of hit songs, including "Pedro Navaja" and "El Cantante" (which became Héctor Lavoe's signature song). He has won nine Grammy Awards out of seventeen nominations and five Latin Grammy Awards.