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Ruben blades, panamanian musician, actor, and political activist who was one. Guest vocals on other artists records are in red, covers by other artists are in green italics. Appearances as guest background vocals are in purple without track detail. Listen to your favorite songs from ruben blades y son del solar. Ruben blades performing buscando america in robert mugges. Afrocuban purists would have loved it if ruben blades had stuck with the type of straightahead salsa that put him on the map. Ruben blades is a very talented musician and is surrounded by marvelous talent, also. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ruben blades at the discogs marketplace. Kelley, blades 1984 song buscando america echoes his mothers experience of coming to this country, and exposes the. Figueroa originally in latin beat magazine, reprinted with permission of the author there is a long tradition in hispanic culture about telling stories in song.
All tracks are written by ruben blades, except where noted. Ruben blades is one of the most successful vocalists in the history of panamanian music. Following studies in political science and law at panamas universidad nacional, blades worked. Buscando america and escenas songs with narrative verses and. Salsa sheet music scores band arrangementstranscriptions. Buscando america at the best online prices at ebay. Juli 1948 in panamastadt ist ein panamaischer sanger. Hernandezs family moved to the united states from puerto rico in the 1940s, in search of a better way of life. In 2003, the album earned blades a grammy award for best world music album and also received a latin grammy award nomination for album of the year. The album received a grammy nomination for best tropical latin performance. Salsa sheet music, salsa scores, salsa arrangements, salsa transcriptions, salsa band arrangements, salsa charts from salsa and every latin music style from latin centralsouth america and the caribbean, we have salsa sheet music, scores, arrangements and transcriptions for all kinds of. Buscando america searching for america is an album by latin musician ruben blades. The first thought that came to my mind that day as i watched ruben blades was what an orchestra blades has.
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