Best known for anthemic salsa songs like “Pedro Navaja” and “Plastico,” the prolific Panamanian singer, songwriter and bandleader Rubén Blades tries on a new hat as a protest rocker in “No Te Calles,” ...

The 22nd annual Latin Grammys were awarded this week. In an industry that emphasizes youth, one of the biggest surprises was that one of the top awards went to a 73-year-old musician. Vocalist and ...

Rubén Blades, the singer-songwriter behind some of the greatest salsa of all time, attempts a bold merger on his latest album, Salswing!, moving between the strutting, brassy sheen of swing and the ...

As I’ve featured in a previous blog post, the multi-talented Panamanian musician and actor Rubén Blades wrote a famous song about Romero’s assassination. So given the recent canonization news, I ...

Salsa-music legend Rubén Blades is having a moment — several moments, actually — a full four years after the conclusion of his “Caminando, adiós y gracias” (“Walking, good-bye and thanks”) farewell ...

Rubén Blades was born in a rooming house in a small Latin American country, but he refused to see limitations or barriers; his work has crossed geopolitical borders, cultures, and genres, and has made ...

On his new Columbia album, "Mundo," Ruben Blades envisions a cosmos in which "world music" is not so much a United Nations-style assemblage of disparate sounds as a tight-knit sonic mosaic -- with ...

I read with great interest the recent news that Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador will soon be canonized. Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to Romero, clearing the way for his ...

Panamanian salsa icon Rubén Blades was the man of the hour at the 22nd annual Latin Grammys ceremony, where he was honored as the Latin Recording Academy’s Person of the Year and received the ...

The Tony-winning lyricist and composer says "El Padre Antonio y Su Monaguillo Andres," a song by Blades, helped him understand the interplay of... Lin-Manuel Miranda On Learning From Ruben Blades All ...

Blades won Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys Thursday. At 73, it was a surprise win in an industry that emphasizes youth. Meet Latin Grammys winner Ruben Blades MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The 22nd ...