Blades, Rubén

Blades, Rubén * July 16, 1948Blades, RubénRubén Blades Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna was born in Panama City, Panama, into a highly musical family. His father was a percussionist and his mother a pianist and singer. His great-grandfather helped build the Panama Canal and his great-uncle was a political revolutionary in Spain working for Cuban independence. All these influences are reflected in Blades’s career as the most internationally famous salsa vocalist with a political message. Blades’s…