Mundo

Performer: Ruben Blades
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Ruben Blades (vocals); Marco Linares (vocals, electric guitar); Edin Solis (acoustic guitar); Luba Mason, Medoro Madera (vocals); Nelson Gonzales (tres); Ricardo Ramirez, Gerardo Ramirez, Ricardo Ramirez, Mercedes Rodriguez, Erasmo Soler (violin); Randall Rodriguez, Lorena Alfato, Marcela Chavarria (viola); Alvaro Gonzales, Sonia Barth, Gabriella Alfaro (cello); Eric Rigler (Irish flute, bagpipes); Lalo Rojas (Irish flute, soprano saxophone); Luis Velazquez (didgeridoo); Stanley Corrales (trumpet); Alfredo Poveda, Andres Leon (trombone); Walter Flores (piano, keyboards); Marcos Navarro, (electric bass); Alejandro Solis (upright bass); Carlomagno Araya (drums); Ramses Araya, Marc Quinones, Bobby Allende (percussion). Recorded at Audio Arte, Estudio FM, San Jose, Costa Rica, Estudio Verde, Rio De Janiero, Brazil between February and May 2001. MUNDO won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. The album also won the 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album.

JazzTimes (9/02, pp.86,7) - "...Fusing musical styles from all over the world....all listeners will be able to appreciate the richness of MUNDO

Panamanian singer/songwriter Ruben Blades is a key figure in contemporary Latin music. He came to New York in the 1970s and entrenched himself in the salsa scene, writing for and performing with a number of key players, and forming a significant partnership with salsa legend Willie Colon. In the '80s, Blades's solo career took off as he set about modernizing salsa with his group Seis del Solar. Around the same time, he embarked on a successful acting career that would continue for decades. Blades's music is often strongly informed by his activist politics, a fact that became duly apparent when he ran for President of Panama in 1994.

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