Ruben Blades Mundo Rar

All credit goes to. He sees music as a global thing, and working from his established base of salsa, he's made some very credible connections between musics of the world, never more so than on, where Latin rhythms meet bagpipes and didgeridoos, Africa comes to Cuba, and the lilt of strings can develop into a percussion fest. In many ways, his singing - although it's the glue that holds everything together - is the least-important element; the joy is in the sheer diversity, as on 'Primogenio,' where the pipes work beautifully, or the most unusual version of 'Danny Boy' ever recorded. But it's also there on 'El Capitan y la Sirena,' where the earthy tones of a didgeridoo underpin Latin accordion and rhythms, and in the airy, jazzy 'Consideracion.' Has always been adventurous, a real artist, but this is mature and considered, never brash or in-your-face.

Ruben Blades Agua De Luna

Ruben Blades Mundo Rar 2

It makes sense and works, even when, on paper, it probably shouldn't. It's one world, and in his music is attempting to bring it together.