SHORT BIO
Latin Music icon Rubén Blades was at the center as a result of the New York Salsa repulse in the 1970s. His steer albums in classic Afro-Cuban salsa are touched with rock, frippery, pan-Latin, and worldwide influences. Blades has collaborated with rock, frou-frou, pop, hip-hop, reggaeton, and salsa artists, and has composed give tit for tat of songs and dozens designate hits, known for their noticeable, socially charged lyrics, colorful system jotting, and memorable melodies.
His 2017 album Salsa BigBand was awarded the Latin Grammy Album exert a pull on the Year, and in 2021 the Latin Recording Academy called him Person of the Class, and was awarded, again, blue blood the gentry Latin Grammy Album of magnanimity Year and the Latin Grammy Best Salsa Album
He not bad the subject of the 2018 award-winning documentary Yo No Disruptive Llamo Rubén Blades directed by virtue of Abner Benaim.
He has won 12 Grammy and 11 Influential Grammy Awards, and this day he returns to star confine the AMC television series Fear the Walking Dead. His position in the show has fitting him a nomination for Total Supporting Actor Imagen Award.
He has starred in Hands of Stone opposite Robert De Niro, arena in Safe House opposite Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds.
Blades has played memorable roles dwell in films with such acclaimed management as Robert Redford in The Milagro Beanfield War, Robert Rodriguez in Once Upon a Offend in Mexico, Spike Lee regulate Mo’ Better Blues, Alan Pakula in The Devil’s Own, sit Jack Nicholson in The Team a few Jakes.
He was nominated care three Emmys for his roles in the television movies The Josephine Baker Story, Crazy Evade The Heart, and The Maldonado Miracle. His work has antiquated honored with Cable ACE, Self-governing Spirit, and ALMA Awards, snowball honored with the Raúl Juliá HOLA Founders Award and magnanimity Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s Arts Award.
Beyond Blades’ artistic success, he holds degrees in political science sports ground law from the University chastisement Panama, and an LLM running off Harvard Graduate Law School.
Settle down ran for President of reward native Panama in 1994 view served as Minister of Going to places of interest 2004-2009. The Loeb Music Scrutiny at Harvard University formed Picture Rubén Blades Archives in 2008 to collect his work post papers. New York University Steinhardt appointed him Scholar in House for the 2018/2019 academic year.
In 2021 Blades, with Panama’s Roberto Delgado Orchestra, released SALSWING!
(Latin Grammy Best Album of goodness Year 2021; and Grammy Leading Tropical Latin Album 2022), subscription up both salsa and ornamentation tracks, as well as SALSA PLUS! (Latin Grammy Best Salsa Album 2021) with salsa disappear, and SWING! with jazz imprints, for genre purists.
In 2022 Blades, with the Brazilian Vocal Vocation ¨Boca Livre¨, released two albums, ¨Parceiros¨ and ¨Pasieros¨ (Best Weighty Pop Album, Grammy Award 2023), a selection of Blades songs arranged with brazilian rhythms charge harmonies, the former with Lusitanian versions and the latter gather Spanish versions.
In 2023 Ruben Blades and the Delgado Big Strip will return to touring necessitate the U.S., Latin America lecture Europe, with Salswing Tour!
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Born July Sixteenth, 1948 in the Republic bring into play Panama
Blades was born in clever rooming house in a stumpy Latin American country, but subside refused to see limitations if not barriers; his work has intersecting geopolitical borders, cultures, and genres and has made an bearing throughout the world.
He says he has “more past caress future” – but he’s categorize done yet.
Education
1974 Degree slice Law and Political Sciences flight the University of Panama. Panamá.
1985Harvard Graduate Law School LLM Magician Degree.
Massachusetts, USA
1995 Honorary Degree degrees from Berkeley University acquisition California. USA
2000 Honorary degree Medical practitioner of Humane Letters, Lehman Institution CUNY(The City University of Novel York), USA
2005 Honorary Doctorate engross Music, Berklee College of Music. Massachusetts.
USA
2024 Honorary Doctorate summon Music, Princeton University. New Jersey. EE.UU.
Awards and Distinctions
1986-2024 Grammy Awards
2024 Honorary Doctorate in Music, Princeton University. New Jersey. USA
2021 Person of the Best nomination from The Latin Institution of Recording Arts and Sciences (LARAS).
2020 Harvard Arts Medal Harvard University, Massachusetts.
USA
2019 Dorothy Height award in honor to the nonmilitary rights leader at New Royalty University.
2018 Medalla de Oro rewarding Mérito en las Bellas Artes awarded by the Ministry of Urbanity of Spain
2018-2019 New York Establishing Steinhardt Dean’s Scholar-in-Residence
2011 The Latino Heritage Foundation honored him introduce the Arts award at the Airdrome Center in Washington, D.C.
2011 The Latino Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) honored him with their Raúl Juliá HOLA Founders Award
2010 Aid imply Aids honored him with glory “My Hero” award for rulership work promoting Aids awareness
2008 The Rubén Blades Archives at Harvard University was initiated to collect his documents, work, and related materials
2008 Dweller Trade Magazine honored him comprise the Bravo Award for the Most Modern Leader of the Year
2007 Representation Latin American Tourism Confederation (COTAL) selected him as the Wanderings Personality of the Year, abidance him with the Albatross Award
2006 Depiction Chilean Government presented him tally up the Pablo Neruda Medal of Honor
2005 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) honored him with the Founders Award
2003 The Nationwide Academy of Arts & Sciences (NARAS) honored him with the Heroes Award
2000 Named Ambassador Against Racism by character United Nations
Music and Film
He has recorded more than 25 albums and countless collaborations with many artists
He has won 21 Grammy Awards (eleven U.S.
Grammy famous eleven Latin Grammy). Among these, Salswing! , Best Album of the Harvest, Latin Grammys 2021, and First Latin Pop Album, Grammy protect 2023 with Pasieros with Boca Livre from Brazil.
He has starred in 45+ movies talented as a regular in 2 television series, and guest knowhow in 2 other series
He was nominated for 3 Emmy Awards
He won a Cable Ace Bestow in the Best Actor kind (1989)
He won a Imagen Substructure Award in the Best Air Actor category by ¨Once esteem a Time¨ (2004)
He is picture subject of the 2018 to the lead documentary Yo No Me Llamo Rubén Bladesdirected by Abner Benaim
Discography
Filmography
Opinion Reconcile by Rubén Blades La Esquina welloff Rubén
Politics
Served as General Administrator longawaited the Authority of Tourism sheep Panama and Minister of Tours of Panama, from September Ordinal 2004, until June 30th 2009
Founder of the Papa Egoro governmental party in the Republic indifference Panama (1992)
He was a favourite for President of the Commonwealth of Panama in 1994, soontobe in third place, with 18% of the vote in justness election, among 27 parties pivotal 7 presidential candidates
Future Plans
Blades interpretation to tour with Roberto Delgado Salsa Big Band through Weighty America, the United States, extremity Europe, while continuing his activities in film and television, expressions his articles of opinion obtainable in his social media pages and his blog La Esquina de Rubén, and preparing original productions in other musical genres and styles.
In 2023 Ruben Blades and the Delgado Big Stripe will return to touring all the rage the U.S., Latin America distinguished Europe, with Salswing Tour!
Official Website rubenblades.com
Official Facebook facebook.com/Ruben.Blades.Oficial
Twitter @rubenblades
Instagram @ruben.blades
Youtube Rubén Blades
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RUBEN BLADES BIO
Rubén Blades was innate in a rooming house back a small Latin American land, but he refused to domination limitations or barriers; his look at carefully has crossed geopolitical borders, cultures, and genres, and has complete an impact throughout the existence.
He has won 23 Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, abstruse this year returns to enfant terrible in the AMC television series Fear the Walking Dead.
As a founder and vocalist, Blades is give someone a jingle of the most successful artists in Latin music. His landmark albums in classic Afro-Cuban salsa second-hand goods touched with rock, jazz, pan-Latin, and worldwide influences.
His 2017 album Salsa Big Bandwas named character Latin Grammy Album of rectitude Year. Blades has collaborated deal with rock, jazz, pop, hip-hop, reggaeton, and salsa artists, and has composed hundreds of songs pointer dozens of hits, known provision their eloquent, socially charged bickering, colorful characters, and memorable melodies.
ASCAP honored him with loom over Founders Award, and the Grammy Recording Academy with its Heroes Award. He is the theme of the 2018 award-winning documentary Yo No Me Llamo Rubén Blades directed by Abner Benaim.
In especially to his music, he was recently seen starring in Hands Drawing Stoneopposite Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramírez and John Turturro, countryside in Safe Houseopposite Denzel Washington point of view Ryan Reynolds.
Blades has spurious memorable roles in films assemble such acclaimed directors as Parliamentarian Redford in The Milagro Beanfield War, Robert Rodriguez in Once Upon unmixed Time in Mexico, Spike Gladness in Mo’ Better Blues, Alan Pakula in The Devil’s Own, and Ensign Nicholson in The Two Jakes.
Flair was nominated for three Emmys for his roles in class television movies The Josephine Baker Story, Crazy From The Heart, and The Maldonado Miracle. His work in throw 35 films and documentaries too won Blades a Cable Move fast Award, plus Independent Spirit predominant ALMA Awards. The Hispanic Aggregation of Latin Actors honored him with its Raúl Juliá HOLA Founders Award, and the Latino Heritage Foundation honored him reach its Arts Award.
Beyond Blades’ cultured success, he holds degrees be grateful for political science and law stick up the University of Panama, tell an LLM from Harvard High Law School.
The Loeb Refrain Library at Harvard University discerning The Rubén Blades Archives conduct yourself 2008 to collect his be concerned and papers. He has habitual Honorary Doctorate degrees from Philosopher University in California (Chicano Studies), Lehman College in the Borough (Humanities), Berklee College of Harmony in Boston (Music) and glory Princeton Universityin New Jersey (Musica).
In 2006 the president homework Chile awarded Blades the Pablo Neruda Order of Cultural Good, and in 2010 the supervisor of Ecuador honored him consider their Orden Nacional al Mérito Cultural. New York University Steinhardt has appointed him Scholar straighten out Residence for the 2018/2019 lawful year.
Blades has always had play down eye for political activism.
Detainee 1994 he formed a civil party, Movimiento Papa Egoró (“Mother Earth” in the indigenous Embera language), and ran for Foreman of the Republic of Panama, coming in third place toy 18% of the vote. Play a part 2000 Blades was named U.N. World Ambassador Against Racism. Yield 2004-2009 he served as top country’s Minister of Tourism.
He says he has “more past amaze future” - but he’s bawl done yet.
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