Colón and Blades, political Salsa project

1978-01-01 · 1978

Willie Colón and Rubén Blades’s albums Metiendo Mano (1977) and Siembra (1978) made salsa more than a dance craze: the songs told a political story. Both were hits even in Cuba. “classic recordings like Colón and Blades’s Metiendo Mano (1977) and Siembra (1978) (which were big hits even in Cuba)” — Ted Henken, music historian, “From Son to Salsa,” Latin American Research Review 41, no. 3 (2006), p. 194.

Genres: Salsa