Ruben Blades - SALSWING!

Ruben Blades - SALSWING!SALSWING! As an album has different purposes. One, to present the Roberto Delgado Orchestra as an outfit capable of expanding it's original Panamanian roots to cover other musical genres. Another, to present my interest in exploring other vocal directions and thus eliminate the stereotype that affirms that we are conditioned to only exist artistically within specific boundaries, according to our nationality. Perhaps the most important point is to

From the archive of surviving band member Kenney Jones

Merging the quintessential melodies of pop's past with contemporary touches to forge something truly unique

Discordant harmonies collide as a mosh-worthy battle riff chugs and pinches through the center of the song

Joshua Pannepacker

It adds an extra layer of texture to an already introspective journey

now available on limited translucent yellow and orange vinyl

they will happen

With Help Us Stranger

It includes complete performances of 4 songs as bonus videos

and what a debut it was: a #2 smash

but also contains crushing midtempo-heaviness ("Together We Shall Burn")

and "One More Chance" peaked at #2 on the pop charts and #1 on R&B charts