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  1. “by the age of 16, he and his friends were playing a faster, more rhythmically complex #Latin #music, drawing from #Cuban #son + #PuertoRican #crooners and alert to #jazz, #funk + rock (a fusion he described as ‘a swinging musical Jabberwocky’) #RIP #WillieColon www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

    Willie Colón was an explosive ...

  2. Salsa legend Willie Colón has died.

    In 2013, he came to Puebla for the Festival Internacional 5 de Mayo, & my ex & I got to the main square 3 hours in advance to be right at the front to watch him. An amazing show!

    Here's a video (not mine, mine has very feeble sound) from that concert, which also happened to be on his birthday. Medley of songs he did with Héctor Lavoe.
    youtu.be/m0QKpI9AjJQ

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_C

    #WillieColon #Salsa #Puebla

  3. #RubenBlades & #WillieColon - Tiburón

    Song from 1981 about that shark that prowls the #Caribbean, always looking to gobble someone up

    🦈 = 🇺🇸

    peertube.wtf/w/hbpqjXftkv9qVhB

    The warrior fish is passing by
    Roaming the kingdom he rules
    Pity he who falls prisoner
    Today his life won't be spared

    He's the shark that is searching
    He's the shark that never sleeps
    He's the shark that is stalking
    He's the shark of doom

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibur%C3

    lo-qlty translation
    lyricstranslate.com/en/tibur%C

    #AméricaLatina