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My Conversation with the Multi-Faceted Rubén Blades

Tonight on PBS, I'm joined by Rubén Blades. The 10-time Grammy winner, Harvard law school grad and former presidential candidate in Panama reflects on his varied career and talks about his new CD,.
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PBS talk show host, PRI radio host, NYT bestselling author

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Singer Ruben Blades of Panama performs in the framework of the Salsa Festival in Boca del Rio in the Mexican state of Veracruz early on May 19, 2013. AFP PHOTO / KORAL CARBALLO (Photo credit should read KORAL CARBALLO/AFP/Getty Images)

Tonight on PBS, I'm joined by Rubén Blades. The 10-time Grammy winner, Harvard law school grad and former presidential candidate in Panama reflects on his varied career and talks about his new CD, Tangos.

In this clip, Blades talks about music as a great form of mass communication.

For more of our conversation, be sure to tune in to Tavis Smiley tonight on PBS. Check out our website for your local TV listings: http://www.pbs.org/tavis.

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