Ruben Blades and Gilberto Santa Rosa, "El Poeta y el Caballero de la Salsa" respectively, have announced that they will go on tour together in the United States at the beginning of 2011, in a tour aptly titled UNA SOLA SALSA, in which they will sing their greatest hits. The tour, produced by Ariel Rivas Entertainment and Juan Toro for The Relentless Agency, will take these two salsa superstars all over North America to cities like New York, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Juan.According to Blades, it's an "unusual opportunity to share a stage with a musician who is beloved by everyone and is also a dear, personal friend (Gilberto Santa Rosa)." Both artists agree that this is an "opportunity to continue promoting the concept of Salsa music and ensuring that it won't be forgotten, pushed aside or replaced by other genres."
Last year the singers performed a duet together titled "Me Cambiaron las Preguntas", which appears on Santa Rosa's new album "Irrepetible" (Unrepeatable). The song marks a highlight for Gilberto in his music career, since it's the first song he records which focuses mainly on a social issue. According to Gilberto, it's "unrepeatable because when you try to repeat a formula, it never turns out like you expected it to."
Blades stated that the tour will be an "opportunity to thank the fans that never abandoned the genre and for their support and a reason to physically reunite them in a celebration of this type of music." He added that it would be a great time to "present the style to a new generation who hasn't been exposed to Salsa music and who will surely become great supporters of this Caribbean expression."
Ruben Blades and Gilberto Santa Rosa will be at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida on Saturday June 18, 2011.
