Rubén Blades, the salsa storyteller, says goodbye to Barcelona

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It has been years that Rubén Blades warned that the day would come when he would hang up his microphone and leave international stages. He had repeated this in interviews and concerts, without this altering his display of salsa mastery in any way. Until this Thursday the promise became a reality. The Panamanian singer-songwriter offered his last dance in front of the Catalan public at Barcelona's Poble Espanyol, on a stage he knows well and from which he said goodbye forever. He does so at 78 years old, after more than half a century of career, with a surprisingly intact voice and a final demonstration of musical vigor within the framework of the Barts festival.