Salsa
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Salsa (1988 film)
Salsa is a 1988 romance film about a lower-class Puerto Rican dancer who decides to improve his lot in life by entering a salsa dancing contest. The film was directed by Boaz Davidson, and stars Robby Rosa, Rodney Harvey, Magali Alvarado and Miranda Garrison. It earned a Razzie Award nomination for Rosa as Worst New Star.
Synopsis
In a nightly escape from his day job as a mechanic, Rico (Robby Rosa) enters his true element: the wild exuberance of the East L.A. "La Luna" salsa club. Dreaming of making himself and Vicky (Angela Alvarado), his girlfriend the "King and Queen of Salsa", Rico pours all his energy into winning La Luna's Grand Salsa Competition. But when Luna (Miranda Garrison), the club's gorgeous owner sets her sights on making Rico her dance partner, Rico must decide what drives him, his ambition or his heart.
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Salsa Jeans
Salsa is a Portuguese company and brand of clothing. Salsa has stores around the globe and designs, produces, and sells products ranging from jeans to skirts.
History
Founded in Portugal in 1994 as a family business, the company expanded into Spain in the 1990s and has since spread across Europe and Asia. In the last decade Salsa has spread to the Middle East, alone or in partnership with leading fashion retailers. Salsa is a bestseller in Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.
Jeans
Salsa jeans are made from denim, strengthened and then dyed to indigo blue. To ensure the ultimate fit throughout the garment's life, Salsa jeans are pre-shrunk and the fibres compressed before being cut in Salsa’s characteristic styles. Salsa Wonder Jeans are the brand's top selling jeans model.
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Siembra
Siembra is an album by Rubén Blades and Willie Colón released by Fania Records in 1978.
Background
Siembra is the second of four collaborative duo albums produced by Rubén Blades and Willie Colón. During its time, it was the best-selling salsa record in history. This record was broken with the release of Cuenta Conmigo by Jerry Rivera in the 1990s. It has sold over three million copies worldwide, and almost all of its songs were hits at one time or another in various Latin American countries. With its rousing social commentary and unconventional sound, "Siembra" set the salsa world on fire and remains one of the most original and influential works in that genre. Among Siembra's tracks, Blades' masterpiece is still "Pedro Navaja," a song that he fashioned after Bertolt Brecht's "Threepenny Opera."
Critical reception
John Bush of Allmusic gave the album a five-star rating, praising the composition of the songs by Blades as well the arrangements by Colón. Bush emphasizes the use of disco arrangements at the beginning of the first track, "Plástico", until Colón's band "slip into a devastating salsa groove". He also praised Blade's vocals, noting his high-tenor voice on "Buscando Guayaba" and tender tones on "Dime". David Wilson of Wilson & Alroy's also gave the album a five-star rating. He praised both the arrangements and the message of "Plástico", referring to "Dime" as "a beautiful love song". The album was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007.
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