Scored some well loved but still good Latin soul-jazz albums at a fave thrift. First up is #Fania All-Stars Live, Vol. 2. Pretty sure I have Vol.1 somewhere. Good fun. Cleaned up great and as with many old Fania albums it sounds much better than you'd expect. #musicsky #jazzsky #latinjazz #vinyl

Salsa's best-selling single ever isn't a love song — it's a murder ballad. Rubén Blades built Siembra's narrative of a body count on Brecht and Weill's "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer." Threepenny Opera, on the dancefloor.

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