There’s a moment in every music genre when the game changes. The genre stays recognizable and carries all the heritage but something happens to where it goes mainstream, in a good way. Something adjusts, modernizes whatever’s going on, and takes it to the outside world. I’d have to do a little research to see what specific tunes did it in the different genres but Dylan did it to Folk, The Beatles did it to Rock, Bob Marley to Reggae, Run DMC to Rap, Daft Punk to Electronic music, etc. Ruben Blades, with this tune, did it to Salsa. (It’s a NYC/Latin version of Mack The Knife from the Threepenny Opera.)

• Ruben Blades – Pedro Navaja