Salsa musician and actor Ruben Blades celebrated his 61st birthday with a nostalgic visit to his archive collection at Harvard University.
The seven-time Grammy winner holds a master's degree in international law from Harvard and recently left his post as Panama's tourism minister to return to recording music.
His visit Thursday was the first time he'd been to the archive since he agreed to give his personal papers, rare recordings and other memorabilia to the university last January.
Blades, who also has appeared in more than 30 feature films, says he's looking forward to getting back to his music and plans to tour with Seis del Solar, a group of salsa musicians who are his longtime friends.
The tour includes scheduled stops in Puerto Rico and Miami later this year.