Walter Flores (musician)

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Walter Flores is a Costa Rican musician. [1] He has won five Grammy Awards, two of them for producing the albums Tiempos (1999) and Mundo (2002), by Ruben Blades. [2]

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References

  1. "El Grammy Latino le sonríe a tres ticos". La Nación (in Spanish). 9 September 2010. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. "GRAMMY Award Results for Walter Flores". Recording Academy. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.