Carlos Santana’s new album started when he brought a playlist of African songs to the producer Rick Rubin. Then the 71-year-old guitarist found the LP’s voice on the internet.

Carlos Santana explains why is such an appropriate time to release his uplifting new song “Let the Guitar Play,” a collaboration with Run DMC's Darryl “DMC” McDaniels.

The song dates back to Santana’s 2021 instrumental “Song for Cindy,” but it’s reimagined here by producer Lino Nicolosi and Narada Michael Walden, along with the Run-DMC rapper.

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For Carlos Santana, the Woodstock spirit is as strong now as it was 55 years ago, when he and the band that bears his name played the famed festival in upstate New York. “It’s a spiritual ...

Palm, meet forehead. Some context here: "Supernatural" was, in fact, magical for Santana's career. That album earned his band eight Grammys, plus Song of the Year for Thomas and his "Smooth" cowriter.

Carlos Santana’s career-spanning album “Sentient” releases on March 28. Its first single, a Smokey Robinson collab, is out today. Courtesy of Candid Records and Carlos Santana ...