Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Salsa dancing arrived in the city of Cali, Colombia in the sixties. It became deeply ingrained in the city's popular culture and is still danced there today
Difficulty: Intermediate
Chile
Chico Trujillo is a New Chilean Cumbia band merging cumbia, ska, reggae and rock, among other styles. Enjoy this musical video where they perform "Fuera de mi vida."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
"Indeleble" is the title track from the Venezuelan rock band, Los Mesoneros' 2011 album of the same name.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
This segment explores the extent to which the musicians at the Mono Núñez festival combine formal training with natural instinct to make their traditional Colombian music.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
“Perlas” (“Pearls”) is the first track on the 2011 album by the Spanish rock/punk band, “El Columpio Asesino" ("The Assassin Swing") from Pamplona.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Do the rules and restrictions associated with entering a contest like the Mono Núñez affect the musicians' artistic freedom? In this segment, our host and musicians examine that question.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Our behind-the-scenes look at the Colombian Mono Núñez music festival continues with an interview with a group who plays Afro-Colombian music and, has opted to perform but not to enter the festival's contest.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
An itinerant concert at the Mono Núñez gives people who could not otherwise attend the festival the chance to experience some of its music and festivities.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
From a photography exhibit on endangered vultures to students who prefer the beach to the classroom as a manner of studying their environment, a Spanish news channel reviews a plethora of eclectic news briefs.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Our host at the Mono Núñez festival in Colombia continues to interview people who have come to the festival from many countries, expressing his desire to create an integrated musical product: Colombian music with influences from many different countries and cultures.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Canada
Emerging Canadian singer-songwriter, Roxanna, has been described as "a breath of fresh air with a Latin flair." Here, we can listen to her single, "Para siempre" (the Spanish version of the song, "Unforgotten") from the 2013 album, "Exotica."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
As the festival goes on, we encounter a sixteen-year-old winner of the Best Tiple Player award while some twin singers offer some insight into their particularly well-coordinated voices.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
La Habitación Roja is an indie pop-rock group from L’Eliana in Valencia, Spain. “La segunda oportunidad” is a single from their 2012 album, Fue Eléctrico.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Uruguay
Uruguayan rock band, La Vela Puerca's intriguing single, "Se le va," is from their 2011 album, Piel y hueso.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
As the festival continues, we meet a group of Colombians who talk about how they've modernized the themes of the Andean music they play. We also meet an Argentinian who shares about the types of songs she performs.
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