Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Listen to late Latin salsa singer, Hector Lavoe's signature single, "Mi Gente," from the album La Voz. The hit was recorded in Africa in 1973 with the Fania All Stars.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Hector Montaner takes after his father Ricardo Montaner in both good looks and musical ability. After a childhood of studying in Venezuela’s most prestigious conservatories, Montaner relocated in the late ‘90s. "Apariencias" (Appearances) is the title track of his sophomore album release.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Mexico
Check Hello Seahorse!, an exciting Mexican band with surrealistic lyrics and dream-like vocals. Who needs to understand the song when it comes from such a sweet voice?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
There is so much energy around a soccer ball that it was about time that someone caught it and put it to use. The Spanish singer Huecco plays with the crema y nata of international sports while solving an energy problem!
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Spanish singer Huecco performs his 2011 hit, "La brújula" ("The Compass"), from his album, "Dame vida" ("Give Me Life").
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
A musical video by Huecco for all those good fellas out there: "Amar en tiempos violentos" [To love during violent times].
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
With Amargo Adios, Inspector mixes up border sounds and border iconography in this paean to unrequited love.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Hailing from Monterrey, Inspector has got to be one of the most inspired ska bands south of the Rio Grande! This tune features guest artists Rubén Albarrán (a.k.a. “Rita Cantalagua”) of Café Tacuba and Roco of Maldita Vecindad.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
After a dramatic, illegal entrance into a Colombian world heritage site, the Tayrona Natural National Park, our hostess explains the reasons why this is damaging to the park's ecosystems as well as giving us an introduction to the many adventures that await us in future episodes of this seven-part series.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
In part two of this seven part series about Colombia’s Tayrona Park, María Cecilia Sánchez escapes her frenetic city life to explore this natural national park from the standpoint of nature conservation, enlisting the help of field expert, José Castro, who explains geographic, historical and touristic aspects of the park's terrestrial ecosystem.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
María Cecilia continues her exploration of Tayrona Park, embarking upon her first scuba dive to explore its underwater ecosystem.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
Part four of this seven-part series about Colombia's Tayrona National Park explains a bit about the importance of its coral reefs and how they are studied.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
In this fifth part of the series about Colombia's Tayrona Park, we learn how the San Rafael "posadas" (tourist inns) have been enlightening and life-changing for locals and tourists alike.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
The manner in which waste disposal is handled is of essential importance to the ecosystems of the island of Gorgona.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
It's your opportunity to learn how to make some beautiful ocarinas. Their sound is so sweet!
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