Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Luis Miguel performs his famous tune, "La Bikina," which refers to a tormented woman. Composed by Ruben Fuentes, some say he coined the term after seeing women in bikinis during a walk on the beach, while others claim it was inspired by a legend during the times of the Cristeros in Jalisco, Mexico.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Join your host, Lucas Martín, as, departing from the Puerta del Sol, he takes you on a walking tour of some of Madrid, Spain's most important and fascinating locations.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia, Mexico
"Mambe & Danochilango" sing about a "Cumbia Universal" [Universal Cumbia] with the power to liberate individuals and unite nations.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Meli teaches us how to make "papel picado" [perforated paper] banners to decorate the altars to the dead set up to honor and remember those who have passed away during the celebration of the "Día de los muertos" [Day of the Dead], a holiday celebrated in Mexico on November 1st and 2nd.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Is it by chance that Diego Maradona IS Maradona and you are not? “Life is a raffle, lottery or game of chance,” claims the refrain of this catchy song by Manu Chao. But if you were Maradona, what would you do? Would you live like him? Listen in and ponder the question.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Manu Chao is French, but he has Spanish roots. He sings in six or seven different languages, from Spanish to English to Arabic, and his music has even more diverse influences. “Clandestino,” the title track from Manu’s first album, deals with the issue of immigration: “I wrote it about the border between Europe and those coming from poorer nations. Look around – maybe thirty percent of the people in this street are clandestino (illegal).”
Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Enjoy Mark Anthony’s cover of legendary Spanish singer and songwriter Jose Luis Perales’s song “¿Y cómo es él?” (“And What’s He Like?”). In this song, Marc Anthony leaves behind his signature Salsa sound and becomes a more inquisitive broken heart.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
María Marí, a Spanish painter living in London, talks to us a bit about her education and inspirations.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Spanish artist Maria Mari continues to share with us her views on art and artists in general as well as about herself, her influences and her home country of Spain.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Mexico, Venezuela
Lifelong mariachi artists explain their passion for the mariachi music and way of life.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Our tour guide, Marisa, takes us to the famous Retiro Park- the Central Park of Madrid, Spain.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Marisa gives us a tour of Madrid, Spain's most historic and touristic monuments.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Renowned Colombian poet Mary Grueso Romero recites a poem eroticizing the cuisine of the Colombian Pacific.
Difficulty: Beginner
Guatemala
Melany is an actress from Guatemala. In this video she shares with us her passion for acting, and for a specific acting method she learned that has "changed her life."
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