Of course tuve is the preterite yo form tener, so one might be misled to think that the refrain of this tune is “I had, I had.” However, in casual speech on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, tú ve’ is short for tú ves (“you see”), but the uninitiated could easily mistake it for the verb tuve (“I had”). ¿Tú ve’?

This Puerto Rican band wasn’t on the island from the get-go. Two of La Secta’s members, Mark and Gustavo, met in Orlando during school and then moved to Miami Beach. There, they met up with John and Carlos and started writing songs. The message of their album Fuego, which shines through in “Déjalos que hablen,” is, according to John, “to be positive in the face of a moment of so many changes in the world.”

Cosas de Críos, or “kids’ stuff”, is a friendly song about those bygone times when our world was nothing but a fantastic playground.

Spain’s pop sensation is way more than an enigmatic name. Sure, we’re also wondering why you’d name your band after the removed appendage of a long-gone Dutch painter, but what’s made them famous is their music. "El último vals" is a song inspired by Martin Scorsese’s film The Last Waltz.

The beautiful Leire Martínez had the difficult challenge to fill Amaia Motero's shoes as lead singer of the Spanish pop band “La Oreja de Van Gogh”. In “Inmortal”, she sings about all the little things from the past that we keep and carry with us; but it’s also about all the possibilities that the future brings. Her final words seem to be fitting to her role in “La Oreja”: “I’ll be your destiny.”

"Deseos de cosas imposibles" is the fourth single from the Latin Grammy-winning/Grammy-nominated pop group La Oreja de Van Gogh (Van Gogh's Ear) from their album Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida. The group hails from Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.

Merry Christmas from the band La Oreja de Van Gogh as they sing the Spanish version of "Silent Night."

"Europa VII" is the Spanish group from Donostia-San Sebastian, "La Oreja de Van Gogh's" ("Van Gogh's Ear's") fourth and final single from their album, A las cinco en el Astoria (At Five O'Clock in Astoria).

Watch Spanish pop band La Oreja de Van Gogh's music video for "El primer día del resto de mi vida" (The First Day of the Rest of My Life).

The feisty Sevillian María La Mala Rodriquez talks about her career as a Spanish hip-hop artist. True to her “southern” roots, she often drops her “s” sounds, the way Carolina mentions in her clip on the various accents of Spain.

María “La Mala” Rodríquez’ latest effort has taken Spain by storm. The record, says María, is called Alevosía because “Lo he hecho a tiro hecho, sobre seguro y no hay fallos. Lo he hecho queriendo.” YaTv.com calls her “the most courageous voice” of Spanish rap today.

VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED. For all you semiotics majors, Maria “La Mala” Rodriguez explores the intersection of sex, commerce, technology, gender and competition in "Jugadores, Jugadoras" (Male Players, Female Players).

La Mala Rodriguez, a Spanish rapper has built a career out of playing the outsider in the male world of rap music, earning plenty of attention for her strong femininity and socially argumentative lyrics. Her Hip Hop is greatly influenced by flamenco music.

"Mentira" ["Lie"] is the first single from the 2001 MTV Unplugged album by the Chilean rock band, "La Ley" ["The Law"].

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.