Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
It's your opportunity to learn how to make some beautiful ocarinas. Their sound is so sweet!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain, Venezuela
Fate has brought Sandra and Sonia, one Spanish the other Venezuelan, together in Germany. In this video Sonia tells Sandra about her trip and about her career in Preschool Education.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
What's the story behind the music-filled bar called "Leize Gorria"? Well, the name means "red cave" in Basque and it was founded by a musical family of 6 from Uruguay. Listen in as we learn more about the bar and its many events.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
We are at Mexico City’s public university talking with Manuel. He tells us about the contrasts that exist within his neighborhood and what he thinks about the relationship between the United States and Mexico.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Economics is all about the production and consumption of goods and services. Usually, we associate it with numbers and acronyms but in the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana they see the people behind the data. Crista is one of those students willing to chat about her school and her city.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Ana is very happy to be a student at the UAM [Autonomous Metropolitan University]. She says that the UAM is one of the best Universities in Mexico: it is affordable, flexible and offers academic excellence.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Paty loves her university as much as she loves her city. In this video she tells us about the wide variety of museums and other interesting places that Mexico City has to offer.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Viviana really enjoys studying Political Economy at the UAM [Autonomous Metropolitan University]. She tells us about her major and the plans that she has for the future and shares some insights about the large social gap that exists in Mexico.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain, Venezuela
Meet Mariano Martinez, boat driver and tour guide of Port Lligat. He’ll tell you about how he got here, what the boat trip is like, but don’t ask him too many questions!!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Argentina
Bajofondo is, according to the group, a “collective of composers, singers and artists.” They started out as the Bajofondo Tango Club with a strong tango influence, but have since broadened their sound. Here they talk about the collective and begin a discussion of their sound.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Peru, Spain
Novalima is very aware of the importance of Peruvian folk music, not just in their sound but in another musical genres as well. Paco de Lucía, a Spanish flamenco musician, might have made the sound of the “cajón” (a box-like musical instrument) famous, but that sound is Peruvian as it gets.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Peru, Spain
Continue learning about what specific kinds of music go into the mix to make the special sound that is Novalima.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Peru, Spain
The Peruvian group Novalima took a break from their European tour for an interview. Learn about the branching out and coming back together that the band members went through to achieve their rich and eclectic sound.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
We continue to talk with VW fans in Venezuela. There’s something about that German engineering that gets into Latin blood, it seems. Fans rave that they’re beautiful, unique and reliable, running on pure gasoline.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
“Reinvention” could be Enrique Bunbury's middle name. He’s a prolific composer, always finding inspiration in various books, movies, songs, and moods. And he thrives on creative collaborations. In the second part of YABLA’s exclusive interview, Bunbury opens up and tells us about the creative process behind his music.
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