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La Gusana Ciega - Entrevista - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

To hear La Gusana Ciega play live we trekked to a club called Babel located in a giant mall / theme park called Mundo E, located just north of Mexico City. Come backstage with us for an exclusive interview you’ll find only here!

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Karla y el bolero

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Surely you're familiar with the famous bolero, "Bésame mucho" [Kiss Me A Lot]. If not, this is your chance to listen to it with Karla, a Mexican singer living in Berlin, Germany.

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Arturo Vega is a big part of The Ramones’ history. We even have proof! Actually he was the one who designed the well known Ramones’ logo, which is one part presidential seal, one part outlaw biker. In this interview he tells us why they chose to be represented by an aguila.

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La Gusana Ciega - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

We skip backstage once again to get some final thoughts from La Gusana Ciega, learning a bit more about their career and personnel changes. Like many of Mexico’s popular bands today, they got their start at a Mexico City club called Cocotitlán, which is also the name of a municipality well known for its corn festival.

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

As it turns out the young Arturo Vega, Mexican emigré actor and artist in New York, lived below a girl who was seeing a young man named Douglas Glenn Colvin (who would come to be known as “Dee Dee Ramone”). The two visionaries got to talking…

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Edgar Huerta, keyboardist of Belanova, refers to Joselo of Cafe Tacuba as un cuate. The word comes from the indigenous Nahuatl word coatl, which means “twin.” But Joselo is not Edgar’s gemelo, cuate is known by all Mexicans to refer to a “good buddy,” a “dear friend.”

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Manuel y El barrilito

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Manuel Guarneros was the famous Mexican singer Chavela Vargas' main guitar player. In this video, he'll share with us his perception about various Mexican accents and slang as well as performing for us a piece of the popular polka song "El barrilito" [literally "The Little Barrel"], which is known in English as Beer Barrel Polka.

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Caption 53 [en]: and I'm going to try to play it a little bit on the guitar,
Caption 53 [es]: y voy a tratar de interpretarlo [sic] un poquito en la guitarra,

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Banda Pioneros - ¡Conócelos!

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Meet some of the members of Banda Pionero, a Sinaloa style band from Mazatlan, Mexico. These guys are really friendly and even sang a capella for us.

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Caption 3 [en]: Um... I play the bass drum, a percussion instrument there in Banda Pioneros; there we are.
Caption 3 [es]: Eh... toco tambora, un instrumento de percusión ahí en Banda Pioneros, ahí andamos.

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Mariachi - El amor de la música mexicana

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico, Venezuela

Lifelong mariachi artists explain their passion for the mariachi music and way of life.

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Caption 3 [en]: and... well, I play the vihuela, it's a typical Mexican instrument, the vihuela and the guitarron.
Caption 3 [es]: y... bueno, yo toco la vihuela, es... instrumento mexicano típico, la vihuela y el guitarrón.

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Karla e Isabel - Instrumentos musicales

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico, Spain

Karla and Isabel provide us with clues about some popular musical instruments so that we might guess which ones they are describing.

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Caption 51 [en]: To play it you use a bow.
Caption 51 [es]: Para tocarlo se utiliza un arco.

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Some people could see Arturo Vega as just a guy who happened to design the Ramones logo, but the truth is that he had to get his hands dirty with hard work, and that meant loading tons of equipment, manning the lights and basically doing whatever was needed by the band. The reward was great: thousands, maybe millions, wearing an image that he created.

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Caption 54 [en]: The first thing that you need in a band when you're going to play at any place
Caption 54 [es]: Lo primero que necesita un conjunto cuando va a tocar en un lugar equis

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Fernando y el mariachi

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Mexican mariachi musician Fernando Soto has lived in Germany for over twenty years. In this video, he talks to us about the cultural significance of his beloved mariachi music for Mexicans.

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Caption 2 [en]: a Mexican in Europe.
Caption 2 [es]: un mexicano en Europa.

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Manuel y Chavela - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

In this second part, professional guitarist Manuel Guarneros tells us about some of his magical experiences on tour with Chavela Vargas.

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Caption 18 [en]: introduce the stage where Chavela was going to play,
Caption 18 [es]: presentaba el escenario donde iba a tocar Chavela,

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Manuel y Chavela - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Professional guitarist Manuel Guarneros tells us about his experience touring with legendary Mexican singer Chavela Vargas.

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Caption 11 [en]: I had the opportunity to play with great artists,
Caption 11 [es]: tuve la oportunidad de tocar con grandes artistas,

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Belanova is appreciative and proud that so many of Latin America’s and Mexico’s biggest stars, such Joselo and Coti saw fit to take the time to join them on their tour. The band is humble, but not without ambition; they have set their sites beyond the habla hispana, seeing potential fans in Australia, Italy and even Japan.

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Caption 3 [en]: Because, well, it's not everyday that you'll be able to play with Joselo
Caption 3 [es]: Porque bueno, no todos los días vas a poder tocar con Joselo

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