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Bajofondo Tango Club - Mar Dulce - Part 2

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.

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Caption 82 [es]: Lo que ya se traía como criollo de la tierra
Caption 82 [en]: What it already brought as a native from the earth,

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Nortec Collective - Bostich+Fussible

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Our friends from Nortec Collective are known for their eclectic mix of electronic and norteño music (hence the name: norteño + techno = Nortec). Here, a band member discusses how the group got started, down to the very first time he read about a synthesizer. Don’t miss their Grammy award-nominated Tijuana Sound Machine.

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Caption 13 [es]: El primer projecto donde... contribuí con Pepe fue el álbum de Tierra Eléctrica
Caption 13 [en]: The first project where... I contributed with Pepe was the album "Tierra Eléctrica" (Electric Earth)

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ChocQuibTown - Oro

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Stop thief! A stranger with a foreign accent and talk of riches has come in and taken all the native gold, leaving poverty in his wake. Colombia’s talented ChocQuibTown manage to sing about serious geopolitical exploitation in a way that’s fun to listen to (and danceable, too).

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Caption 1 [es]: A mi tierra llegó un fulano llevándose todo mi oro
Caption 1 [en]: To my land came a guy taking away all my gold

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Calle 13 - Pa'l norte

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Puerto Rico

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Calle 13 joins up with Cuba’s Orishas to sing a paean to those pobres who hike pa’l norte (northward) in search of a better life. The first 13 captions are very colloquial and difficult, but after that this video is very clearly annunciated with lots of great vocabulary, so hang in there! This song is thought-provoking and catchy. No one will ever accuse Calle 13 of taking a weak position in rhythm or in politics!

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Caption 71 [es]: Vamos por debajo de la tierra, como las ardillas
Caption 71 [en]: We go beneath the earth, like the squirrels

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Aterciopelados - Hijos del Tigre

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

The old saying goes “Hijo de tigre, sale pintado”. Literally, it means the baby tiger is going to bear the same marks as his father. But it also means that there are some things we inherit and carry with us. Here, Aterciopelados is singing about leaving some inherited, violent habits behind.

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Caption 7 [es]: Funeral en la tierra
Caption 7 [en]: Burial in the ground

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ChocQuibTown - De donde vengo yo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

ChocQuibTown is the most important Colombian hip-hop band of the moment and they have been pretty busy exporting their music around the world. From Argentina to Texas, people are dancing to their rhythms. But even as the band travel, ChocQuibTown hasn’t forgotten where they all come from. On the contrary, they are inspired by their Colombian roots.

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Caption 67 [es]: En la tierra, subienda de pesca'o
Caption 67 [en]: On land, a rising of fishes

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Antonio Vargas - Artista - ilustración - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

You may know the baraja española, the Spanish deck of cards, with its classic renderings of kings and knights in four suits. Our illustrator friend Antonio Vargas created a uniquely Mexican baraja with native imagery drawing from the pre-Columbian Aztec, Olmec, Toltec and Mayan cultures.

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Caption 34 [es]: Ellos eran un pueblo que estaba mucho más unido a la tierra,
Caption 34 [en]: They were a people who were much closer to the earth,

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Cholito - En la playa con Cholito - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Panama

Cholito prefers the gentle beauty of nature to any colossal modern hotels. There are some plans to develop Cholito’s favorite Panamanian beaches, but he (and many other locals) love the way things are. After our boat ride around the islands, we understand why!

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Caption 10 [es]: el metal de la tierra,
Caption 10 [en]: the earth's metal,

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Karamelo Santo - Goy - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina, Spain

Goy plays guitar and sings for Karamelo Santa, one of the best ska bands in Latin America. Argentina is the band’s homeland (they are practically from the Pampas). But the 7 boys with wild hair and wild songs do not sing around a Gaucho campfire; their sound reverberates in the world’s largest cities.

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Caption 65 [es]: le da un poco la idea de lo que es nuestra tierra,
Caption 65 [en]: it sort of gives them an idea about what our land is,

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La Gusana Ciega - Invasión Estelar

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Life on Mars? A star invasion? As usual, our boys of La Gusana Ciega are a bit surreal, a bit out there, but always fun to listen to. Enjoy the ride.

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Caption 10 [es]: Yo quiero decir la Tierra es un sueño para dormir
Caption 10 [en]: I want to say the Earth is a dream to sleep

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San Pascualito Rey - Te Voy a Dormir

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

This is a song that you don’t want somebody to hear you singing. Trust us! The guys from the Mexican band San Pascualito Rey don’t seem so friendly, but maybe that’s just because they have broken hearts.

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Caption 3 [es]: a ahogarte en tierra fría
Caption 3 [en]: [I'm going to] drown you in cold land

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Bersuit Vergarabat - EPK - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

In part two of the EPK, Bersuit gives background to the remaining songs on Hijos del Culo revealing more of their take on politics and society. Note the way they mix humor and seriousness in their definitions of “psicópata.”

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Caption 1 [es]: ...psicópata es el último en irse de la Tierra.
Caption 1 [en]: ...psychopath is the last one to leave Earth.

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Una Historia de Café - La Catación - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

After all the bean sorting, cleaning, grinding and toasting we witnessed in our previous segments of Una Historia de Café, it’s finally time to boil up some water and do a little tasting, or “cupping,” as it’s known in laboratory circles. You might want to fire up your percolator; we have a feeling you’ll be craving some caffeine any moment now!

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Caption 12 [es]: O sea, no va a tener sabor a cloro, no va a tener sabor a tierra,
Caption 12 [en]: That is, it won't taste like chlorine, won't taste like dirt,

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Off-screen, Natalia Oreiro’s love life sounds a lot less complicated than her on-screen characters’. After her six-year relationship with fellow actor Pablo Echarri ended amicably, she found love with the front man of the band “Divididos,” Ricardo Mollo, with whom she had more in common with than people seem to think.

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Caption 87 [es]: Como que la... la lleva a tierra.
Caption 87 [en]: It's like he... he grounds her.

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ChocQuibTown - Somos Pacifico

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

The Colombian Pacific coast is a forgotten paradise. Its habitants complain about the lack of attention from the rest of the country, but it might be this bit of isolation that helps them maintain their rich culture. ChocQuibTown comes from the world’s rainiest lowland, and it is there that they learned to mix African drums and Latin beats with hip-hop and funk, creating a totally new sound that’s firmly rooted in their tradition.

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Caption 2 [es]: Chocquibtown se encuentra en su tierra, Chocó
Caption 2 [en]: Chocquibtown is in its land, Chocó

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