Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Enrique Iglesias sings about wanting to be his lover's hero in his hit single, "Héroe."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Enrique Iglesias implores his love to "feel the rhythm" with him in his hit single, "Ritmo Total."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Álvaro is a Spanish architect who works in London and counts the 2012 London Olympics among his projects. In addition to telling us what he likes most about his job and the English capital, he gives us advice regarding the best things to do when visiting Spain.
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
Depedro is the stage name of Spanish musician Jairo Zavala and also the title of his debut album. Before going solo, Zavala had already enjoyed a productive career as a singer, guitar player, and founder of the rock band Vacazul. Listen to his song La Memoria. It's a little gloomy but, hey... who isn't a little tired?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Iker Casillas, the famous goalkeeper of the Spanish national team and Real Madrid, makes an appeal with the NGO PLAN campaign to help Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
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
Spain
Get acquainted with Mijas, a charming, whitewashed town with a view in Southern Spain (Andalusia). Our guide tells us about Mijas' pace of life, its food and its donkey-taxis for climbing the picturesque hills.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Jarabe de Palo's bearded frontman, Pau Donés, invites fellow Spanish rock star, Alejandro Sanz, to join him in this super sweet love song.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
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.”
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Maria is a tour guide. She lives in Málaga, one of the most beautiful and popular tourist destinations in Spain. In this video, Maria tells us a bit about the many attractions that her city offers. It seems Maria does her job well because we now very much want to visit!
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
Spain
“La Quinta Estacion” is Spanish for “The Fifth Season.” Although this band originated from Spain, after a Mexican telenovela (soap opera) adopted one of their songs as its theme, they toured the country and decided to make it their home. “Que te quería” (“That I Loved You”) is the first fiery single from their 2009 album.
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
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.
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