Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
This time, Isabel and Paula talk to us about Madrid's cultural life, including its entertainment culture. Let's hear about the fascinating event center The Matadero as well as some additional theater and concert venues.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
In the second part of this series on Madrid's entertainment culture, sisters Paula and Isabel tell us about concert venues of varying sizes and levels of prestige, from dives to the renowned La Riviera, as well as what you might expect to pay for different types of events.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Isabel and Paula offer additional recommendations about some different types of music venues in Madrid that are primarily intended for older audiences, including jazz clubs. Let's hear some of their positive and negative personal experiences at such venues.
Difficulty: Advanced
Spain
Paula and Isabel describe the Fine Arts Department at the Complutense University of Madrid, which has its own characteristic energy and traditions. Let's find out more!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Paula and Isabel explain more of the idiosyncrasies of their unique college fine arts department, where there is a "pool" area, a dilapidated cafeteria, some very interesting characters and more.
Difficulty: Advanced
Spain
Isabel and Paula continue to tell us more interesting things about the fine arts department at the renowned Complutense University of Madrid, including the fact that art has even pervaded the bathrooms!
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
What do you do after a breakup? Jarabe de Palo asks this question and wonders... shall we do it all over again?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
In the catchy title track, "La Flaca," from Spanish Latin rock group Jarabe de Palo's debut album, lead singer, Pau Donés croons about the lengths he would go to for just one kiss from "The Skinny Girl."
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Listen to the acclaimed Spanish rock band Jarabe de Palo's single, "Hoy No Soy Yo," from their album, Somos. The song is slow paced, and the singer enunciated his words very clearly. Let us know if you like it!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia, Spain
On June 9, 2020, the world lost Pau Donés, the lead singer of famed Spanish rock band, Jarabe de Palo. In this interview, the charismatic and down-to-earth entertainer talks to Yabla’s Cleer regarding, among other things, the origin of the group’s name and their musical mission and style.
Difficulty: Newbie
Spain
The narrator of the 1998 single, “Agua,” from Spanish rock band, Jarabe de Palo’s second album, Depende, wants far more than his friend from their seemingly ambiguous relationship.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
"Depende" [It Depends], the first single from Jarabe de Palo's album of the same name, was an international hit upon its 1998 release. Inspired by the success of their first record, frontman Pau once again demonstrated his group's musical and poetic creativity.
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: Beginner
Spain
Javier Garcia was born in Madrid to a Cuban father and spent his earliest years in Spain before heading to boarding school in Ireland (from whence his mother comes), finishing high school in Miami after the age of 16. So what kind of Spanish accent does he have? Well, by his own admission, something of a Cuban one when he sings, a kind of a Spanish one when he talks… (we called him and asked!)
Difficulty: Beginner
Argentina, Spain
We’ve all heard of the bolero, which has its modern roots in nineteenth century Santiago de Cuba (even though we might not be able to hum one on cue). But what about the cuartetazo? Born in Córdoba, Argentina, and derived from Spanish and Italian dances, the name is derived from the fact that the earliest players were invariably four-piece bands. The rhythm is similar to merengue.
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