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: Newbie
Colombia
The English representation of the sound that a rooster makes is "cock-a-doodle-doo," but what is it in Spanish? Learn this and more as Jacky sings us the "Farmer's Song."
Difficulty: Newbie
Colombia
Jacky sings a popular spring song. Let's learn Spanish by singing!
Difficulty: Newbie
Colombia
Let's have some fun singing and learning about the different parts of the body with Jacky!
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Our friend Jacky will sing for us the Spanish versions of two world-famous children's songs: "Frère Jacques" and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider."
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Today, Jacky sings for us "Mantita" [Blankie], a lullaby inspired by the blanket that many babies and children need to fall asleep.
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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