Tag Archives: music
The Little Drummer Boy in Spanish: El tamborilero. Posted by Magda on Dec 20, 2011
Me temo que ya estamos casi en Navidad, así que vamos a tener que aclarar nuestras voces, afinar los instrumentos y preparar la zambomba para cantar villancicos. Uno de los que guardo un recuerdo más entrañable de mi infancia es “El tamborilero”, por supuesto cantado por Raphael. Gran parte de la letra consiste en la…
Song: Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad, Michael Bublé + Thalía Posted by Adir on Dec 9, 2011
¡Hola a todos! ¿Cómo les está yendo por Navidades? A lot of English-speaking artist record songs for the Spanish-speaking market and Michael Bublé is no exception. On December 6th he had his Christmas special on NBC and sang with Latin diva Thalía. Michael tried to speak a little Spanish, just for fun, and along with…
Mariah Carey en español Posted by Adir on Nov 28, 2011
Oh yes, Mariah also sings in Spanish and one of my favorite songs is My All, Mi Todo in Spanish. Let’s check it out with the lyrics in Spanish. The lyrics are not verydifficult so you shouldn’t have trouble understanding or translating them. Enjoy! Mi Todo Mariah Carey Te estoy pensando En mi larga noche…
Entrevista con Thalía: Cada Vez Más Fuerte Posted by Adir on Nov 14, 2011
Mexican bombshell Thalía has just released her new book, Cada Día Más Fuerte (Growing Strong – English title). In this book she talks about the good and bad situations she has gone through in her life as a person and a celebrity. Below you can watch the video and a summary of the interview in…
Canción: Noviembre sin Ti, de Reik Posted by Adir on Nov 11, 2011
Reik is a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican band from Mexicali, Baja California formed by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas (lead vocals), Julio Ramírez Eguía (guitar/background vocals), and Gilberto Marín Espinoza (guitar). The group’s name actually means “rake” (as in raking the guitar’s strings), but the band wanted their Mexican listeners to pronounce it correctly, hence, Reik. (Wikipedia)…
Las profesiones y Joaquin Sabina Posted by Magda on Nov 10, 2011
Today we are going to review some jobs, activities and occupations using Joaquin Sabina´s lyrics. Do you think you could fill in the gaps with this words? Try once before listening to the song: Vocalista (vocalist), violador (rapist) , viejo verde (dirty old man), triunfador (winner), tenor (tenor) taxista (taxi driver) tahúr (gambler), tabernero (bar…
Podcast tip: the Latin Grammys Posted by Adir on Oct 24, 2011
Hey, everybody! The Latin Grammys will be held this year on November 10 and will be broadcast on TV channel Univisión. If you have Univisión in your house this is a great opportunity to improve your Spanish listening skills, listen to great Latin music and the Latin Grammys site has something new this year: podcasts!…