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Facundo Cabral, trovador del siglo XXI Posted by Magda on Jul 15, 2011
“Fue mudo hasta los 9 años, analfabeto hasta los 14, enviudó trágicamente a los 40 y conoció a su padre a los 46. El más pagano de los predicadores cumple 70 años y repasa su vida desde la habitación de hotel que eligió como última morada”. Así resumió su vida el propio Facundo Cabral. Sin…
Canción: Te Doy mi Vida, de Lucas Arnau Posted by Adir on Jul 11, 2011
Today we have a very cool song by Colombian singer Lucas Arnau. Here’s a little bio of him from Wikipedia: Lucas Arnau is a Colombian singer-songwriter who was born in Medellín, Antioquia on May 16, 1979. Arnau’s first album, “Un Poco Más” was produced by Jose Gaviria and Andres Munera in Miami, Florida and was…
El amor brujo, de Manuel de Falla Posted by Magda on Jun 24, 2011
Noche de San Juan… noche de brujas, seres sobrenaturales y leyendas. Dicen que en esa noche se abre una puerta “al otro lado”, ese que nunca percibimos. En cada playa, en cada rincón se encenderán hogueras para pedir deseos y quemar malos pensamientos. Saldrán los trasgos, danzarán las hadas, los tesoros encantados quedarán a manos…
Canción: Brindis, de Thalía Posted by Adir on Jun 7, 2011
Songs are a great way to improve our Spanish and if the lyrics carry a positive meaning or tell a very good story, so much better, isn’t it? This is what happens with Thalia’s Brindis (Toast) song. It says that whatever our experiences are we need to give thanks to our intuition. Check out the…
La saeta, sentir flamenco. Posted by Magda on Apr 22, 2011
“…son como flechas que atraviesan el corazón…” (… they are like arrows going through your heart…) Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet. If we look for the meaning of “saeta” (arrow) in a dictionary , wordreference for example, we will find this definition: “a weapon consisting of a stick with a sharp pointed head, designed to…
Song: Quitapenas, de Javier Calamaro Posted by Adir on Feb 20, 2011
Here’s a cool Argentinean singer with a very powerful voice, Javier Calamaro. The song is called Quitapenas (Pain remover) and here are the video and the translated lyrics. Enjoy! Tengo fuego en la cabeza (I have fire in my head) sigo dando vueltas como un trompo (I keep spinning like a top) para quitarme esta…
Música: Diego Torres – Color Esperanza Posted by Adir on Jan 7, 2011
Diego Torres in an Argentinean singer/songwriter who, in 2001, released the song Color Esperanza (Hope Color) amidst a very fierce economic crisis in Argentina. The song is about reflecting about ones’s problems, hoping for better days and keeping a positive attitude towards life and its shortcomings. Below you can see the video with the lyrics…