Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
"What Christmas Means to Me" was written by Allen Story, Anna Gordy Gaye, and George Gordy. It has been recorded by many artists, and here is a very catchy version performed by Cee Lo Green on his album Cee Lo's Magic Moment.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Harry Edward Styles is a young English singer, songwriter, and actor. He rose to stardom as a member of the boy band "One Direction." "Kiwi" is a particularly personal and explicit song, possibly about an ex-girlfriend, who might have been from New Zealand, since "Kiwi" is slang for "New Zealander."
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Katie Melua sings "Where Does the Ocean Go?" It is a single from Ketevan, her sixth studio album. In the video, as she sings, a painter-seaman paints the ocean. The song was inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Here is a live performance of American singer songwriter Jack Johnson singing his hit song "Taylor". Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Esperanza Spalding, the first jazz musician to ever win a Grammy award, covers Lauryn Hill's song “Tell Him.” The song is loosely inspired by the famous Bible passage about "faith, hope, and love" from First Corinthians chapter 13.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Why, sung by Sabrina Carpenter in an "electropop" style, is all about contrasts. A conversation in a restaurant between Sabrina and her boyfriend sets the stage for a song about all their differences and how, for some mysterious reason, they still get along fine.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Northern Ireland
Georgian/British singer-songwriter Katie Melua performs "Forgetting All My Troubles" from her album Secret Symphony.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
Australian-born singer-songwriter Stu Larsen made a decision to leave behind normality, security and comfort, choosing to live as simply as possible and to follow the opportunities that lay themselves down in front of him. He has no home. He sings this foot-tapping country song based very loosely on the story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ghana, United Kingdom
Ed Sheeran wrote this uplifting African-inspired song about hope with Fuse ODG in Ghana. The song's title and refrain, Bibia be ye ye, is in Twi, a language spoken in Ghana and translates to "Everything will be all right." Shot by Ghanaian director, Gyo Gyimah, the video focuses on Ghana's rich culture – from the food to the people – following different Ghanaians as they lip sync and dance to the infectious song.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
British artists Rita Ora and Ed Sheeran sing "Your Song", which they co-wrote. This is their first collaboration, but they've been friends since they were teenagers.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The song "Shine" confronts capitalism and our consumption as a society. The video was shot in Tulum (a town in Mexico which was renamed by the Spanish to mean "wall"), where Sunru took over a former luxury resort and painted messages of liberation on the walls, addressing the desecration of sacred lands for profit. The paint on his body reconnects him to tribal origins that he feels our world needs to once again embrace. The message is to worship this earth instead of material things, and keep the world in balance while never losing your shine.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Ed Sheeran's song "Galway Girl" is a collaboration between the British sing-songwriter and the Irish folk band Beoga, mixing traditional Irish music with pop.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA New York
Two New York percussionist friends show us their favorite instruments, and also have fun playing them for us.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
"On My Mind" is a single from English singer Ellie Goulding's third studio album "Delirium." The video for the song was set in Las Vegas, and uses a revenge story plot to depict the experience of having become involved with the wrong person.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Scotland
Amy Macdonald performs her first single “Poison Prince” from her debut album, which was written as an ode to artist Pete Doherty.
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