Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia, United Kingdom
London born cellist Desmond from the YouTube Symphony Orchestra was flown to Australia and partnered with Sydney based country folk singer Luke Webb for a unique musical experiment. Their challenge: to collaborate and produce a piece of music influenced by their journey across Australia.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
British band Latin Quarter formed in 1983 and released six albums, the subject matter of their songs often expressing their strong political views. The title of this song "No rope as long as time" was a saying of black South Africans meaning no amount of oppression could halt their eventual freedom. The band reunited in 2011, twenty-one years after splitting up, and has since released two more albums.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
Take a unique journey with four members of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra and four Australian contemporary musicians. Their challenge: to collaborate as a duo and produce a piece of music influenced by their journey across Australia.
Visit Australia.com for more information about this beautiful country.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
This song by Australian rock band INXS was released in 1993 on their album Full Moon, Dirty Hearts. Have a listen and be ready for an exciting video to back up the song!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The rock group The Hooters from Philadelphia achieved their first major commercial success with their album Nervous Night and this single "Day by Day". Released in 1985, the record even went double platinum in the USA. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Northern Ireland
"I Cried For You", taken from the album Piece by Piece by Katie Melua.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the talent and crew who put together the Java Life rap music video for JavaOne 2011.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
"And We Danced" is a song by the American rock band The Hooters, released as the first single from their second album, Nervous Night. The song was released in 1985 and became the band's first major hit. It remains one of the songs most associated with the band.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The band They Might Be Giants had a contest for the best video of their song "Am I Awake." This video is from the winner, Alex Italics, and consists of 1950s style news reports. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
New Zealand
New Zealand-based comedy duo Flight of the Conchords performs a hilarious song about a man and a woman's random meeting at a park. This song is part of their special for an HBO stand-up comedy series. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Beginner
Northern Ireland
This is Katie Melua's music video for "When You Taught Me How to Dance" from the movie Miss Potter. The song appears also on the compilation album The Katie Melua Collection.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
Released in 1991, Bitter Tears a was hit single by the Australian rock band INXS off their studio album entitled X. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The Hooters performing one of the Eagles's drummer and vocalist Don Henley's solo hits from 1984 The Boys of Summer. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
EPK: Part two of Sting's rehearsal together with the Royal Symphonic Orchestra, in preparation for the launch of their European "Symphonicity" tour. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
The band They Might Be Giants constructed a song with lyrics consisting just of the names of countries, so this is a great chance to brush up on the English forms of place names. But one hint: West Xylophone is, unfortunately not really the name of an actual country!
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