Difficulty: Newbie
United Kingdom
Outtake from the Film “Tommy,” directed by Ken Russell, featuring Roger Daltrey singing The Who song “I’m Free.”
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This is the music video for “I Know Your Name” from the album “What’s Mine is Yours” by the New York/Berlin band Bee and Flower, featuring singer Dana Schechter and directed by Josh Graham.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Latin Quarter: The election of Ronald Reagan to President of the USA and subsequent swing to the political right horrified many people. “Bed-Time for Bonzo”: One of Reagan’s last movies in which his co-star, a chimpanzee named Bonzo, was the better actor.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ireland
Singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh is interviewed receiving an award at the DIVA World Music Awards and gives solo performances of his well-known hits The Lady in Red and Don’t Pay the Ferryman.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
In this song from the Radio Africa album, Latin Quarter sing about the civil rights movement in the USA, which started in the 1950’s and fought for the economic and political equality of African Americans.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Steve Skaith sings about the bad news that’s always on the radio about Africa. When the album came out in 1985, South Africa was still governed by racist apartheid policies. In the interest of overcoming language and cultural barriers, Latin Quarter and Steve Skaith provided subtitles AND translations on their album covers!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The Krayolas have been around for a long time, and their work, talent and dedication shows in La Conquistadora. We warn you: this song will be stuck in your head for several weeks.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA South
Jim White has mastered a genre of his own making, we like to call it “voodoo honky-tonk.” Note that when Jim says “ole”—that’s southern talk for “old.’ And when Jim sings “sho’ is cool”—that’s how some folks in the American south say “sure is cool.”
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