Difficulty: Beginner
Denmark
Here is the video for the song "Friends" from "Before the Dinosaurs," the second studio album from Danish singer-songwriter Aura Dione .
Difficulty: Beginner
Northern Ireland
"The Bit That I Don't Get," sung by Katie Melua, is from her fifth studio album, Secret Symphony. She sings about breaking up, and trying to make sense of it.
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: Beginner
Ireland
A live performance, by The Navvies, of a traditional Irish song about North men and South men being on the same road, and carrying the same burdens.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
British singer-songwriter Anne-Marie performs Ciao Adios, whose title uses both the Italian and the Spanish words for "bye." It's a break-up song, but rather than crying herself to sleep, the girl is getting over it and moving on in the midst of fast-paced lyrics and contagious dancehall-inflected rhythm.
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
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
Northern Ireland
Georgian/British singer-songwriter Katie Melua performs "Forgetting All My Troubles" from her album Secret Symphony.
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: Beginner
USA
Laid back American folk-rock musician Jack Johnson appears in the video to his hit recording “I Got You”. It’s off the album “From Here To Now To You”. 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
Here is a live performance of American singer songwriter Jack Johnson singing his hit song "Taylor". Enjoy!
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
"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."
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