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
United Kingdom
In a song full of striking imagery, and a reference to a heart murmur she had as a baby, KT Tunstall weaves a fantasy tale of a journey, a marriage proposal, fate, and the importance of listening to your heart.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom Scotland
The evocative lyrics from “The Storm” by the Scottish band Big Country are thought to be inspired by the Jacobite risings of the 18th Century. The name "Jacobite" comes from Jacobus, the Latin form of James, and the lyrics "My James" refers to those loyal to James VII of Scotland and his descendants.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
British singer songwriter RAYE spins out of control on a spree of hedonistic drinking, drugs, and sex... anything to mask the pain that assails her on the night after she is left by the man she loves.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
This is a song by Gracie Abrams about navigating the confusing emotions after a breakup, particularly when an ex moves on with someone new.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
John Mellencamps’s “little ditty” about a couple of teenagers, Jack and Diane, became his biggest and most well-known hit. The song traces their romance and the experience of growing up in the USA.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
French DJ David Guetta, British pop singer Anne Marie, and American rapper Coi Leray collaborate on this version of "Baby Don’t Hurt Me," which was a smash hit from the Trinidadian-German singer Haddaway in the early 1990s.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Peter Hollens and Tim Foust sing a modern rendition of the English folk song "Greensleeves" on a beautiful cliff overlooking the Oregon Coast.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Eminem performs "Not Afraid" in a live session for Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, from the BBC's Legendary Maida Vale.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
You're watching the official live video for Genesis -''The Carpet Crawlers'' from the album 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Jamaica, United Kingdom
British pop star Sting and Jamaican-American rapper Shaggy join forces on this song with a relaxed reggae vibe, and lyrics inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter” from his book Alice Through the Looking-Glass.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
American pop singer Jason Derulo’s uplifting hit “Take You Dancing” is full of raised hopes, raised spirits, and heightened desire!
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