Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Invited to Shutdafunkup and Eat, Dj Moni mixes tunes from multiple and diverse influences: some Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, House, Soul, and even Brazilian sounds, among many others. We’re glad she didn’t listen to her parents’ career advice.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sigrid talks to us while preparing some simple vegetables for dinner on her terrace in Italy. Fresh green beans, also known as "string beans," are the centerpiece of the meal.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sigrid gets to work in the kitchen and talks her way through preparing and cooking dinner, almost as if you were there with her. You'll notice she uses either the "will" future ("I will" or "I'll") or the phrase "going to" (often reduced to "gonna") to talk about each next step.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sigrid goes on a hike, sees some edible greens, and decides to go back with the right equipment. As you will see, foraging is her idea of fun.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Back home, Sigrid works out on her terrace preparing the greens she has picked. She will cook the lambsquarters, but she'll eat the purslane raw, as a salad. She also has some regrets about one missed opportunity.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sigrid finishes preparing her simple lunch using the wild greens she had gathered that morning.
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
USA
American rapper and songwriter Gerald Earl Gillum, known as G-Eazy, shares the stage with American singer-songwriter Bleta "BeBe" Rexha on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Gaby Moreno performs "The Immigrants" with Metropolis Ensemble and LADAMA live at Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Hall. The concert, which was part of the Ecstatic Music series, celebrated the release of ¡Spangled!, Moreno's album with Van Dyke Parks.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Gaby Moreno sings plaintively, asking how long she might wait for her beloved’s return... it’s as if she knows that this relationship has already slipped through her hands.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Gaby Moreno's plaintive voice laments the loneliness and regret of lost love in this soulful live version of “O, Me” from her album Illusion. "O" is an old-fashioned spelling of "Oh," and is often found in poems and songs.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Van Dyke Parks, Gaby Moreno and Jackson Browne sing “Across the Borderline," a song first recorded for the 1982 neo-noir film The Border, starring Jack Nicholson.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Gaby and Jonny’s voices combine wonderfully in this upbeat song about a rather solemn subject, the sad and heart-rending end of a relationship.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Galantis is an electro-pop duo from Sweden. They created “Bones” in collaboration with OneRepublic, a US band. Vocals are by OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder. The video was shot at a California amusement park and was heavily manipulated to make it look as if the visitors to the park are skeletons — fun-loving ones at that.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
On stage at Cannes Lions, game designer and author Jane McGonigal showcased research demonstrating the power that gaming can have in the real world.
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