Looking for good Spanish music

[Skyler]

I'm studying Spanish and I'm looking for music with Spanish lyrics to help with that.

Preferably contemporary, not rap/hard rock. The lyrics need to be discernable, that's kind of the point.

If you have any suggestions of good artists/albums, please post.

Thanks!

 

[au5t1n]

I like the band Reik. Their albums Reik and Secuencia are good and have helped me with my Spanish. There are also Christian artists Jesús Adrián Romero and Alex Campos - both pretty good and with discernable lyrics, especially Romero. All of these have done wonders for my Spanish comprehension. Type "Jesús Adrián Romero" on YouTube and you'll get a lot of results of live performances with good quality recording.

 

[py3ak]

I would suggest going with folk songs and perhaps zarzuela.

Amazon.com: Ramón Vargas - México Lindo

Amazon.com: Pasion Espanola: Placido Domingo, Juan Mostazo Morales, Manuel Font de Anta, Genaro Monreal Lacosta, Manuel L

Amazon.com: De Mi Alma Latina: Placido Domingo, Ana Gabriel: Music

Amazon.com: Sentimiento Latino: Noel Estrada, Carlos Gardel, Chabuca Granda, Maria Grever, Pedro E. Gutierrez, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Agustin Lara, Ernesto Lecuona, Juan Diego Fl

Amazon.com: Always in My Heart-Domingo sings Songs of Ernesto Lecuona: Ernesto Lecuona, Pl

Amazon.com: Gitano (Zarzuela Arias): Rolando Villazon: Music

This one is a little different, but very enjoyable:
Amazon.com: Ariel Ramirez: Misa Criolla; Navidad en Verano; Navidad Nuestra: Ariel Ramirez, Jose Luis Ocejo, Damian Sanchez, Grupo Huancara, Lalo Gutierrez, Ariel Ram

 

[sastark]

Juanes has some good music.

 

[Jimmy the Greek]

My favorite Mexican music is the traditional Ranchera genre. Two great CD's are by Linda Ronstadt (released circa 1987). Amazon has them here:
Amazon.com: Canciones de Mi Padre: Linda Ronstadt: Music

The CD Cover/pamphlets have lyrics in Spanish and English, which can also be found here:
Canciones de mi Padre - Linda Ronstadt lyrics

 

[JennyG]

Fernando Ortega has Spanish songs - not sure if they're his own work or not. Can't give any titles either - I've listened to them, but not having any Spanish, all I can really say is that they're musically very pleasant!

 

[Simply_Nikki]

What's wrong with the One Semester of Spanish Love Song?
[video=youtube;ngRq82c8Baw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw[/video]

And let's not forget the second compilation, the Second Semester of Spanish Love Song... classic hits I tell ya.
[video=youtube;uNuGKbwRudE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNuGKbwRudE[/video]

 

[au5t1n]

I listen to those all the time! I've got to remind myself how not to speak Spanish!

 

[Grillsy]

Try the early Salsa stuff...particularly from Fania. Look for Ruben Blades, Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe.

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