Hola! Spanish music recommendations?

[Retro60s]

Hola! I have just started learning Spanish and my wife found listening to French music helped her with her French, so I wanted to do the same. I just don’t know where to start! Any recommendations? Obviously I like Travis so anything in that sort of vain. Something musical and poppy where I can hear the words easily enough. Thanks

[almond]

I used to be a Spanish as a foreign language teacher, and I agree that listening to music helps a lot. I had a long repertoire back then, but I guess it needs to be updated, hehe.

I would recommend to you “Me gustas tú” de Manu Chao, very basic, just to get used to how the verb “gustar” works in Spanish. “Nadie como tú” de Calle 13 may not be your cup of tea, but it has tons of useful vocabulary. “Eres” de Café Tacvba has pretty much all the verbs in present tense, so it works for a basic level. Other bands and singers that I would recommend even if you don’t get all the words are Soda Stereo, Gustavo Cerati y Fito Páez (Argentina); Fobia, Natalia Lafourcade, Santa Sabina, Torreblanca (México); Héroes del Silencio, Enrique Bunbury, Arde Bogotá, Vetusta Morla (Spain)… I mean, there’s a whole bunch, these are just to name a few. Hope it is useful for you 😊.

[Retro60s]

Thanks! Thats really helpful, gives me something to start with, really appreciate the response

[almond]

No problem! Maybe one day we will chat about Travis in Spanish 😉

[Diana-PipeDreams.girlie]

I really love the song “Colgando en tus Manos” by Carlos Baute and Marta Sanchez

Another song i love: “Es por Ti” by Juanes

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[almond]

I totally forgot about Juanes, but he’s great for listening. “A Dios le pido” was my go-to for understanding one of the uses of subjunctive mood.

[Retro60s]

Thanks, been listening to Juanes and really enjoying their songs 🙂

[Jorge_E_aka_ricv64]

Well a instrumental band but from Pais Vasco . Learning a language should also mean learning the people . If you like Mogwai you’d probably like these guys ṘO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baniX3Ji38c

My wife listens to alot of music from Mexico and I get a kick outta Daddy Yankee Gasolina and Grupo Yndio Herida de amor . The last song is a Spanish language version of Love Hurts

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