La Música de América del Sur --Español 2

This quarter we will be looking at South-American musicians. Each week on Tuesday, you will turn in a short reflection about the artist/group and the song you chose. You will answer questionsin Spanishdescribing anartist and the music, and a short paragraph in Spanglishdescribing the song you chose by that artist.Use only Spanish you know!!! Do NOT plagiarize. First, choose an artist from the list below. Then go to Youtube and find a song by that artist. You can look for lyrics online too to help you understand what the song is about. You will turn these in on your own paper.

Here is a list of artists to choose from:

Singer/Group / Country / Description / video link to a song – you may choose a different one
Andrés Calamaro / Argentina / Rocker - musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner /
Babasonicos / Argentina / underground rock movement /
BersuitVergarabat / Argentina / experiment with Latin American rhythms such as cumbia, chacarera, candombe and cuartetazo. /
CharlyGarcía / Argentina / a singer-songwriter, pianist and keyboardist /
David Bolzoni / Argentina / singer-songwriter from Villa Carlos Paz. Has sung many telenovela theme songs /
Diego Torres / Argentina / Grammy Award-nominated pop singer, songwriter, composer, musician and actor /
Enanitos Verdes / Argentina / a successful rock trio from Mendoza, Argentina /
Mercedes Sosa / Argentina / Famous singer throughout Latin America /
OndaVaga / Argentina / sorta folk, hippie music /
Soda Stereo / Argentina / Rock trio – influenced by new wave music – rose to great popularity in 80’s & 90’s /
Soledad Pastorutti / Argentina / Soledad "La Sole" Pastorutti is a folk singer /
Gotan Project / Argentina, France, Switzerland / Amusical group based in Paris. Their music involves tango, but also uses elements such as samples, beats, and breaks. / Their songs don’t have many lyrics. So reflect on the music and perhaps the video.

Abel Pintos / Argentina / Singer-song-writer /
Bajofondo / Argentina, Uruguay / a "Río de la Plata" based music band consisting of eight musicians from Argentina and Uruguay. / Some songs don’t have lyrics. If you choose one of those, reflect on the music and perhaps the video.
Roberto Carlos / Brazil / Older singer known as King of Latin Music / Be sure you listen to a song in SPANISH, not Portuguese

Chinoy / Chile / el Bob Dylan de Chile /
Kudai / Chile / a Chilean pop group /
Carlos Vives / Colombia / Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer / song with Marc Anthony
Fanny Lu / Colombia / singer/songwriter/actor /
Fonseca / Colombia / singer/songwriter/producer/activist /
Juanes / Colombia / singer/songwriter/activist /
Shakira / Colombia / singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer and model /
Jorge Drexler / Uruguay / musician, actor, and doctor /
Franco de Vita / Venezuela / a singer-songwriter / No basta
Ricardo Montaner / Venezuela / Argentine born, Venezuelan singer and songwriter /
Felipe Peláez / Venezuela / singer-songwriter, record producer – famous for singing vallenato /
Carlos Baute / Venezuela / Singer and television host – latin pop, ballads and bachata /

*The lists are just suggestions. You can use any vocab you know and can research any South Americanartist you choose!*

Frasesparadescribir la canción.

El rítmo de la canción:

esincreíblees terrible

mehacebailarme hacedormir

esbuenoesmolestoso

esdivertidoesaburrido

esrápidoes lento

La letra de la canción:

esdivertidaesaburrida

esbonitaes terrible

esinteligenteno hacesentido

esfácilesdifícil

habla de….se trata de

Los vocales de la canción:

sonbuenísimosson pésimos

son bonitosme duelenlasorejas

sonbuenaonda (cool)son malos

Sample Culture Log de Los Músicos

Fecha: ______Semana____Cantante/ Grupo: ______Canción: ______

¿Dónde nació? ¿Cuántos años tiene? ¿Dónde vive ahora? ¿Está casad@? ¿Qué tipo de música canta o toca? ¿Toca instrumentos? ¿Cuáles? ¿Escribe sus propias canciones? ¿En qué idiomas canta? ¿Ha ganado premios (awards)? ¿Cuáles? ¿Cómo se llaman algunos de sus canciones o álbumes? ¿Cuál es su canción más famosa?¿Qué más hace?
Describe el ritmo, la letra, los vocales, el/la cantante y los instrumentos de la canción. Da tuopinión de la canción.
What is the song about? Do you like the lyrics? How much did you understand? Did you look up the lyrics in both Spanish and English? Does this song remind you of any other singers/groups? Would you listen to it again? Did you learn any vocabulary from the song? How would you describe this song to a classmate who was considering listening to it? What did you learn about South America from this song?