Latina Singers

[stoutfellow]

Some months back, at the urging of hornedhopper, I picked up a CD by Shakira. It was an English-language CD, and I was not particularly impressed, but I decided to try to find a Spanish-language version. This I did, and I was quite pleased by it. My Spanish (straight A's in high school, but neglected since) has deteriorated to the point that I can't really follow what she's saying (although the liner notes do include the Spanish lyrics, which I can read), but the sheer energy of her performance is a delight.

Anyway. As I was creating my computerized playlists, I ran across a couple of CDs that I'd bought but never gotten around to playing, one by Serena, the other by Ana Gabriel. I figured there was no harm in putting them on, and both wound up on the playlist I'm listening to now. I have to say I like them both. Serena sings ([sigh] sang) slowly enough that I can usually follow her; a lot of her work seems rather melancholy. Ana Gabriel has a throaty, passionate voice; she sings rather faster than Serena, but not as fast as Shakira, and I can follow her some of the time. Even when I can't, I can catch the emotional content fairly well (I think...).

Anyone have any other Spanish-language singers to recommend? (hornedhopper?) I think I'd like to do a little more exploring...

Comments

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestions; I'll take a look around.

Not too many m-i-ls of the above description available in these parts, I'm afraid. (Actually, it wouldn't be too hard to get back on track; there's at least one Spanish-language channel in my dish subscription. But there are so many other things equally worth doing...)

[filkferengi]

One word about reviving the Spanish, using Spanish channels: closed-captioning is your friend. It's a relatively harmless way to get multiple learning modalities involved at the same time.

Also, do your channels include PBSYou? They show "Destinos", the show Lois watched before going to Spain for Hispacon. It's a soap opera, with lots of action, but it's fairly easy to follow & engaging. Run a google & track down the website to check out the schedule.

Hth,

Filkferengi