Musica interesante en español

Question

One thing that has helped me a lot while learning English has been music. Once you start listening and understanding music in Spanish (or any other language for that matter) then you start “getting” Spanish, therefore is way easier to learn it.

However I have noticed that most people from the States or even Latin America, associate music in Spanish with Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, and countless other talentless “musicians” (nothing personal, if you are into that kind of music then whatever paddles your canoe..) which makes it really difficult to listen to Spanish music and use it as the powerful learning tool that it is.

With that being said, I want to ask you guys, specially spanish native speakers, to share any kind of music in spanish that is different from the cliche and that would fit different musical tastes to help the persons learning Spanish to really get our language in one of its most beautiful expressions. I’m into rock music, so Im gonna get the ball rolling with some of my favorite bands and a link to one of its most representative songs:

MAGO DE OZ:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCAht19XC8Q

HEROES DEL SILENCIO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri67FI37E3M

RATA BLANCA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttsSJWldx_I

SARATOGA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbiQn4-1qv8

TIERRA SANTA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZt2u_J_wfg

SODA STEREO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0iWc9LbHH0

I love Rata Blanca--just discovered them last year! - Luzbonita, Oct 30, 2011

Thank you for sharing your music! Please, in the future, do a search and you'll see other threads on this topic. You can add your music suggestions to those threads. - --Mariana--, Oct 30, 2011

thank you saratoga. you mentioned heroes del silencio, a.k.a. jim morrison's brother, in the chat the other night and it's been killing me to find the band again. thank you : ) - michellech, Oct 30, 2011

Answer 1

Juan Luis Guerra, Ricardo Arjona, Maná, Inti Illimani, Juanes, Rosana, Maldita Vecindad, Manu Chao, Sin Bandera Try googling Latin Alternative Music/Música Alternative Latina, an NPR production