Aprendiendo con el cuerpo Como mencioné en mi post anterior sobre pedagogía alternativa, mi práctica pedagógica se ha nutrido a través de los años a partir de otras disciplinas en donde he sido alumno y no profesor. Así como del yoga aprendí a escuchar los límites de mi propio cuerpo
A famous folk singer in Turkey If you travel for long in Turkey as a Canadian you will inevitably be asked, “Do you know Brenna MacCrimmon?” or “Do you like Brenna MacCrimmon?” I once blogged about the most famous Canadian in China – Dashan – who achieved fame not for his
Last December I took my daughter to see Disney’s Frozen and I am the first to admit that I loved it as much as she did. I laughed (and cried) and instantly fell in love with the music. Having grown up with musical theatre (my mother worked in wardrobe), I have a real soft spot f
Big city nightlife in a small town Oaxaca is small compared to other Mexican cities like DF Guadalajara or Monterrey, but its rich culture is just as obvious at night as it during the day. Local and national live bands and DJs, karaoke, juke boxes and cantinas, Oaxaca has it all. Toda
Hip-hop and Social Justice I first heard French-Chilean hip hop artist Ana / Anita Tijoux rapping on Julieta Venegas‘ 2007 #1 song “Eres Para Mí” (You are for Me) when she first broke into the world of latin pop after ten years as the female MC of the Chilean hip-hop
The Language of Los Abuelos Francisco Gabilondo Soler, better known as Cri-Cri El Grillito Cantor (Cri-Cri the Little Singing Cricket), was probably the most popular singer-songwriter of Spanish-language children’s music of the 20th century. I remember reading about Cynthia̵
Multilingual Musicians Before I met my wife she already had pretty good conversational English which she learned from English music and through working in the service industry in a town with a lot of foreign visitors. She is also a musician – a very talented singer and now also
A Year Was Not Enough to See it All in Spain In 2006, I got a job teaching English in the small town of Cuenca in Spain. I had never heard of Cuenca before and it was a long and nerve-racking journey to get there but it was definitely worth it. Although at times it was difficult livin
Las Cafeteras in Vancouver I had the fantastic opportunity to celebrate my birthday recently with Las Cafeteras and my closest family and friends. They played an all-ages show at Vivo Media Arts Centre in Vancouver My mom, her friend and even my 4 and a half year old daughter were abl
Learning Spanish with Music When I was 14, I picked up Christina Aguilera’s Spanish-language CD “Mi Reflejo” (My Reflection) and I became interested in learning Spanish. Equipped with a Spanish-English dictionary I started learning some vocabulary and I was able to sing al
