SING AND PLAY                                        
DESK TOP BLUES
Click on the buttons and radio to hear the blues man sing and play.

SING AND PLAY
Experiment with songs featuring mouth percussion,
harmonies, riffs and rhythms: ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy!’ and ‘Just Enough’.

SCROLLING LYRICS
BLUE MOON   Large screen link: BLUE MOON
Performed by Australian singer and presenter Leonie Smith.
Songs are a great way to learn English says Todd Beuckens, creator of ELLLO

WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE
From the album ‘Storm Front’ by Billy Joel.

SINGING WORKSHOP
SABINE KABONGO’S SINGING WORKSHOP
Links near bottom of page introduce the Zap Mama song ‘Nge Nge Nge Kalengela’.
 
VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
SWINGLE SINGERS
You may want to buy a CD when you’ve heard arrangements that include ‘Ticket to Ride’,  ‘James Bond’, ‘Pink Panther’ and ‘La Gazza Nadra’.

COMPARE VERSIONS
SCARBOROUGH FAIR
Compare versions of  this song as performed by Martin Carthy; Simon & Garfunkel; Pentangle; Sandie Shaw; Sergio Mendes; Lesley Garrett.

A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
Compare versions of this song as performed by Procul Harum; Joe Cocker;
Jose Feliciano; Michael Bolton.

BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND
Compare versions of this song as performed by Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul & Mary;
Neil Young; Elvis Presley; Johnny Nash.

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Compare versions of this song as performed by Queen; Bad News;
Williams-Fairley Engineering Band; Fuzzbox; Rolf Harris; Elaine Paige.

IMAGINE
Compare versions of this song as performed by John Lennon; Neil Young;
Des O'Connor; Sarah Vaughan; Liza Minnelli; Randy Crawford.

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Compare versions of this song as performed by Led Zeppelin; Kate Ceberano;
Rolf Harris; Vegemite Reggae; L S O.

HIP-HOP
ALGEBRA
A sample hip-hop module from MindRap Media.

LET FREEDOM RING
Sample track from hip-hop U.S. history featuring the words of Martin Luther King.

MANDELA IS FREE
This song featuring South Africa’s Nelson Mandela is an example
of the flocabulary hip-hop approach to learning, rhyme, rhythm and vocabulary.

TRAVELLER VIDEOS

Hip hop from Senegal featuring music from African Underground: Depths of Dakar, lyrics in Wolof.  
Discussion with musical extracts and English subtitles.  

The song, released by The Special AKA in April 1984,
demanded the release of Nelson Mandela from jail.
                                        
Listen and compare two versions of the famous reggae song.

BEATBOX
BEATBOX TV
Beatbox fans will love this!! Includes Tutorials, Films, Music, Showcase, Equipment and Download. Foundations DVD and Loop Packs also available for purchase.

AWARD SINGER
MONICA MANCINI
16 track samples from the grammy award nominated singer.
To hear the tracks, click on MUSIC SAMPLES