Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany South German
For “Muppet Show” and “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” fans alike, this funny video from the Augsburger Puppenkiste features some hilarious puppetry and a good song to boot. Don’t be put off by a couple of words in Southern German dialect — Yabla makes it easy to learn! Viel Spaß!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
This is an animated version of the tragic poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, set to music in the 19th century by composer Franz Schubert.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Singer-songwriter Johannes Oerding presents his song "Morgen" (Tomorrow). There's no time like the present!
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Johannes Oerding is a singer-songwriter from Muenster. Here, he performs the song "Mein schönster Fehler" ("My Nicest Mistake").
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
The pop song "Kreise" ("Circles") from Johannes Oerding is about relationships that may take time, but are ultimately meant to be and therefore worth the wait.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Singer/songwriter Joris Buchholz gives a great live performance of his song "Herz über Kopf" ("Heart over head") as a duet for the German radio station ffn.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Here is the music video for "Er," a song by singer-songwriter Joris.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
With the song "Du," Joris presents a hymn to the sometimes most difficult, but also most beautiful and longest relationship: one's own relationship with life itself. The song has great lyrics and a joyful melody.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Singer-songwriter Joris wrote his debut song, "Bis ans Ende der Welt" ("Until the End of the World"), for his best friend, who lost his father to cancer. While the lyrics are melancholy, Joris also hopes to highlight the positive things in life.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
“Just the Music” is full of sassy optimism! In the lyrics, songwriter Joris is grateful for the music in his head that keeps him from feeling down about life.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
In the piano ballade "Wer wir geworden sind" (Who We’ve Become), Lotte and singer-songwriter Joris present a wistful duet about the darkness and self-questioning that follows a breakup.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
From the ruins in Görlitzer Park to the Weihnachtsmarkt at Alexanderplatz, from riding horseback in the S-Bahn station at Treptower Park to jousting with the Britzer Windmill, Judith Holofernes gives us a tour as the foam-clad Don Quixote of Berlin in this wonderful music video. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Judith von Hiller sings the classic German folk song "Die Gedanken sind frei" ("Thoughts are free").
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
German rapper Juju and Henning May of the band AnnenMayKantereit team up for this melancholic song about the end of a relationship.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
The music video for Juli’s “Geile Zeit” (“Awesome Time”) was filmed in Berlin’s Britzer Garten and edited to look like it was shot all in one take. The song is about the special moments in life that, like everything, eventually pass.
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