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The cultural air is rife again with suggestions and proposals to make this and that personality to be the next National Artist. I believe the folk group Asin deserves to be honored with a National Artist distinction. At the height of their musical powers and mass popularity, Asin was originally…
If you've had enough of the mushy stuff, this is for you
Good times. That’s the prevailing mood in the live-music nightspots I’ve been visiting after the easing of pandemic restrictions in 2022. Though many bars and clubs have closed shop, unable to survive the bad business climate as Covid-19 raged in 2020 and 2021, new ones opened their doors with an…
Color It Red (CIR), the OPM band whose longest-running hit, “Paglisan,” continues to be the most awaited crowd favorite in every single CIR gig to this day, is about to celebrate its 34th anniversary this September. We’ve seen them perform on numerous occasions in different venues—Club Dredd, the 70’s Bistro,…
Her upcoming concert Katutubong DIVA is her first as a solo artist, but only the latest version of Bayang Barrios as an influencer of pop culture and avatar of native pride.