“Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs. And what’s wrong with that?” Paul McCartney and Wings threw that question out in 1976, and thankfully a cavalcade of artists a decade later ...
There are a lot of things to be happy about the release of the Great Filipino Love Songs album produced and arranged by Ryan Cayabyab and performed by The San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra. It is a ...
Maybe there was a better era for love songs. But it certainly didn't feel that way. Everything about the 1980s and its music was big. The blockbuster pop album became a regular thing. Various genres ...
What do you ask musicians if you want to know their craft better? Last Thursday, Jan. 31, we sat down and hung out with some of the this generation’s favorite songwriters at Shangri-La at The Fort: IV ...
Much like a smell or a picture, a song can bring back so many memories. Sometimes, it's just the first note that makes you reminisce about the past, especially when it's about relationships long lost ...
I met Denise O’Hara, the director and writer of the movie, “Ikaw Pa Rin ang Pipiliin Ko,” which she first titled “Forgetting Canseco.” You know, after one of the greatest Filipino composers, George ...
Love is once again in the air and it’s beginning to fill the local airwaves as Feb. 14 approaches. It is unfortunate though that you can hardly find a radio station, like the defunct NU107.5 and RJ105 ...
There can be something deeply satisfying about gut-wrenching music and lovesick ballads. From singing, or sometimes screaming, along with the musicians to the poetic lyrics telling the story or ...
The ’80s were nothing short of magical (at least when viewing with rose-colored glasses). Music in this decade wasn’t bad either. Thanks to numerous new technologies, a unique sound was curated that ...
Love makes the world go 'round... and it also helps sell music. Whether the best love songs are crushing classics that could make a generation of babies, or are a nausea-inducing love ditty, we can't ...