Indie and Alternative music this time! On July 23, The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) staged another concert billed as “The PPO Spotlight: Virtual Pocket Performance,” which streamed through the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ (CCP) website. Ayesa Cruz on Violin and Madeline Jane...
To the tune of ‘Colors for Trombone’ On July 30, Friday at 8 p.m., the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) stages its seventh Chamber Music Concert. Official poster of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra seventh Chamber Music Concert The PPO Chamber Music Concert Series, which started on...
An online fundraising concert dubbed "It Takes A Village" will be held via Zoom meeting on Sunday, July 18, at 6 p.m. Soupstar Entertainment said that all proceeds of this event will support the medical funds of Marlo Academia, brother of Myrene Academia of Sandwich and Imago. Tonight's performers...
Amplify your immersion in the subculture Dwelling in the realm of this social media aesthetic dubbed as Dark Academia, it’s impossible not to bump into Chopin, Mozart, and maybe even Hozier. When words fail, music speaks and a blank parchment is lifeless until a pen creates a melody. Similar to...
Better to include his songs to your next solo bedroom party Paolo Melendez As OPM icon Gary Valenciano said, "Healing can happen anytime when it comes to music." While it doesn't physically cure anything—or maybe there just isn’t enough scientific evidence to prove otherwise—many find comfort...
(Clockwise from top left) NCT Dream, Seventeen, IU, Brave Girls, BTS and BLACKPINK (Twitter, Instagram) Gaon Music Chart has issued the list of the top-selling songs and albums in Korea, and the most popular artists for the first half of 2021. Album Chart In the first half of 2021, the...
After music and fashion, filmmaking is her new passion MODERN RENDITION OF A CLASSIC Kate Torralba as Lidi Makbet, the Visayan incarnation of Lady Macbeth There is a new director on the block—musician and fashion designer Kate Torralba! We were invited to critique the “recital” of Mowelfund...
BTS (Twitter) K-pop superstars BTS’ new release, the “Butter” CD single, sold more than two million copies on the first day of release. “Butter” CD was released on July 9 and according to Korea’s Gaon Music Chart, it sold 2,153,747 copies on the first day and topped the daily retail...
NCT Dream (Twitter) K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s first studio album “Hot Sauce” has been officially certified to have sold two million copies. On July 8, Korea’s Gaon Music Chart, which is under the supervision of the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA), issued certifications for...
Lilystars Records’ Clem Castro (left) and ADA Asia’s Chee Meng Tan ADA Asia, part of Warner Music Group’s independent artist and label services division, has formed an alliance with Lilystars Records, a Philippine independent record label. Under the agreement, ADA Asia will support...
If you haven’t seen it yet, you better check it out SB19 and Ben&Ben (Photo from @benandbenmusic) The much-awaited band version of SB19's hit "MAPA" with Ben&Ben premiered early this week and fans are going gaga over it. Who can blame them? This collaboration is one great OPM. First...
Vice President Leni Robredo believes that history will judge the late former President Benigno Aquino III kindly even as “wrongful accusations and disinformation” were hurled against him in the past five years. Robredo said the people who saw him up close are in grief because “he was not just...
