JR Isaac: A friend to everybody
I can’t remember the first time I met JR Isaac. And although I remember the hug he gave me, I can’t remember exactly when I last saw him either.
I can’t remember the first time I met JR Isaac. And although I remember the hug he gave me, I can’t remember exactly when I last saw him either.
EVERY year, we tell ourselves that this is going to be our last Sinulog, and yet every year we find ourselves back where we were the year before—right in the thick of it all.
The 6th Elements Music Camp kicks off today, Nov. 15, runs until Nov. 19.
THERE is definitely something strange in this neighborhood. That oh-so-quiet neighborhood is Teachers Village, and the something strange is Leeroy New. The houses here look alike, and the gate of
Fashion designer and singer-songwriter Kate Torralba continues her #LongOverdueWorldTour this month, taking her quirky brand of contemporary Filipino music to The Viper Room in Los Angeles on June 14. It
Musician-designer Kate Torralba takes a respite from her UK tour to play two special shows: a homecoming concert this Monday, Nov. 17, at 12 Monkeys Music Hall & Pub, and Dec. 5 at Jack TV’s MAD Fest, to be held at the MOA concert grounds.
England’s music scene is intense and rampantly diverse. But for a couple of nights, Filipinos played their own rock ‘n’ roll behind a British backdrop. Twice.
Goosebumps don’t lie. Last night marked a milestone in my fledgling existence as a musician: I performed at a renowned singer-songwriter showcase in Ronnie’s Bar, the second floor venue of the historic Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club here in Soho.
It’s a Saturday night at Craft Pub & Grill (The Fort Strip, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig), a week after Typhoon “Yolanda” messed up the country. Onstage, Kate Torralba, a fashion designer whose passion for music has led her to release her aptly titled debut CD, “Long Overdue,” is not playing songs from that album; rather, she’s obliging everyone in the crowd with any tune they’d like to hear—provided they donate any amount for the typhoon survivors.
For years, every time we’d run into Kate Torralba, we’d pester her with the same question: “When? When is it coming out?” That day has finally arrived. Today, after five years of working on it in three different cities and four recording studios, Kate will launch her first album, aptly named “Long Overdue.”
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