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Miley Cyrus enjoys endless summer

by Baby A. Gil - March 31, 2023 - 12:00am

I do not know if Miley Cyrus now feels that she has finally been able to accomplish what she had been trying to do all these years.

The North is shaping up as future pop-music capital

by Baby A. Gil - March 26, 2023 - 12:00am

Great news this week. This is because I came across two absolutely enchanting songs from two exciting Pinoy bands, Cup Of Joe and Dilaw.

Encantada: National Artist Agnes Locsin’s masterwork returns

by Baby A. Gil - March 21, 2023 - 12:00am

April, the Earth Month is coming up and hereabouts dance is joining the celebration.

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti is IFPI’s Global Album of the Year sounds familiar

by Baby A. Gil - March 15, 2023 - 12:00am

Un Verano Sin Ti, the gloriously exhilarating and irresistible album by the Puerto Rican pop idol Bad Bunny, was conferred the Global Album of the Year Award by the IFPI.

New love songs from hottest young acts

by Baby A. Gil - March 10, 2023 - 12:00am

This year’s Valentine season is over but there is still no stopping our songwriters from coming out with love songs.

Pop goes the Oscars

by Baby A. Gil - March 8, 2023 - 12:00am

The voting for the 2023 Academy Awards is over. The filled ballots are now being tabulated by those stern-looking accountants. We see them every year.

SunKissed Lola is for lovers

by Baby A. Gil - March 3, 2023 - 12:00am

There is a hot new indie band in the country and it has this very curious name.

Arthur Nery drops ‘surprise’ new release Ninanais

by Baby A. Gil - March 2, 2023 - 12:00am

Arthur Nery ended the year 2022 on a high note. He was named by Spotify Wrapped as one of the most streamed artists in the Philippines.

Unholy works for non-binary Sam Smith

by Baby A. Gil - February 26, 2023 - 12:00am

I came across the term non-binary while reading an article about the British pop star of the amazing vocal range, Sam Smith.

My own list of Greatest Filipino Songwriters

by Baby A. Gil - February 22, 2023 - 12:00am

I love reading lists and Rolling Stone magazine recently came out with another good one.

Flowers: The anti-Valentine’s season song

by Baby A. Gil - February 17, 2023 - 12:00am

It was SZA, as a woman wronged in the deliciously wicked Kill Bill who was on top a few weeks ago.

Burt Bacharach leaves behind a legacy of big-selling pop music

by Baby A. Gil - February 14, 2023 - 12:00am

One of my cherished concert-going memories is that of Dionne Warwick at the Folk Arts Theater in the late ‘70s. About two or three songs into the show, she embarked on a medley that would last for almost 30...

Grammy win is no mean feat for Harry Styles

by Baby A. Gil - February 9, 2023 - 12:00am

There were records set. Beyoncé broke the record for the most number of wins at the Grammys.

Random thoughts on composer ka lang concert

by Baby A. Gil - February 8, 2023 - 12:00am

Louie Ocampo celebrated 45 music-making years at The Theatre in Solaire last Feb. 4 and 5 with a concert series titled Composer Ka Lang.

Elton John a billionaire concert artist soon

by Baby A. Gil - February 5, 2023 - 12:00am

Sir Elton John is seriously on the road to set a new enviable, hard to top and I must say only dreamed of, record soon.

RJ Jacinto bounces the standards

by Baby A. Gil - January 31, 2023 - 12:00am

In spite of the fact that he has been at it since he was only 15 years old, that means more than 50 years ago, and he should now be blasé about the process, RJ Jacinto has not lost his love for making music....

SZA’s Kill Bill leads today’s hitmakers

by Baby A. Gil - January 27, 2023 - 12:00am

Who is SZA and why has she become the darling of the global hit charts today? I

100 years of Disney music

by Baby A. Gil - January 25, 2023 - 12:00am

Disney is celebrating 100 years of existence this year. It was in Oct. 16, 1923 when the brothers Walt and Roy Disney founded the Disney Studios. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf in 1933 is the first song from...

‘Bedroom soul music’ on way out as rap returns

by Baby A. Gil - January 22, 2023 - 12:00am

With no new chartbusters from the Harana Boys, it does look like that the whispery kind of bedroom soul music that sustained the local music industry through three pandemic affected years is on its way out.

Keneniah is OC Records’ bet for 2023

by Baby A. Gil - January 17, 2023 - 12:00am

OC Records performed wonderfully in the year just passed. The five-year-old company, a subsidiary of the Viva Music Group, grew by the proverbial leaps and bounds and is now one of the hottest labels around.

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