I'm not a big Filipino music junkie by any means, but the few songs and artists that I do like, I've loved since my childhood years.
There are very few contemporary Pinoy artists today that I do enjoy mostly because the Flips LOVE to recycle old material without even bothering to reinvent it. Some struggle to make their song sound like the original artist that it's simply annoying.
It is, for sure, a testament to my countrymen's penchant for karaoke. :-)
But having been raised in Bacolod City, Philippines, I will always be a sucker for acoustic ballads. I grew up listening to people sing along to a guitar guitar pretty much every night (way cooler than karaoke, I promise you!). Guitar playing is part of my native culture in the Visayas. Most people here in the U.S. have happy hour, in Bacolod, it's Divas Live. And like they say, you can take the boy out of Bacolod but... (I'll let you finish this one):-)
So it was quite a treat for me to come across MYMP (Make Your Momma Proud) the other day. They've been in the Pinoy mainstream pop charts for a couple of years but since my access to Filipino pop culture is fairly limited, this discovery was purely serendipitous. I can't stopped listening to them.
The lead singer, Juris, has the sweetest pop voice I've heard in years. She reminds me a lot of Alison Krauss back in her crossover days. It's nothing short of memorable. MYMP is a pretty much a cover band (surprise, surprise!), but she definitely succeeds where most other Pinoy artists fail--making a remake sound fresh.
Aww...Frisky's gushing over a girl!
Time to stop telling and start showing. Enjoy. And oh, yeah--I wasn't kidding about the karaoke part...notice they are lyrics on the screen! LOL.
P.S. "Kailan," the second song, is one of my childhood favorites.
There are very few contemporary Pinoy artists today that I do enjoy mostly because the Flips LOVE to recycle old material without even bothering to reinvent it. Some struggle to make their song sound like the original artist that it's simply annoying.
It is, for sure, a testament to my countrymen's penchant for karaoke. :-)
But having been raised in Bacolod City, Philippines, I will always be a sucker for acoustic ballads. I grew up listening to people sing along to a guitar guitar pretty much every night (way cooler than karaoke, I promise you!). Guitar playing is part of my native culture in the Visayas. Most people here in the U.S. have happy hour, in Bacolod, it's Divas Live. And like they say, you can take the boy out of Bacolod but... (I'll let you finish this one):-)
So it was quite a treat for me to come across MYMP (Make Your Momma Proud) the other day. They've been in the Pinoy mainstream pop charts for a couple of years but since my access to Filipino pop culture is fairly limited, this discovery was purely serendipitous. I can't stopped listening to them.
The lead singer, Juris, has the sweetest pop voice I've heard in years. She reminds me a lot of Alison Krauss back in her crossover days. It's nothing short of memorable. MYMP is a pretty much a cover band (surprise, surprise!), but she definitely succeeds where most other Pinoy artists fail--making a remake sound fresh.
Aww...Frisky's gushing over a girl!
Time to stop telling and start showing. Enjoy. And oh, yeah--I wasn't kidding about the karaoke part...notice they are lyrics on the screen! LOL.
P.S. "Kailan," the second song, is one of my childhood favorites.
::sigh::
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