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PREP initially came about as a proxy moniker for four London-based artists with an overwhelming roster of hits and credits under their sleeves. Known for their electronica, modern R&B, and 70s to 80s-inspired synth-pop, jazzy-dreamy hits, the band is composed of Keyboard player Llywelyn Ap Myrddin (a classical composer with a penchant for electronic music), […]
Are you up for the challenge? Or are you going to quit? These are two of the questions that challengers face every Saturday at Extra Challenge, a now defunct but unforgettable reality competition that aired on GMA 7. But even viewers seated in front of their TV sets were also compelled to silently answer these […]
Filipinos’ special love affair with singing, playing, and listening to stringed instruments is an undeniable fact, evident from the heydays of traditional harana (serenade), to folk houses where singers were perched in a stool with a mere mic and a dependable acoustic guitar, to lounges, and pubs, and clubs. It is small wonder, then, why […]
After more than three decades, Maalaala Mo Kaya (MMK), the country’s longest-running drama anthology, has announced that it would air its series finale on December 10 this year, a few days from today. Every Saturday, the show has made us laugh, cry, frightened, and hopeful with each episode that hits home, whatever our age, gender, […]
Dear Charo, You surprised us recently when you made an official announcement that Maalala Mo Kaya or simply abbreviated as MMK (Would You Remember?), would air its series finale on December 10 this year. We didn’t see that coming! We could only imagine your heavy heart as you declared, quite somberly: “Ilang inspirasyon ang napapaloob […]
There have been notable transgender people for all of recorded history. There’s Lucy Hicks Anderson, born in 1886, who started presenting herself as a girl at a young age, and is considered one of the earliest fighters for marriage equality in the United States. There are the likes of Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and […]
Decades before The Bangles and the Go-Gos of the 80s, there was Fanny, an iconic all-female rock band you’ve probably never heard of, and how they took the early 70s by storm. Fanny—composed of Filipino-American siblings June (guitar, vocals) and Jean Millington (bass, vocals) Alice de Buhr (drums, vocals), Nickey Barclay (keyboards), Patti Quatro (guitar, […]
So, I apologize, for coming into your life. Just to break your heart in pieces and then leave you in the night… Closure. It’s bittersweet, heart-rending, emotionally impactful, and hauntingly beautiful. These are the same deep feels that come to mind and hit the heart the first time one listens to Ben&Ben’s newest international single […]
Kulay is the Filipino word for “color.” It is also a 90s Filipino band formed by Boom Dayupay, a former DJ in the club scene in Vancouver, and his singer-girlfriend Jeannie Oakman. Vocalist Radha Cuadrado (also simply known as Radha), who was only 15 then and fresh from Maestro Ryan Cayabyab’s 14-K group, later joined […]