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SOUNDS FAMILIAR
Remembering Clive Davis, the man with the golden ears
by Baby A. Gil - July 2, 2026 - 12:00am
Clive Davis titled his autobiography The Soundtrack of My Life.
REP’s magnificent ‘Man of La Mancha’
by Baby A. Gil - June 29, 2026 - 12:00am
The REP. The ever-dependable REP. For the past 50 years or so, Repertory Philippines has provided Filipinos with easy access to theater in English.
Paul McCartney reminisces in heartfelt new album
by Baby A. Gil - June 23, 2026 - 12:00am
Paul McCartney has a new single out. It is a light, uptempo ballad, typical of most of his works. What is different is that the song lays all the cards on the table with open sadness.
Another look at ‘Mabining Mandirigma’
by Baby A. Gil - June 17, 2026 - 12:00am
Feeling patriotic last June 12, the Philippine Independence Day, I thought I’d celebrate the date by watching “Mabining Mandirigma.”
It’s a girl’s world in the U.S. of A.
by Baby A. Gil - June 13, 2026 - 12:00am
Multo is in these days. Multo, as in ghosts who go around haunting people who did them wrong.
Original Pilipino Music stays on top
by Baby A. Gil - June 9, 2026 - 12:00am
Steadfast.
Ogie Alcasid celebrates being son and father in ‘Daddyokie’
by Baby A. Gil - June 3, 2026 - 12:00am
Ogie Alcasid is having a Father’s Day concert.
Philippines well-represented’ and other notes on the 2026 American Music Awards
by Baby A. Gil - May 28, 2026 - 12:00am
The 2026 American Music Awards was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last Monday evening, May 25. It was Memorial Day, a big holiday in the US of A and veterans were justly honored during the show...
A look at the greatest accomplishment of ‘Michael’
by Baby A. Gil - May 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Much has already been said about “Michael,” the Michael Jackson biopic. Most notably about the pressure from those who want to put forth a sanitized image for the departed King of Pop.
‘Sampung mga Daliri’ fills up Newport
by Baby A. Gil - May 8, 2026 - 12:00am
In all of its 15 years of existence the stage of the Newport Performing Arts Theater at Newport World Resorts has been a source of dread for show directors, designers, choreographers and everybody involved with live...
Ice Seguerra’s Pagdating ng Panahon, more affecting 25 years later
by Baby A. Gil - May 2, 2026 - 12:00am
The year was 1987, and the Little Miss Philippines contest in the noontime TV variety show “Eat Bulaga” was reigning high in the ratings. Unknown to the viewers and everybody involved with it, those numbers...
Finding a new George Canseco
by Baby A. Gil - April 25, 2026 - 12:00am
I do not know when the shift from plain singer to singer-songwriter took place.
PARI revs up The Awit Awards
by Baby A. Gil - April 20, 2026 - 12:00am
Changes are afoot in the local music industry and the Awit Awards is taking the lead.
The most romantic side of Bruno Mars
by Baby A. Gil - April 9, 2026 - 12:00am
If you are by any chance in search of sounds to serve as background music for your all-important walk down the aisle or just for your sweet loving moments, there is no way you should miss out on Risk It All, a...
Final notes on ‘A Chorus Line’ in Manila
by Baby A. Gil - April 1, 2026 - 12:00am
Unlike the other times when I’d been able to watch a show at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater, there was something a bit off with the sound system during a performance of “A Chorus Line” a few...
What’s next for ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ after its big Oscar moment?
by Baby A. Gil - March 22, 2026 - 12:00am
And so, it came to pass.
Original Pilipino Music is on a roll
by Baby A. Gil - March 17, 2026 - 12:00am
Judging from the great Pinoy sounds playing all around us, it does feel like it we are back in the ‘70s.
The champions Bautistas: Once competitors, now close friends in concert
by Baby A. Gil - March 4, 2026 - 12:00am
Though they share the same surnames, Mark Bautista and Christian Bautista are not in any way related. In fact, they started out as rivals in 2002 when they were both discovered in different reality singing comp...
Neil Sedaka: What a legacy he left behind
by Baby A. Gil - March 3, 2026 - 12:00am
There were three online shows I looked forward to and religiously watched on social media during the cooped-up times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
OPM friends to groove the greatest hits
by Baby A. Gil - February 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Now 40 years old, OPM was founded in 1986 by singer, actress and comedian Mitch Valdes and named by the late APO Hiking Society singer and composer Danny Javier.
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