Touchbass by Yugel Losorata
Los Angeles dreamin’
It’s one thing to see and be in the city of Los Angeles. It’s another thing to meet a person...
In the driver’s seat, not out of league
Back when my band Syato was starting out in the early 2000s, and before being signed by a record label,...
Joey G. joins Icons Music, records new single
If you’re a big Side A fan saying that the band without Joey Generoso is like Journey without Steve Perry,...
Portrait of Soul Diva as guest
As a marquee guest artist in a Los Angeles-held birthday concert of a friend, the Queen of Soul Jaya made...
Fil-Am singer Kenneth Laurente releases first Tagalog single ‘Sayo Na’
Singer Kenneth Laurente, dubbed as L.A. Master Balladeer by the Filipino-American community, has already released five singles, all with English...
Hit songs you might not know are Oscar winners
Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be known in a few days’ time, and the Best Original Song category...
Falling for emo trap
Many years ago while watching My Chemical Romance perform in Manila, my good friend and colleague Mario Dumaual approached me...
Who will top the list of greatest Filipino singers?
Now must not be the best time to be a music critic, considering how social media has given birth to...
Of disbanding and reuniting
I recently encountered a witty comment from Parokya Ni Edgar frontman Chito Miranda over someone’s post asking when his band...
Eraserheads fab fillers
If you have managed to get a ticket for Eraserheads’ Huling El Bimbo reunion concert, regardless if that’s a mosh...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.