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In Memoriam: Filipino Celebrities Who Died in 2025

They were the icons and legends of Philippine showbiz. Some were trailblazers in their fields, while a few were promising yet gone too soon.

Filipinos mourned the deaths of several local celebrities, who have touched the hearts of their legions of fans and supporters.

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Published at 2025-12-30 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, People

Tags: Pinoy, filmmaking, music

Musician Troy Laureta Honors Filipino Roots with a New Album

Filipino-American Musical Director Troy Laureta is using the success he's found in mainstream music to put Filipino music in the spotlight - a genre known as O.P.M., which stands for Original Pilipino Music.

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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Leisure

Tags: Filipino, music

Asiatic Musical Traditions in the Philippines

A Southeast Asian Musical Tradition is practiced by those who resisted Spanish and later American Colonial Rule, comprising roughly 10% of the Philippine population. These musical traditions relate to the social, political and economic life of the people, and are connected to their spiritual beliefs and their relationship to the natural environment.

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Published at 2020-09-19 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Asian, Tradition, music

What It Feels Like Without Beach Parties in Boracay

Boracay's dimly-lit shoreline is not as 'alive' as it used to be – no beach parties and no loud music

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Published at 2018-10-27 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : News and Events

Tags: Beach, Boracay, music

All Jazzed Up with Guitarist-Composer Johnny Alegre

I have always been fascinated by jazz improvisations that make every performance fresh and spontaneous. My adopted hometown, Chicago, is a big blues and jazz town, with music constantly in the air across its diverse neighborhoods and up to the mesmerizing skyscrapers.

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Published at 2018-08-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, People

Tags: artist, music

A Career in ‘Roots’ Music

Bernard Ellorin was 10 years old when he tagged along with his mother, Dina Barros Ellorin, to a rondalla class of the San Diego-based Samahan Philippine Dance Company that she was attending more than two decades ago. Rondalla refers to a string band with a distinctively Filipino sound, perfect for the festive, lilting melodies that accompany Philippine folk dances.

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Published at 2018-03-14 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : People

Tags: music

Drummer Takes It Easel

Leonardo Orpilla Cunanan Jr. has always loved music and he was a drummer in bands for many years. But somehow his life became more interesting when he found the world of visual art. Now, he is an established visual artist in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is enjoying every minute of it.

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Published at 2018-03-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : People

Tags: music, visual art

Who's Funding 7107 International Music Festival?

One of the world’s most popular bands, a world-class DJ, other stellar international and local acts all in one weekend right here in the Philippines – the 7107 International Music Festival (7107), by far, is arguably the country’s biggest music event.

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Published at 2018-02-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Entertainment

Tags: Festival, music

Review: 7107 International Music Festival

MANILA, Philippines – To put the 7107 International Music Festival together, it wasn't enough to invite one or two big-name artists, have the show at all the usual big-ticket venues, and then be done with it. The show had to be unlike anything the Philippines had ever seen – a large-scale festival in the mold of Coachella in the US, and Glastonbury in the UK.

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Published at 2018-02-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Entertainment

Tags: Festival, international, music

Philippine Music, A Historical Overview

The Philippines, an archipelago of 7,100 islands, is made up of 77 provinces grouped into 16 regions. The main groups include Luzon, the Visayan islands, and the Mindanao islands. Based on religion, the population may be grouped into three broad categories: Christian groups, indigenous religion groups, and Muslim groups. The Christian groups are the largest and are concentrated in the lowlands of Luzon and the Visayan islands. Indigenous religion groups are found in upland northern Luzon.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary, History

Tags: Tradition, indigenous, music

Music in the Post-Colonial Philippine Republic

The history of Philippine Music prior to 1898 encompasses two main streams of music: the indigenous and the Spanish influenced music.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary, History

Tags: History, indigenous, music

History of Music Education in the Philippines

Music education is the dissemination of music knowledge, skills and appreciation. The process may occur in the structured setting of a school or in a more informal manner.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary, Education

Tags: Education, History, music

Folk Traditions

The International Folk Music Council defined folk music as “the product of a musical tradition that has been evolved through the process of oral transmission.” The term is thus applied to the musical repertory of communities as opposed to art music or music composed by trained musicians. It is also applied to music composed by an individual but which has been absorbed into the unwritten living tradition of the community.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary

Tags: Folklore, Tradition, music

Art Music Form

Art music forms in Philippine music consist of locally composed works that have used standard formats of Western music. These forms evolved through the introduction and assimilation of European classical music which includes both religious and secular compositions. Before the American colonial regime, Filipino musicians who received their musical training mostly from the clergy, produced masses, hymns and vespers for use in the liturgical services.

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Published at 2017-12-24 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture

Tags: art, music