Pocholo Concepcion

Good times.

Daryl Hall and the Daryl’s House Band tour, which goes to Osaka (Nov. 21) and Koto City (Nov. 23), proceeds to Mall of Asia Arena on Nov. 27, mounted by Renen de Guia’s Ovation Productions

Owner Wowee Posadas recalls the time he almost closed shop.

The last Oktoberfest we attended was at Solaire in 2019—just before the Luzon-wide lockdown due to Covid-19.

Mon Espia is glad to be part of “Tugtugan Sitenta 2,” a repeat of the successful concert tribute to ’70s OPM featuring an all-star lineup, to be held on Sept. 15 at Newport Performing Arts Theater. 

When Louie Reyes sings, her heavenly voice virtually lifts you up. That’s how I always feel whenever Reyes performed in reunion concerts with her former co-members of The New Minstrels and colleagues in the defunct Circus Band. 

Ray An Fuentes holds the distinction of having been a member of both the Circus Band and the New Minstrels — two kindred groups from the ’70s that have been holding reunion concerts for the past several years, the latest being a benefit on Sept. 10 at the Mother Rose Auditorium of Assumption College Makati. 

Andy Locsin, Joey Puyat, and Kedy Sanchez talk history, guitar quirks, and why they’ve lasted as guitarists in a blues band that will play for the first time in a new seafood place called Fin & Claw.

Before the birth of rock ’n’ roll, people danced to music played by big bands — “big” to refer to the number of their members, which averaged 12 to 25, divided into four main sections: trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and a rhythm section of guitar, piano, double bass, and drums.