Noel Cabangon: His Musical Journey Continues!

Singer-songwriter Noel Cabangon’s hit Byahe album spawned numerous awards, including the elusive Double Platinum Record Award and a sweep during the 2010 Awit Awards. The album also topped the music charts for 20 weeks.

Now, after two years, the highly-anticipated follow-up albumTuloy Ang Byahe is all set to be released in a few weeks. The new collection of OPM’s finest tunes includes songs from icons Smokey Mountain, Leah Navarro, VST and Company, Dulce, APO, Freddie Aguilar, Florante, Rey Valera, Hotdog, Zsa Zsa Padilla, among others. The album also includes some interesting tracks, personally handpicked by Noel himself.

Before being the multi-platinum recording artist that he is right now, Noel started of as part of the group Buklod (Bukluran Ng Mapagpalayang Musiko) more than two decades ago. His music speak of the many artistic, social and political advocacies he carries as a member of PETA, Dakila, Akbayan, Amnesty International and Greenpeace.

Noel doesn't just sing purely for entertainment. He believes that his talent is a tool to generate awareness on just about any issue, may it be political, environmental or social. Respected by his peers and revered by the new generation of rock musicians, Noel is recognized as one of the most influential figures in the Pinoy music scene, in fact one of his past hits with Buklod,Tatsulok was covered by Bamboo.

Tracklist:

1. Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka (originally sung by Basil Valdez)

2. Anak  (originally sung by Freddie Aguilar)

3. Kahit Na (originally sung by Zsa Zsa Padilla)

4. Kailan (originally sung by Smokey Mountain)
5. Malayo Pa Ang Umaga (originally sung by Rey Valera)

6. Ikaw Lang Ang Aking Mahal (originally sung by VST & Company)

7. Usahay (Visayan Folk Song)
8. Huwag Mong Sabihin 

9. Sika Laeng Iti Biag

10. Paano (originally sung by Dulce)
11. Lagi Na Lang (originally sung by Leah Navarro)

12. Iduyan Mo (originally sung by Basil Valdez)

13. Pumapatak ang Ulan (originally sung by APO Hiking Society)
14. Manila with GLOC-9 (originally sung by Hotdog)

15. Joey’s Theme (Umaga Na Naman) (originally sung by Christopher De Leon) From the Mike De Leon film "Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising"

16. Handog (originally sung by Florante)

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Taylor Dayne and Edwin McCain: Back2Back Ultimate Concert

Yesterday, I am one of the ten bloggers selected as winners of 2 Lower Box tickets for the Back2Back Ultimate Concert: Taylor Dayne and Edwin McCain at the Mall of Asia Arena. 

Concert poster

2  concert tickets

I was misinformed at first, I thought I will be getting 1 ticket only. To my surprised I got 2 concert tickets instead!  Wow!
The Lower Box ticket is worth P2,970 each but I got the 2 concert tickets for FREE.

I tried to ask my sister Catherine to come with me to the concert since her office is just near the area. She refused because she needs to go to work that night, she's a call center agent.
I asked my girl friend Drexie to come with me instead, she's from Marikina but she doesn't mind going the distance! 

We arrived early around 7:15pm at the Mall of Asia Arena and we should be going to the Lower Box section but we were asked to enter the Patron section! Instant upgrade! 

Around 8pm when the show started with some Filipino talent singers. They aren't famous but they are good singers as well.  The foreign singers maybe are not yet ready for the night so they came first. I didn't get their names really, sorry.
 

Geeky looking Filipino singer

Filipino singer #2

Around past 9pm when Edwin McCain came up to the stage and started singing without any introduction. Maybe its a surprise for his audience?! I heard some Filipino audience asking "Si Edwin McCain ba yan? Siya na ba yon?" (Is that Edwin McCain? Is that him?)

Edwin McCain on stage

Edwin McCain singing

After singing 3 songs, Edwin McCain suddenly tell some things about him, he said he's from South Carolina. So he's from the country side and that's why his music are mixed with country songs. He even introduced his music partner (sorry I forgot his name) which is the guy holding the saxophone. He said they've been together for 22 years! I think that's much longer than his marriage with his wife?!

Sax player

What's the best part of his performance, Edwin McCain came down the stage and went to the center aisle where we were seating. Its good that I got a shot of him :)
The audience got crazy when he sang his famous single - I'll Be
Almost everybody was recording his performance with their digital cameras except for me.

He sang for an hour with his great and inspiring songs. He finished singing about 10pm.

Edwin McCain downstage

There was an interval so the guest singer came in with the opening song Amazing, Philippines' #1 R&B singer, Jay-R.  It's sad because his name wasn't on the poster though his face pic was posted and he looks different than before so I didn't recognize him at first sight. He sung 4 songs and mostly are the famous songs in the past few years.

R&B singer Jay-R

The much awaited singer of the night, Taylor Dayne went onstage around 10:30pm. Taylor Dayne was a new wave singer of the early 1980s and in the early 1990s including "Tell It to My Heart" and the #1 Billboard hit "Love Will Lead You Back". Overall, she has had eighteen individual hit songs reach the top ten in Billboard magazine.

Taylor Dayne

At her age 50, she's still hot. She has gained weight now but she's sexy and curvy unlike when she was younger, she was skinny.  She sang Tell It to My Heart lastly at her performance. People were standing and dancing to her music. Others were recording her performance.  Thanks to Ferds Bondoy of Tatak Digista, who has invited me to this event.  
It was a rare and great opportunity for us to grace this concert with two foreign singers in one night :)

Taylor Dayne singing "Love Will Lead You Back"

Njel de Mesa: CTRL+ALT+DEL

Are you in a relationship that you wanna RESTART over? 

Real relationships that last often create a history - a “past” of issues that pile on each other corrupting the heart with doubt and clouding good judgement with hurt. 

No matter how you work in changing things for each other, the sins of the past you cannot readily forget become the basis for a fear: that one day, you might just end up crying... saying, “I knew this would happen.” And though doubt is strong, faith survives that one day it will all be worth the work. And you will stand together proving that TRUE love conquers all but only if you BOTH want it to.

Multi-awarded singer/songwriter, Njel de Mesa will be launching his latest single CTRL+ALT+DEL at the Conspiracy Garden Café on May 29, 2012 (7:30pm). 

This new song is an in-depth look in the issues of lover’s in “real” relationships where issues of the past usually pile up.

CTRL+ALT+DEL is a new progressive house / fusion R&B single for those people who know that: TRUE commitment requires a helluva lot of work and is not really a question about whether you love the person or not - rather a question of: “Are you in or out?”

No entrance fee required. Free special Njel de Mesa merchandise will be given away for early participants/audience.

For inquiries, please call (63 2) 645-6360 

facebook: NjeldeMesaMUSIC

Venue: Conspiracy Garden Café 

              Visayas Ave.