| Espiritu, Aireene / Back Where I Belong |
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| Album: | Back Where I Belong | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Espiritu, Aireene | Added: | Aug 2016 | |
| Label: | Little Village Foundation | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-08-08 | Pull Date: | 2016-10-10 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Oct 9 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 21 | Aug 14 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 21, 2018: | Melange Bayan Ko | 4. | Oct 04, 2016: | Waste FM No More | |
| 2. | Oct 11, 2016: | Celtic By Caronis Going Back Where I Belong, No More | 5. | Sep 27, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio Bayan Ko | |
| 3. | Oct 06, 2016: | Melange Bayan Ko | 6. | Sep 24, 2016: | Music Casserole Bayan Ko |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2016-08-02 | ||
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Filipina-American with a big, captivating,heartfelt voice singing gospel, Tagalog folk and R&B, channeling Sugar Pie Santo (another Filipina who wrote and sang R& B 50 years ago) with great backup, recorded at Greaseland Studios in San Jose; definitely a mashup of styles (she was a straight folk singer before doing this album) but worth listening to because of her voice and the musicianship and because you don't hear a lot of Filipino music – the songs here are hauntingly beautiful No FCC issues; Favorite tracks: 5, 6, 9, 12, 13 1-No More (2:05) – traditional gospel sung a capella 2-Going Back Where I Belong (2:43) – bluesy rock by Sugar Pie De Santo 3- The One Who Really Loves You (3:37) –Smokey Robinson – great cover 4- Witch for a Night (3:07)-- foot-stomping number with heavy duty organ-playing *5-Bayan Ko (3:46) – slow, beautiful unofficial national anthem of the Philipines sung in harmony with sweet guitar accompaniment *6-Down by the Riverside (2:33) – nice voice and ukelele on this famous gospel tune 7-Ask Me “Bout Nothin' But the Blues (5:10) – big orchestrated number; heavy duty blues 8-Can't Let You Go (3:31) – great close harmony over toe-tapping piano, etc. with horn flourishes *9-My Illusions (3:50) – woman-centered blues with lots of organ playing and great backup; dark stuff 10- I Don't Wanna Fuss (3:37) – “If you treated me like you should/Everything'll be right” 11- Dukha (2:17) – Tagalog sung by a chorus *12- Life Goes On (4:01) – has a New Orleans sound *13 – Oras Na (3:37) – pretty Filipino song accompanied by ukulele | ||
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