Quote Originally Posted by Troubadour View Post
One of the great things about the Philippines is the way they really love music. However, much of the music you hear from here are soul ballads or Filipino covers of Anglo-American pop music. Don't get me wrong, I love to hear it and the Filipino enthusiasm more than makes up for the odd missed note.

When I am alone though, my main loves in the UK are to listen to singer/songwriter stuff, folk bands, you know the sort of thing; Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Runrig.

I have discovered the music of Saro Banares and his band, "Asin".As soon as I heard it on a far away tape recorder I knew I was listening to something pretty special.

It got me wondering - What is the authentic musical sound of the Philippines, and where should I look to find it?

All views are welcomed - Thanks
The Hobbit house in Malate often has some very good singer songwriter types, it's moved from it's old location though as the land was being redeveloped into a Condo block.



There also used to be a really good place next door called Rendezvous which is also gone for the same reason.

Malate is great for live and often acoustic/unplugged music, we once found a great wee pub that had some excellent folk musicians but we lost it again and still have not found our way back, trouble with getting taxi's too often

This guy was also good and performed his own songs (also Hobbit House)



There are also two separate good acoustic places just a few yards before and after Bedrock just after Cafe Adriatico at Remidios Circle.

Jim