About This Album
Woven across the thousands of islands that make up the Philippine archipelago, folk music is not a monolith, but a sprawling, interconnected tapestry of expression that shifts with every ridge, every coastal plain, every river valley that has nurtured distinct communities for millennia, each weaving their own relationship to the land, to each other, and to the spiritual forces that shape their understanding of the world into the songs that anchor every meaningful moment of collective life. Every folk recording rooted in the Philippines carries a dual weight, of honoring the traditions that spawned the music it holds, and of bringing those traditions to new audiences who might carry them forward into future decades, ensuring that the stories, lessons, and joys woven into every note do not fade as the world shifts and changes around the communities that first gave them life.
