About this Song
For decades, rock and roll has circulated as a living, mutable form across the Philippines, adapted and reimagined by creators who tie the genre’s core rhythmic and tonal energy to the specific cultural landscapes of the archipelago, and one such work that carries that lineage forward is Highway. The history of rock and roll in the Philippines is one of constant reinvention, stretching back to the genre’s first arrival in the country’s urban centers in the mid-20th century, when local creators began experimenting with the core sounds that had first emerged from global rock and roll circuits, weaving in their own shared cultural touchstones to turn an imported art form into something distinctly, unmistakeably Filipino.
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