About This Album
Across the more than 7,000 islands that make up the Philippine archipelago, folk expression serves as a living archive of shared experience, carrying narratives of community, ritual, connection to land, and intergenerational memory that stretch back centuries, and evolve continuously to meet the needs of new audiences while honoring their foundational roots. This is the cultural landscape that shapes Sayaw, a folk album rooted in the rich, varied tapestry of traditional practice that defines music making across every region of the country. Long before recorded music was widely accessible across the archipelago, folk music was the primary way communities passed down their most important stories, teaching young people about their shared history, their responsibilities to one another and to the land that sustains them, and the rituals that mark every key milestone of life.
