About This Album
The artist behind Waray Waray anchors their work in the rich, centuries-old folk heritage of the Philippines, centering the distinct cultural identity of the Waray people, one of the country’s most vibrant indigenous cultural groups whose homelands span the eastern Visayas islands of Samar, Leyte, and Biliran. Folk music across the Philippines has long served as a living repository of collective memory, community values, and the intimate connection between people and their native lands, and this album extends that lineage by centering the specific cadences, storytelling structures, and cultural priorities that define Waray cultural expression, rather than framing it as a generic representation of Philippine folk practice.
