Archive for July, 2009
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
By Phillip Cu-Unjieng
Warner Music has two new releases that come from opposite ends of the music spectrum. The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Soundtrack reads like a who’s who of the current rock music scene, while their new Sitti CD finds her in an ’80s and ’90s frame of mind, giving hits from that era her signature samba/bossa spin.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Soundtrack (Warner Music) —This is one of those compilations that either has us raving and rocking, or has us just thinking “quick fix” but just a hint of each band’s output. Look at the list of bands with tracks on this soundtrack — Linkin Park, Green Day, All American Rejects, the Fray, Staind, Hoobastank, Nickelback, Cheap Trick and Taking Back Sunday — and one really can’t ask for more in terms of quality bands and music. And the funny part is, my favorite tracks here are Cavo’s Let It Go and the funky cover of Talking Heads’ Burning Down the House by The Used. So if you hate buying CDs, of the mind that most of them have two, three good tracks, and the rest are filler, then this could be the wise buy for you.
Contagious Sitti (Warner Music) — As can be expected, there are the Jobim tracks that stamp authenticity to the samba muse that has dominated Sitti’s musical agenda, but what makes this new CD unique, are the covers that are given the Sitti treatment. Sade’s Your Love Is King, Sarah MacLachlan’s Adia, Smokey Robinson’s La La Means I Love You, Annie Lennox’s No More I Love You’s, Mike Francis’ Let Me In, One On One from Hall & Oates, a Basia medley and Culture Club’s Do You Really Want to Hurt Me. Really liked the Adia and One on One, and those work better than say, the Annie Lennox, which is a gut-wrenching tune now made too languid. But by and large, this is another feather in the cap for Sitti; smart selections, solid rearranging, and her voice and the formula still works.
PhilStar
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
“Astig” is a full-length feature digital movie that will compete at the 2009 Cinemalaya Film Festival. It is written by multi-awarded writer Jerry Gracio and directed by GB Sampedro, one of the country’s most sought-after concert, music video, TV commercial and TV show directors. “Astig” is also the first attempt of Boy Abunda and Boy So in movie production.
“Astig” is an episodic tale of four young men trying to live to survive the sexual squalor, seductive filth and emotional perversity of Manila. It stars Dennis Trillo, Edgar Allan Guzman, Arnold Reyes and Sid Lucero. Episode 1 tells the story of ARIEL (Dennis), a conman who works for a shop at C.M. Recto Avenue selling fake diplomas and other documents. He meets and falls in love with a young girl but decides to leave her. Episode 2 is about BOY (Edgar Allan), an expectant young father who has to sell his body to pay his wife’s hospital bill. Episode 3 tells the story of RONALD (Arnold), a Chinese mestizo from Zamboanga who goes to Manila to sell a decrepit building which he inherited from his father. After giving in to the seduction of a gay man who bought his property, he reaffirms his sexual identity by hiring a prostitute not knowing that she’d run away with his money. Episode 4 is about BASTE (Sid), a Marine Engineering student and an overly protective brother who wants to avenge his sister who was deceived by her boyfriend.
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
By wawartzzz
The Queen of Bossa Nova, Ms. Sitti Navarro entertained the crowd of the just concluded “2nd FILEXPO in Dubai 2009: Tiangge, Bazaar, Atbp.” The event ended with a high note as shoppers (especially Filipinos) from around UAE gathered together in Hall 3 of the Dubai World Trade Center to shop and enjoy the nightly shows for the last three days.
“Sitti is a combination of Beauty and Brains” said DJ China Heart of WRR 101.9, “with a figure of a true beauty queen” he added. Indeed it’s true as Ms. Navarro bagged the title of Miss Visayas 2001 in the Miss Travel Girl Pageant and the first runner-up prize in the search for “Miss Silka” where she also won both Miss Friendship and Best in Swimwear.The Pinoy Big Brother Season 2 host greeted her Dubai based fans and praised them for all their hardworks. A series of songs from her hits and her favorite songs of the 70s where the music of the evening but the most entertaining part of the show was when she started to tease her body guards to dance samba.
Another highlight of the evening was, when Sitti accomodated a request from a couple whose getting married. She was suppose to attend the wedding but due to some complications on her schedule, she can’t make it to the event. So to make up for the couple, she opted to make a video which will be shown to the couple during their wedding.
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
By Cris O. Ramos, Jr.
The local queen of bossa nova music, Sitti digs other kinds of music genres, too, including rock.
An interview with Sitti revealed that she is a fan of rock bands Taken By Cars, Typecast, Urbandub, Brigada and Nyko Maca+Playground. She even goes to rock clubs, naming Ten02, Route 196 and Magnet Café as her favorite haunts.
Sitti jams with rock artists at times. She once performed impromptu with drum circle group, Brigada in Saguijo a couple of years ago.
The singer had recently moved to “diversifying” her sound by collaborating with pop singer Christian Bautista on the single, “Contagious.”
To showcase her eclectic taste in music, Sitti will headline “Friday Night Fusion” at Ten02 Bar on July 17. She will be joined by a diverse group of artists namely Layag, an upcoming fusion soul group; The Camerawalls, a three-piece band fronted by former Orange & Lemons member Clem Castro; Techy Romantics, a dance electronica trio; and Juan Pablo Dream, a mod and soul act fronted by ex-Put3Ska keyboardist, Bing Austria.
One of the most awaited songs in Sitti’s repertoire in “Fusion” is “Is This Love.” The song was written by Andrew Fromm and Keith Follesse of Christian Bautista’s seminal hit, “The Way You Look At Me,” and it is the current single from Sitti’s “Contagious” album under Warner Music.
For inquiries about the show, please ring 09178008336 or 09178451318.
Manila Bulletin
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