We have another Facebook contest! Get a chance to win an autographed copy of Awit Para Sa ‘Yo, the latest album from the Ultimate Serenader, Erik Santos! Simply post a status message on GannsDeen.com’s Facebook page here, with your answer to this question: Kung pwede kang kumanta ng isang awitin para sa isang tao sa isang sikat na television show, ano ang awitin na nais mong kantahin, saang TV show mo siya kakantahin, kanino mo ito...

There were a total of 21 people who joined our Barbie Almalbis Goodbye My Shadow CD giveaway. As you can see, here are the names entered into the Randomizer: After we click the Randomize button, we get this: Congratulations, Anna Giselle Laxamana! You win a CD of Goodbye My Shadow, the awesome new album from Barbie Almalbis, plus a limited edition Swirl Card from The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Philippines! Please wait for my email to...

Fil-Am brothers Micah and DJ Lamar have released their first EP, a six-track compilation titled Kung Puede Lang. I met these talented siblings for the first time at The Need to Succeed, an event for the church in Greenhills for which I work. They sang Price Tag and I was impressed by the quality of their voices. Even more striking, I was blown away by their humility. They have quite the story, and I was blessed to have heard it. Fast...

I first heard Angeline Quinto when she guested in Erik Santos’ recently concluded Music Museum concert, PowER IKons, and both my wife and I were blown away. More than just the birit (high notes), she had a nuance to her singing, a control that seemed otherwise rare in the current crop of Filipina divas making the rounds of local television shows. It helped a lot that we learned about her story, and how she rose to the top. And...

Filipino singer Erik Santos, who is known locally and in the Asian region as the Philippines’ Prince of Pop, has released his new CD, Awit Para Sa ‘Yo (Song For You), a collection of love songs penned especially for the Ultimate Serenader by some of the country’s top composers. The carrier single, Kulang Ako Kung Wala Ka (I Am Incomplete Without You), is a moving ballad that details the emotions Erik feels when the object...

We have a Facebook contest! Get a chance to win Goodbye My Shadow, the awesome new album from Barbie Almalbis, plus a limited edition Swirl Card from The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Philippines! Simply post a status message on your Facebook wall, containing the title of your favorite Barbie Almalbis song. Then tag GannsDeen.com’s Facebook page (http://facebook.com/gannsdeendotcom; you may have to Like my page to tag it). Your status...