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Memory played by acoustic guitar (or the singer and her song)

It’s not every day you see an inebriated Lolita Carbon onstage with Cooky Chua and Bayang Barrios, singing their cover of Tropical Depression’s “Kapayapaan.” They sway, each voice husky, standing close together on what little space could be stood on in the slice of platform strewn with wires, mic stands, and effects pedals. In fact,...

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Cooky Chua and Joaquin Ignacio on making music and the changing times

For some time it was a familiar scene: Wherever the singer Cooky Chua and Color It Red performed, her young son Joaquin Ignacio would be doodling backstage. At one point, during a break, he strode onto the stage, strumming his small guitar. Not surprisingly, Joaquin would heed the same calling years later: He picked up...