great music!

Today I had an opportunity to listen to great music, all for free! :-)

I came upon Ryan Cayabyab's RCS performing at SM Makati promoting their debut album...

I was not able to get their names, and this was their first ever mall show. They all auditioned for this new group that Mr. C formed, and from what I have heard of their singing they are all excellent solo performers in their own right. Together, though, they blended very well and also performed superbly. They sang some Christmas songs and several songs (originals as well as covers) from their album.

More exposure and experience will surely make this group something to watch out for.

Later in the evening, I was able to catch Glorietta Sounds at the Glorietta 4 park with the Philippine Madrigal Singers and Kyla.

The Madz performed several Christmas songs at first. They then did excellent renditions of classics of Yellow Bird, Only You, Bahay Kubo, Leron Leron Sinta, and Go The Distance. As usual, their singing gave me goosebumps! They voices were again unbelievably angelic, even the solo parts were sung well.

Kyla later joined them. Kyla was also very good, singing From A Distance, Ikaw, and O Holy Night ala-R&B. I'm not a fan of hers, but after hearing her sing I now understood why she really has a good fan base.


It was a good listening experience for me, all in all. The shows this year sure beat last year's ones.

tedbits...
... I saw a lot of people going home with 'bitbit'.. either paper bags or plastic bags or Christmas wrapper-covered boxes, probably filled with gifts after coming from their office Christmas parties.
... celebrity sighting: Francine Prieto at Glorietta! Tall and very sexy! :-)