Episode 8 with Raymund Marasigan explores the role of places in music. Place-names abound in lyrics and album titles by his many bands Sandwich, Pedicab, Basement Lung, Cambio, and the Eraserheads. The exchange on the highlighted song Betamax pays tribute to Sandwich’s OPM heroes. Raymund ponders the lesson of moving forward in creativity as in life journeys. Repeated in the lyrics, Padayon can be Philippine music’s mantra in tumultuous change.


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