![]() ![]() They were also among the first to use indigenous musical instruments (“Ang Bayan Kong Sinilangan”). ![]() They were the first to write “message” songs about the environment (“Masdan Ang Kapaligiran”), about the Filipino diaspora (“Pagbabalik”), about the downtrodden salt of the earth (“Limot na Bayani”). As musical innovators, Asin blazed the trail in many ways. ![]() Here are some of the well-known artists of three different generations:įormed in the 70s, they began performing as “Salt of the Earth” – taking their name from a Joan Baez song – later Filipinized to “Asin.” With an identifiable core group of Pendong Aban (later of Ang Grupong Pendong), Saro Bañares (who later died, in the early 80s), and Lolita Carbon, they became one of the big local folk music acts in the 70s. Original Pilipino Music had and continuously catching the hearts and minds of every Filipino. ![]()
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