Between the Exit Signs
June 7, 2006From Rock Drilon:
The Johnny Alegre AFFINITY monthly jazz night gig at Mag:net Cafe Katipunan will be this Wednesday June 7 at 9:30PM and will include performances by the youthful siblings Mike and Micaela Benedicto of Outerhope.
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(Johnny's personal invite.)
Regarding Outerhope … this deserves a short story. My introduction to their music was brought about during an afternoon chat I shared with record entrepreneur Toti Dalmacion. Toti and I have exchanged ideas in relation to a fundraiser album we're doing for the World Wildlife Fund, due out in a month or so. And as some here may recall from Buszmail's gig announcements, we'd done a twin bill at Mag:net a couple of months ago with another of Toti's talents, Up Dharma Down. "Dharma" is a very enjoyable band for me, consisting of very young musicians with an outlook and level of creativity advanced for their years. So, taking home some of Toti's cds with me, including the maiden album of Outerhope, I was simply bowled over by the translucent beauty and sincerity of Michael and Micaela Benedicto's creations. These siblings who are the nucleus of Outerhope weave a music I would call "progressive folk", a genre I share a kinship with. I think Marc-Almond, Donovan, or Leonard Cohen, or Judy Collins, early Joni Mitchell, or transition David Crosby or even formative post- Springfield Neil Young. I'm sure there are contemporary equivalents but those were the primeval sounds that reverberated in my ear. In my earliest days as a fledgling musician, the acoustic music I spun around had many similarities to the music of Outerhope, with the same sus4 voicings and open strings and Thurberesque/Gaimanesque images that Michael and Micaela are creating with artistry today. They have a true alternative sound; and perhaps the most revealing new local release I've heard this year to date.
See you guys tonight when Affinity plays back-to-back with Outerhope.
All the best, Johnny
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