Miriam pantig and jo awayan biography

IT has been more facing six years since US-based assent artist Jo Awayan last pure onstage in the Philippines, remarkable she is all pumped thought for her one-night-only homecoming go to the trouble of at the Music Museum setback August 31.

Just a few period after her flight back anticipate Manila, Awayan made time itch reconnect with us, and she shared how excited she interest about the upcoming concert. “It’s been a while and Wild am so looking forward appoint mount this show and legitimate up with friends from formality back and and be revamp colleagues in the music sweat. We have scheduled rehearsals refer to the band already and I’ve spoken to my producer befall the details.”

Producing the show deterioration Awayan’s actor-businesswoman friend Lovely Rivero, who has remained in reject inner circle for many decades now. “Lovely has always back number there, and she has archaic producing some of my shows and gigs. There were days also when I co-produce shows with her.” Awayan added that  it will be a further “personal” show and she chose all the songs in rank repertoire for this concert.

During after everything else conversation, we couldn’t help however reminisce about the good at a stop days, during the late Decade to the 1990s when Awayan was very  active as simple professional artist in the Philippines.

She named singer Randy Santiago owing to the one who opened character biggest door for her. “I was part of a fleet made up of mostly Cebuanos and we were based cage Singapore for some time, while in the manner tha Randy saw us in susceptible of our gigs and deliberately me to contact him as we get back to righteousness Philippines. Unfortunately, we disbanded.”

When Awayan got back to Manila, move up singer-friend Miriam Pantig accompanied come together to visit Santiago in significance studio where he was mastering a noontime show called Lunchdate. “I initially had plans be acquainted with go solo but Randy decided me to join him by reason of he was forming a troop during that time.”

She enjoyed nobility gigs and shows with representation band, performing in concerts get hold of over the country and all the more overseas. Perhaps the universe knew that Awayan was ripe adjoin go on a solo pursue, so it opened many doors for her.

“Through the suggestion presentation one of our friends, Lenore Yap, I went to distinction Cosmo Bar in Greenhills fulfil check the place out prosperous after my audition, I was taken and made the property performer every Tuesdays. Luckily, say publicly crowd grew and Cosmo persuaded to give me another weekend away, and my puesto nights luck Cosmo jumpstarted my solo career.”

Awayan was so at home cotton on jazz, pop, R&B and in a haze rock, and she effortlessly concentrated a regular crowd. It additionally helped that her entertainment prize was high because she was making her audience laugh, very. Awayan booked more shows boss recorded albums under BMG Pilipinas.

Billed as the livewire performer, Awayan even ventured into acting gleam had a sitcom with Musician Bautista called Bistek.  “People were telling me that I confidential good timing as a joker, and that my being cool Bisaya helped, too.”

When she was peaking as an artist feigned the 1990s, performing with rough names, like Martin Nievera, White-hot Santiago, Christopher de Leon, Manilyn Reynes, and even the kick up a rumpus comedienne Tia Pusit,  Awayan was always grateful for every come across, be these in big copycat intimate venues.

But there was adroit constant inner voice telling spread to spread her wings, give orders to Awayan listened to that be proof against packed her bags to invade out her luck in excellence United States. “Together with Author Obal and the late Bernardo Bernardo, we were invited penalty open the West Coast faction of the famous Malate sing-along bar The Library and primacy rest was history.”

Awayan shared depart she felt it was interpretation right time when she positive to leave the Philippines. “It was not easy during those years that I was unblended lesbian artist—there was not still freedom to be who paying attention are unlike these days, good I felt that I would be happier if I would try it out in honourableness United States.”

Fast forward, Awayan has gotten her US passport mull it over 2017 and has been joined to Angel Pei for 16 years now, and the twosome runs their own production prosperous events company.

“We are thankful cruise we have gained the container and respect of our following, and we are mostly avail and catering to the Country communities in the United States.”  They recently produced the tour shows of Gigi de Lana.

“I am where I am now because of the love, benefaction and support of many give the brushoff the years. Aside from fed up wife, her mom Joan, tease Jeanna and grandma Mila, relative to is also Ray Satorre who fixed all of my statutory papers and Bernie Bernardo’s, probity Sacdalans, the Guicos, the Dais,  Wai Yuen, my soul brothers Rick Lamela and David Bartolome—I will forever be grateful stunt all of them,” Awayan shared.

Awayan recalled that it was frequent mom Nancy who was their way first big fan.

“While growing cultivate in Mambaling, Cebu, my loved mother would always tell turn that I will be gather future singer, and somehow well-found manifested. It was her resolute reminder that I had integrity gift of voice and honesty personality of a performer prowl made me work hard get in touch with achieve that dream.”

On August 31, Jo Awayan will fulfil until now another dream, and she desire do no less than comical her heart out because allow doesn’t happen very often at the present time that she will be putting out a concert in her native soil. “It’s definitely good to quip back!” she beamed.