MIKEY BUSTOS captivates audiences with his energy, lyrics, performance and passion. He touches the hearts of music lovers internationally with his passionate soulful vocals and emotionally charged song lyrics. Beyond the sheer marvel of his voice, his brilliance as an artist, performer, and songwriter has placed him in an exceptional category that earned him a reputation for igniting the crowd with his mercurial vocalese and musicianship show after show.

Mikey’s journey commenced at the age of 5 with very early age appearances on various TV commercials and public service announcements. He continued to sing throughout his high school and while attending University of Guelph in 2001, he attained the title of Grand Champion of a top ten Canadian Universities singing competition called “Joint-U-Singing”.
 

NEW YORK– James Bernais stands in front of the counter looking at the different menu items on the big menu board that graces the newly opened Jollibee restaurant in Woodside, Queens. He mumbles a few words in his attempt to remember the items he would be ordering once his turn comes: “Chickenjoy (Jollibee’s famous fried chicken that is arguably the best seller in all their stores worldwide) ,” he said. “ I must have Chickenjoy.”

 For Filipino-American music artists in New England, it is time to join the revolution

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BOSTON– Everything has a beginning. It only takes one spark to fuel a fire, one person to start a revolution, a seed to populate a forest. We have seen this happen in our Filipino-American music scene. It happened in New York and New Jersey. It happened in Washington DC and Maryland. It happened in LA and San Francisco. It is happening in Chicago. Soon it will happen it New England.

We can say so, because we were there. We were there and we have  seen the seeds. All it needs now is watering.

Abby Heredia and Fred Kendall Abong and are not from Boston, but from nearby Rhode Island, where, according to them, no Filipino-American music scene exists. They know of only two Filipino-American artists that are active in the area: Themselves.

The same is true for Boston and most of New England, they said. It is just not happening yet. However, it will not be the case for long.

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SINCE Poptimes Magazine celebrated it's 3rd year last February, it is just fitting to remember the good old days by revisiting the very first issue of the magazine.

Back in 2005, Poptimes had no website like what it has now. It was but a monthly electronic magazine/newsletter delivered to registered subscribers through email. The maiden issue was produced in January and delivered the following month.

On the cover were Bleud, The Third Element, Rubberband, and Patricia Javier.

Also featured were Inu (Now The Kuwagos), Version Four (now Blue Mellon Pop), and Sigh Robes. 

 Go back in time and download the PDF