10-year old Philippine-American singing sensation NINA SOPHIA WAGA MOJARES will be performing at the "Music On Main Street" series at the  Freehold Raceway Mall on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 5:30-8:00pm, free.  (The Freehold Raceway Mall is located at 3710 Route 9, Freehold, NJ 07728.)
 
NEW YORK–Rising star NINA SOPHIA WAGA MOJARES hails from Freehold, NJ, the daughter of Dennis and Jeanette Mojares, and older sister of Christian. The young, multi-talented, NINA has been delighting audiences, receiving well deserved standing ovations, and encore requests wherever and whenever she performs.  NINA has a soft, clean, but yet, powerful voice with a touch of R&B/Pop to it.  She has been described a “mini Alicia Keys”  Even at her young age, NINA is already a seasoned entertainer having performed in front of audiences since the age of 3 when her Mom, Jeanette, introduced her to karaoke. NINA’s idols are Charice Pempengco, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilara, Demi Lovato, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, Sarah Geronimo, Leona Lewis, and Jennifer Hudson. She looks up to them and her dream is to be just like them and sing with them, too.  NINA loves to perform in front of large crowds and enjoys every second of it!  She can sing anytime...anywhere!  If her song is slow or fast she is so energetic and active in her feelings and when she hits the first note...you can hear the "oohs" and "aahs" through the audience already!  Entertainment industry executives and television networks have expressed interest in this extremely promising young talent.

NEW YORK– Still high from the March release of their seminal second album, School Tales– a concept-double album about school life in the Philippines, The Happy Analogues have released their first music video off the said album, and their second music video as a band.

The new music video is for their first single, Tangay ng Anod, which is a song about friendship. It was directed by Sheryl Garcia-Reyes, who also directed their first video for their single Beautiful Pain off their debut album Lilacs and Politics back in 2007.

Ms. Garcia-Reyes’ concept for Tangay ng Anod was to document the band’s summer 2008 road trip to Towson, Maryland for an open air gig organized by Bionic Leg Productions.
The laid back docu-type direction matches the melancholic vibe of the song, which is currently the favorite among the band’s supporters.

The Tangay ng Anod music video can now be seen on the band’s website: www.thehappyanalogues.com.

School Tales the album is available on the band’s site as well as their record label’s website: www.soulworksrecords.com


 

Val Guevarra  (Photo by Ronnie Lao)

Cho Lopez (Photo by Ronnie Lao)

NEW YORK– “You are never too young to be a whore,” sings Valter Guevarra, the enigmatic front man and chief songwriter of the band Sodapop Suicide in their semi-electronic number Alcohol and Cigarettes from their debut album Nothing Tastes Like.

The line aptly describes the very nature of this New Jersey rock group for they are never too young too be anything and try anything with their music. There are straight rock songs in their initial release like Beauty Queen, Welcome, Superdaimos and Voltes 5, yet there are also bits of electronic, ambient and easy listening music tucked nicely in the record.