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WE knew her then. We know her now. Agot Isidro is
lovelier the second time around.
Ever since she discovered the
relaxing beat of bossa nova music, Agot has been enjoying a
renaissance in her musical career. Her album The Island—a
compilation of pop classics reworked and given a bossa flavor—has
helped reintroduced her to a whole new generation of music lovers.
Now, Agot is out to conquer the
concert stage once more in a concert billed Back to Basics on
February 7 and 8 at the Music Museum. She will be joined by the
country’s premier vocal group The CompanY, upcoming singer Robbie
Navarro, formerly of the all-male group The Wiseguys and Holiday
Records’ Neo Soul R&B artist and a special surprise guest.
Expect Isidro to reprise hits
from The Island, including her carrier single, “I Wish That I Was
Making Love (To You Tonight),” a bossa-flavored cover by the
seventies’ pop duo the Alessi Brothers.
And since the show is entitled
Back to Basics, there will be a portion in the show where Agot will
reprise some of the pop songs she made famous, including
“Everyday,” “Beginning Today” and “Sa Isip Ko.” She will
also be doing her own version of several popular standards that she
grew up with, a Sergio Mendes suite, a medley of songs that has
names as the title, among others. It will be a night for Agot and
her audience to reminisce everything that’s good about music.
Back to Basics will have Victor
Oria as musical director. Set design is by Rico Ancheta, makeup by
Fanny Serrano and costumes by Ito Curata.
Agot says she is eager and
excited to be back on the concert stage and to, as the title of her
show puts it, go “back to basics.”
Explains Agot: “It’s called
Back to Basics because I’ll be going back to what I’ve always
loved, which is singing.”
Agot says that after taking a
brief break from show biz to try and start a family with husband
Manu Sandejas, she decided to go back to her singing career.
“Instead of moping because what we wanted to happen [have a
family] didn’t happen, I decided to go back to my first love,
which is singing and performing. Music has always been a big part of
my life, and I’m excited to go back to it again.”
Recently, Agot staged a concert
at the Captain’s Bar of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Attended by
her longtime fans, bossa lovers and some of her closest friends in
the industry, the show was a big success, but left everyone wanting
more—so on February 7 and 8 at 8 p.m., Agot Isidro returns to the
stage for Back to Basics.
For ticket inquiries, call
721-0635 and 721-6726.
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