Whatever the founder and chief-instigator, Ray "Binky" Lampano, Jnr., of Asia’s mighty blues band Lampano Alley played before the Blues was a matter of convenience not conviction – not that he didn’t already suffer for the music. More than a band, Lampano Alley is a long drawn-out process. An epiphany alone cannot explain it; rather, something more akin to pulling teeth. Lampano grew up on a staple of gospel, rock, folk, jazz standards, and Manila AM-radio programs, whose narratives became grist for the mill of his imagination. Long before Lampano became a cult-figure in t… read more
Whatever the founder and chief-instigator, Ray "Binky" Lampano, Jnr., of Asia’s mighty blues band Lampano Alley played before the Blues was a matter of convenience not conviction – not that he didn’t already suffer for the music. More than a band, Lampano Alley is a long drawn-out p… read more
Whatever the founder and chief-instigator, Ray "Binky" Lampano, Jnr., of Asia’s mighty blues band Lampano Alley played before the Blues was a matter of convenience not conviction – not that he didn’t already suffer for the music. More than a band, Lampano Alley is a long drawn-out process. An epiphany alone cannot explain it; rather, something more akin… read more