aireene espiritu
My latest project, The Sampaguitas, sing Filipino folk songs and inspired originals in three-part harmony. Drawing influences from folk, blues, doo-wop girl groups, and the Filipinx-American diaspora, Jenevieve Francisco, Cristina Ibarra, and Aireene Espiritu share music from their roots and explore what it means to be in a “third culture” between worlds. The sampaguita is the national flower of the Philippines and only fitting to describe the sweet sounds coming from their melded vocal textures, tones, and tight harmonies.
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Aireene Espiritu Plumbs Deep into the Well of American Music Los Angeles Times, Jonny Whiteside
“Folk singer-songwriter Aireene Espiritu works in the elemental substance of vernacular American music with an uncanny ease. Whether blues, hillbilly, soul, folk or R&B...demonstrates masterly command of each. Her original compositions mix deft lyrical construction and classic form just as impressively...An authentic, authoritative vocalist and with distinctly sensitive manner of phrasing... Bay Area-based Espiritu's arrival as California folk's legitimate forces...” continue reading.
“Espiritu’s penchant for songs that sound like they came off a 78 rpm record, listeners will be swept away.” - Good Times Weekly, Santa Cruz CA
VIDEOGALLERY
Wide Open (encore) - w/ The Itch, Maurice Tani, Claudia Russell, Bruce Kaplan, Tom Tally
2016 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival w/
Tracy Nelson & Little Village Foundation All Stars
2016 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival w/
Little Village Foundation All Stars
Genuine
Heaven Bound
w/ Maurice Tani & Little Village Foundation All Stars
Oras Na (Coritha)
Down at Albert Brown's
Lola Soling - Old Freight & Salvage
Live Long, Young & Free - Make Out Room
The Itch - Cañon Concerts, Santa Barbara
Fortune Lady - Cañon Concerts, Santa Barbara
Down by the Riverside, Greaseland Studios
Tell Me Why (Ed Tree/Mark Fosson)
Goin' Back Where I Belong (Sugar Pie DeSanto Cover)