Muni-Muni Stories podcast is a love letter to Filipiniana, inviting more reflection or pagmuni-munihan on our culture. It is an offshoot of the curated playlists of Filipinas Heritage Library (FHL), which were introduced during the initial months of the pandemic, and feature selections from the library’s Himig Collection. Muni-Muni Stories is currently co-produced by FHL and Podcast Network Asia.
In a pandemic, what does it mean to archive our musical heritage? This recap episode of Muni-Muni Stories answers that question by contemplating the nature of the OPM Archive: a living, advocacy-driven, and crowd-sourced repository that links creators and lovers of Philippine music. By recording...
Published 03/25/21
What are the roots of Philippine folk rock? OPM icon Heber Bartolome unearths them in classical and bandurria music as well as in the 1960s-70s rock scene. This recollection touches on the challenges of turning love of country into music. An illustrative case is this episode’s centerpiece Tayo’y...
Published 03/11/21