It takes the death of a comedian for a nation to mourn, it takes a singular guitarist to remind the audience of magic. What a strange week it has been, just days before Dolphy dies, who do I run into ...

It is well past 10 p.m. when guitarist Noli Aurillo finally takes the stage. Percussion ensemble Brujo has been warming up the audience at the Bar@1951, bohemian Malate’s last holdout amid the ...

Noli Aurillo never learned how to read or write notes. But throughout a distinguished career that lasted several decades, his uncanny improvisational skills became the stuff of legends. The Tacloban ...

Noli Aurillo mesmerizes customers playing Paul McCartney’s Blackbird with the guitar on his lap like a keyboard, during his “Late Night Sessions” at The Minokaua in Malate. (Photo also taken by the ...

Where was I when I first heard the news? I was listening to Sonic Youth’s This Diamond Sea, during its long, lulling swathes of atonal guitars and feedback. I could not believe it. Aww, Noli Aurillo.

ROCKESTRA 2018, performed at The Theatre at Solaire was a historic moment for the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) as it was their first attempt to play a full concert dedicated to rock-classical ...