Annual Little River record label showcase is a who’s who of Bay Area blues, roots-rock rising stars — here’s how to see it.
Bay Area group The Sampaguitas performs three-part harmony arrangements of classic songs from the singers’ homeland, the Philippines. The trio performs June 7 as part of a Little Village record label showcase.Albums released by the artist-centric Bay Area nonprofit label have consistently garnered nominations for the genre’s leading awards, like Diunna Greenleaf’s “I Ain’t Playin’,” which won Living Blues Magazine’s album of the year award in 2023.
For a wide-angle perspective on the world of Little Village, there’s no better place to start than Friday’s All-Star Mini-Fest at Freight & Salvage, when half a dozen acts who have recorded for the label play short, mostly acoustic sets at the Berkeley venue. “They might do something a cappella,” he said. “I went to Walter’s memorial at a church in Vallejo. It was supposed to go for two hours and it went for five with one gospel choir after another, just the most incredible energy.”
No group better represents Pugh’s encompassing vision than The Sampaguitas, which features Jenevieve Francisco, Cristina Ibarra, and Aireene Espiritu singing three-part harmony arrangements of classic songs from the Philippines. Released last October, the group’s debut album “The Sampaguitas: Folk Songs from the Philippines and Beyond” came directly from an overture by Pugh.
Each of the women have different family histories and relationships to their Filipina identity. Espiritu was born in the Philippines and grew up in San Francisco. Francisco is second generation, and Ibarra is fourth generation.
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