Habilin coritha biography
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Habilin coritha biography
Coritha and the Tragic Story of Filipino Legacy Artists
By Joey Salgado
By the early 1980s, Pinoy Rock and its mellower sibling Pinoy folk-rock have reached a saturation point of sorts.
The mass market has shifted back to trite pop songs and a segment of the younger crowd was channeling its restless energies through the nihilistic attitude of punk rock.
Coritha, with her angelic voice, soulful eyes, and accessible acoustic songs, gave Pinoy folk-rock an extended lease.
Her self-titled debut album yielded enduring classic songs “Oras Na,” “Sierra Madre,” “Lolo Jose,” and “Maligayang Mundo.” “Oras Na,” a call for self-reflection and action, resonated with the public and the stirring anti-dictatorship movement.
The song was heard on jukeboxes and radio stations, and played in rallies.
After the euphoria of the 1986 EDSA Revolution, the country’s uneasy state of affairs faded into routines.
Musical tastes again shifted, and Coritha disappeared from the public ey