Rachelle Ann Rocks Live!

April 29, 2008

Rachelle Ann Go Rocks Live Album The title of the CD says it all. Rachelle Ann Rocks Live means that Search for a Star champion Rachelle Ann Go has undergone a surprising change of pace and sound for her fourth album. “Rocks” means the songs included are all pop-rock favorites. Live on the other hand, means that Rachelle Ann recorded the entire CD in one sitting with a band. The session, which was also filmed for future release in DVD was held at 19 East in Paranaque.

Thirteen songs out of an initial list of two hundred titles made it to the final cut. Mostly popularized by male artists or groups with male soloists, these were chosen because they could be easily rearranged to suit Rachelle Ann’s style and their popularity among Filipino music lovers.

Leading the list is Honestly by Harem Scarem, which has been chosen as the first single release. The others included are No Rain by Blind Melon; I Just Can’t Let Go by David Pack; The Search is Over by Survivor; This Ain’t a Lone Song by Bon Jovi; Cryin’ by Aerosmith; That’s What Love is For by Amy Grant; When You Love Someone by Bryan Adams; Someone by the Rembrandts; Can’t Cry Hard Enough by the Williams Brothers; Can’t Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon ; I Ain’t Missing You at All by John Waite; and 2 Steps Behind by Def Leppard.

A Viva Records release, Rachelle Ann Rocks Live was produced by Alwyn Cruz and mixed and mastered by Luca Vittori. Nino Regalado, one of today’s top young drummers is the musical director and arranger of all the songs. The band put together for the recording was made up of Noel Mendez on first guitar; Janno Queyquep on second guitar; Monet Silvestre on first keyboard; Jay Agustin on second keyboard; Soc Mina on bass and Regalado on drums. The Opera made up of Sushi Reyes, Cecile Aurellado, Manolo Tanquilut and Zebedee Zuniga provided the back-up vocals.

Catch Rachelle Ann as she performs cuts from the album at SM Taytay on Saturday, April 26, 2008 and at the Trinoma Park on Wednesday, April 30. She will next take her new songs on a tour of bars and clubs around Metro Manila. First on schedule will be Hard Rock in Makati on May 14 and Ratsky in Quezon City on June 4, 2008.

Rachelle Ann Rocks Live is sponsored by Skechers Time, Manila Bulletin, Sugar Sugar Magazine and Red Box Karaoke.

Incidentally, Rachelle Ann was one of the top winners at the recent MYX Music Awards 2008. She won in two categories. One was for Pag-ibig No Kaya, her second duet with Christian Bautista as Best Collaboration. Their first was the big selling (You and Me) We Wanted It All. Her second was for Alam Ng Ating Mga Puso, for Best Mellow Video. This is one of the cuts in her last album Obsession. This is Rachelle Ann’s second win in the Best Mellow Video category. Her first was for From the Start, one of her big hits from her album of the same title two years ago.

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