{"id":221,"date":"2017-04-15T23:34:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T23:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/littlevillagefoundation.com\/2017\/?p=221"},"modified":"2020-03-15T20:27:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T20:27:15","slug":"aireene-espiritu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlevillagefoundation.com\/lv2021\/aireene-espiritu\/","title":{"rendered":"Aireene Espiritu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><center><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/back-where-i-belong\/id1125123058\"  target=\u201c_blank\" style=\"display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;background:url(http:\/\/littlevillagefoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/itunes-logo-lvf.jpg) no-repeat;width:233px;height:41px;background-size:contain;\"><\/a><\/center><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Back-Where-Belong-Aireene-Espiritu\/dp\/B01HX9AJKG\/ref=tmm_acd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=\"  target=\u201c_blank\" style=\"display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;background:url(http:\/\/littlevillagefoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/amazon-logo-lvf.jpg) no-repeat;width:233px;height:41px;background-size:contain;\"><\/a><\/center><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><center><a href=\"spotify:album:2VSQ5q4Om0VwpvpDAEl0cc\"  target=\u201c_blank\" style=\"display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;background:url(http:\/\/littlevillagefoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdbaby-logo-lvf.jpg) no-repeat;width:233px;height:41px;background-size:contain;\"><\/a><\/center><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>BACK WHERE I BELONG<\/h1>\n<h3>In spite of the fact that Aireene has never been here, this is where she comes from.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"vimeo\" id=\"arve-vimeo-1569916096aeaa7838f434400631216\" style=\"max-width:1100px;\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\">\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1100 \/ 619\">\n<iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-vimeo-1569916096aeaa7838f434400631216\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/156991609?h=e389bd354d&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&amp;html5=1&amp;title=1&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"619\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/156991609?h=e389bd354d&#038;dnt=1&#038;app_id=122963&#038;html5=1&#038;title=1&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"1100\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/littlevillagefoundation.com\\\/lv2021\\\/aireene-espiritu\\\/#arve-vimeo-1569916096aeaa7838f434400631216\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/player.vimeo.com\\\/video\\\/156991609?h=e389bd354d&dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<h1>ARTIST BIO<\/h1>\n<p>This album is a prequel. The missing link between the songs she never sang and everything she has done to date. On this album, Aireene Espiritu explores the roots that made her the unique voice she is in folk music and simultaneously reveals to us both a powerful persona and a touching glimpse into her background.<\/p>\n<p>We had hints. The clues have been there all along in her phrasing -the personal touch that every singer applies to the basic melody and rhythm of a song. Old-school folkies tend to either minimize this coloration or stick to traditional affectations of Appalachia and the European roots that music came from. Aireene, on the other hand, tends to pull her seasoning from the gospel and R&amp;B end of the spice rack. Where does she get her flavor profiles?<\/p>\n<p>50 years ago another diminutive, Filipino-American singer was carving out a name for herself as an R&amp;B singer and songwriter. Sugar Pie DeSanto\u2019s biggest hit was her 1960 single, \u201cI Want To Know\u201d, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot R&amp;B Chart. She was signed as a singer and songwriter to Chess Records in Chicago in their heyday of the \u201860s and built a reputation as a dynamic performer whose live shows far surpassed her studio recordings. At 80, Sugar Pie is still with us, performing in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>LVF\u2019s Jim Pugh met Aireene at a folk music conference in 2014. She was playing solo with just a ukulele among hundreds of other performers, but Jim came away with a bug in his ear. Over the next year he developed an idea that seemed out of left field -Sugar Pie\u2019s R&amp;B music with folk singer Aireene singing.<\/p>\n<p>No one familiar with Aireene could have seen this coming or predicted the outcome, but having heard the result, one wonders how there could have ever been any doubt. What you hold in your hand is the perfect sum of pieces no one considered might fit. A gorgeous answer to a question unasked. In spite of the fact that Aireene has never been here, this is where she comes from. This is the look back at the songs she never sang. Aireene Espiritu, back where she belongs\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:50;line-height:1.4;\">Listen<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/6QbXaZLoOHxuGB5r7kjZ8M\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[18],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - 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