Rising alt-pop artist Sarah Barrios is always on the lookout for music beyond the US shores. And in her quest to expand her musical horizons, she stumbled upon the Filipino band Ben&Ben, whose music immediately struck a chord with her.
“Their music sounded a lot like the kind of music I grew up listening to. That’s when I first got sucked into the Filipino music black hole,” she said in a video conference arranged by Sony Music Philippines. “I like their stuff and the fan base is incredible.”
Sarah covered one of the band’s most popular hits, “Doors,” which was enthusiastically received by her Filipino fans who make up a considerable chunk of her listeners on Spotify. “They wer…
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