Jun 27, 2026 · 28 min · 11 segments
recorded April 13, 2025🎧 East Coast DNA Podcast: Alvaro – A Voice of Cultural Fusion and Emotional Truth 🎶In this episode of East Coast DNA, we sit down with Alvaro—a Halifax-based singer-songwriter…
Darcy WalshHost
When did you start in music, I guess, which is kind [laughs] of a broad question.
But, uh, like, when did you start showing an interest in creating your own music, maybe?
Um, I'd say when I was probably 13 years old.
Um, 'cause, uh, I, I grew up in the Philippines, and, like, the Philippines is such a musical, uh, nation.
Like, uh, we're so influenced by so many different forms of music, and I knew I've always wanted to be a musician, but I've always been musically inclined.
Uh, I grew up doing performances in school and, like, e- entering singing contests and whatnot, and then I've been writing music since then, but then at 13, 14, 15, you don't really know anything about life, so I just write, wrote whatever.
But I, I always knew I always wanted to put out my music there.
Uh, I started putting out my music, uh, 2022, uh, excuse me, 2023.
I was working with, uh, Alex LeBlanc, who was my vocalist with the Prism label, and I was very fortunate enough to meet him, too, by chance, uh, through my other friend, uh, named Precious Fabila.
Uh, we, we've both been interested in music, and we've always talked about creating music together.
And, uh, from the production side of things, that's when, uh, everything became a perfect storm.
Uh, but-
... given such a broad question, I feel like my official start in putting out music was 2023, but all of the stuff I've been putting out since then are created in such different time periods.
When did you start in music, I guess, which is kind [laughs] of a broad question.
But, uh, like, when did you start showing an interest in creating your own music, maybe?
Um, I'd say when I was probably 13 years old.
Um, 'cause, uh, I, I grew up in the Philippines, and, like, the Philippines is such a musical, uh, nation.
Like, uh, we're so influenced by so many different forms of music, and I knew I've always wanted to be a musician, but I've always been musically inclined.
Uh, I grew up doing performances in school and, like, e- entering singing contests and whatnot, and then I've been writing music since then, but then at 13, 14, 15, you don't really know anything about life, so I just write, wrote whatever.
But I, I always knew I always wanted to put out my music there.
Uh, I started putting out my music, uh, 2022, uh, excuse me, 2023.
I was working with, uh, Alex LeBlanc, who was my vocalist with the Prism label, and I was very fortunate enough to meet him, too, by chance, uh, through my other friend, uh, named Precious Fabila.
Uh, we, we've both been interested in music, and we've always talked about creating music together.
And, uh, from the production side of things, that's when, uh, everything became a perfect storm.
Uh, but-
... given such a broad question, I feel like my official start in putting out music was 2023, but all of the stuff I've been putting out since then are created in such different time periods.
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