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Protest songs still hit the spot

By ELIZABETH LOLARGA
THE Parliament of the Street came alive again through a night of song and poetry performed not atop a flatbed truck but on a traditional stage. The Demetillos, a family of musicians made up of guitarist Lester, his sister Becky Abraham and her daughter Astarte, both vocalists, and some friends (Mario Andres, Lory Paredes and Karina Constantino-David) etched the contours of history and the current state of the nation at the University of the Philippines Abelardo Hall concert "Mga Awit Protesta."

Protest songs still hit the spot