Ex-wife Pops Fernandez is getting him to be a guest in Toni Gonzaga’s “Celestine” concert at the MOA on October 3. “Ni-request din ni Toni, but I told her it’s my son’s birthday. So who do I choose: you or my son? And she said, Oh my God, go! It’s your son! But I’m going to have a show with Pops at the PICC in December, ‘Penthouse Club’ Reunion’, with all the performers who started in our show then, like Donya Buding, Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid and many more. This will be in December in time for her birthday.”
Meantime, Martin collaborates in his new album with Marvin Querido as musical director to pay tribute to the hit bands of the 80s and 90s. Its 12 songs are Earth Wind & Fire’s “Sing a Song” and “Every Now and Then”, Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind”, Blue Suede’s “Hooked on a Feeling”, Doobie Brothers’ “What a Fool Believes”, Chicago’s “Will You Still Love Me”, Boz Scaggs’ “You Can Have Me Anytime”, Queen’s “Love of My Life”, Simply Red’s “Stars”, Eagle’s “I Can’t Tell You Why”, Ambrosia’s “Biggest Part of Me” and Toto’s “I Won’t Hold You Back”. We’ve listened to his versions of these songs and Martin does a very refreshing and commendable take on each of them, showing his deep love for music and his craft. This is his 26th album with PolyEast and it will be released in November. Watch out for it.
