Tallinn Music Week 2020, Estonia, 27-29 August,
Sep 18, 2020
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Photography by Ake Heiman
Tallinn Music Week (TMW) - the multi-venue city showcase fest, now in its 12th year - is nothing if not open-minded in its music curation. So, whether you’re a mosher or chin-stroking academic avant-gardist, raver or Soundcloud rapper, you will find you have been well catered for by the festival’s offering, set against the picturesque backdrop of the Estonian capital.
The festival’s catch-all approach works, because wherever the acts on this wildly eclectic Venn diagram sit, they all reach a certain level. Some are highly promising, others are legendary artists, but they have all been placed in the programme by the invisible but assured hands of excellent curators, the unsung heroes of the slick TMW operation.
For me, Tallinn Music Week is important, because it’s such a reliable place to come to get a sense of the best music from this part of the world and beyond. I frankly lose count of the number of recommendable bands taking off in interesting, new and worthwhile directions whom I have discovered for the first time at TMW.
It was touch and go whether I would have to skip a year. Take the risk of being behind the curve without the annual bump of superb yet undeservedly underappreciated great stuff to rave about. But, coming from a relatively Covid-safe country, Latvia, there was no need to quarantine upon arrival. For countless artists from countries where the virus has been more out of control, that was not the case and several bands were forced to cancel. Promoter Roman Romcha states he’s booked-rebooked and then cancelled 250-300 artists in the build-up. And a lot of these cancellations happened just before the festival was due to start, because the Estonian government introduced stricter measures. So, that meant no Russian new wave; and no well-funded Canadian poutine-snack laden schmooz-y showcases either.
Nevertheless, a festival starring 140 bands from 10 countries, held in August instead of the originally planned March, has been patched together. After so little live music all year, it was a tantalizing prospect.
Marmormaze
(Photo: Marina Pushkar)
Of the 10 countries represented, most artists were either from Estonia or from nearby countries. And that meant a Covid-induced Baltic-Nordic focus year at TMW. A chance, then, for me to see the correlation between TMW showcases and the strength and depth of the year-round Baltic music scene.
The first place to go on the opening night, Thursday, is Void Valley at Sveta baar. It’s a night with roots in heavy metal but encompassing of many variants of dark music, and curated by promoters who are more active on the heavy scene than anyone else in Estonia: Damn.Loud Agency boss and TMW’s music programme and production manager Roman Demchenko and Urban Culture Entertainment’s Tanya Korenik.
Their picks prove brilliant. Especially post black metallers Eschatos from Latvia, who craft an immersive, strobe-lit fuzz storm which proves fitting for the grungy, arty environs. And Estonian three-piece doom metallers Kannabinõid (main photo), who are masters at crafting harrowing atmosphere and cutting the tension with incendiary riffs. Both acts play to roughly 150 people this evening but could have captivated 10,000 - they completely hold their own.
There’s only ever a short walk between venues - nearly all events over the weekend are in the Telliskivi quarter - to the venue where Tallinn-based solo artist Anna Kaneelina is playing. Backed by a full band, the singer evokes Angel Olsen and Jefferson Airplane and offers a chance to luxuriate in melody and drama. A great nightcap.
Anna Kaneelina.
(Photo: Kaie Kiil)
Friday’s best music is put on by Estonian independent scene heroes, Siim Nestor and Raul Saaremets’. It’s their Sõru Saund showcase and held in the haunted house aesthetic of stylishly run down Kauplus Aasia.
The curators, who have their own popular radio shows and each run a label (in addition to the Sõru Saund festival in summer) have been blowing minds for a living with their Mutant Disco club night for years, so you there’s a sense it’ll be stellar even before we arrive. Looking back at Mutant Disco line-ups they had an uncanny ability to book acts before they’d go on to win Wire mag album of the year. So we’re here to expect stuff that’s of a musically adventurous spirit.
And true to their reputation Sõru Saund presents the extraordinary 66-year-old violinist Valentina Goncharova. It’s awe-inspiring stuff - not a million miles away from the sound of William Basinski. This musician’s stamina, as she executes perfect drone-y strokes on the violin to create a cyclical, flowing sound for the collage electronic sound underpinning it, is jaw-dropping.
Valentina Goncharova
(Photo: Priit Poder)
Goncharova, who’s had a late renaissance this year thanks to a reissue of her forgotten late 80s and early 90s material, is famed for having earned a top-notch classical music education at St Petersburg conservatoire in her youth. It was a place where she would start her journey of using that formal education as a foundation and splicing it with wilder elements associated with free jazz and improvisatory music.
Saaremets and Siim Nestor tell me they had absolutely no idea that a musician of such calibre lives in their beloved Tallinn. “We’ve been in this music game all our lives and thought we knew everyone. But it wasn’t until the Ukrainian label Shukai label, which is partly run out of Tallinn, came to me with tapes of her that we discovered her. She’s very special.”
Goncharova is later followed by the subversive Mart Avi stage show - a compelling Estonian performer who borrows from genres as disparate as jungle and neo-soul and synthesises his own reverb-laden pop world with thrillingly jagged contours. The set’s banging digi-dub number “Scorpio”, (a beat written by Ajukaja; alias of Raul Saaremets), is a highlight as are numerous unreleased cuts played from his upcoming album, which is titled Vega Never Sets, and leaves me certain this will be Tallinn’s next star to rise.
Mart Avi
(Photo: Priit Poder)
In between Goncharova and Mart Avi, I make a quick skip over to Sveta baar to watch a Latvian artist, MNTHA. As an aside, the solo artist was placed sixth in Eurovision in 2016, but has not even the faintest hint of that kind of past in her performance now. Dressed as an elf, this artist who’s making a name for herself on the Berlin underground, proves incredibly enigmatic with her ethereal voice and synth-y dark disco sound design. MNTHA’s confidence on stage proves infectious throughout the room and a loose-limbed, unhinged atmosphere prevails. The shackles-off rock n’ roll spirit evokes the curators’ own love of alternative music. Those running the show tonight (Roman Demchenko and Sveta founders Luke and Madleen Teesov-Faulkner) are opening a new festival in November called GROM, which has earned its place as one of the most brilliant looking alt-leaning festivals in Europe.
Sveta baar is once again magnetic in its offerings on Saturday, the third and final night. This time with the Estonian academic avant-gardist Mihkel Tomberg curating under his DIY label Heavens Trumpet moniker. Heavens Trumpet is principally a community-minded label which he set up to promote his own musical projects and his contemporaries. And since Tomberg is such a galvanising spirit on the Tallinn scene, it feels very just that he’s running his first-ever TMW showcase.
The pick of the bunch is a project Tomberg performs in, the Estonian Electronic Music Society Ensemble. They are reviving a work of experimental genius from a Tallinn-born composer Udo Kasemets, and the pieces they perform are the 7th, 8th and 10th moon of “Lun(h)armonics” (1990).
Estonian Electronic Music Society Ensemble.
(Photo: Tanel Tero)
Staying true to Kasemets’ original, they use sinusoidal oscillators to create these long-held humming sounds. It’s perhaps the most out-there, risky idea for a festival, but it comes off wonderfully, proving the Tallinn Music Week crowd’s hunger for adventurous sounds is there.
For the last roll of the dice in the Baltic scene discovery at TMW 2020, it’s off to the Lagi showcase at F-Hoone Must Saal, which is curated by Soru Saund man Siim Nestor. Nestor is in the process of starting a label called Lagi for new breed of Estonian hip-hop. No one is better qualified to be bringing this new generation than Nestor. He has a radio show on Raadio 2 has been there since the genesis. He tells me that when he started playing it, there were 20 or 30 artists. And now he counts he’s played tracks by 150 new ones on his Raadio 2 show, each act chasing the kind of stardom that breakthrough rapper Nublu has had.
The showcase has been running all day and well into the evening when I arrive. Performing on the small stage is the newcomer Lukamon. He is playing his first-ever gig and does so with the confidence of the Australian band Confidence Man’s Sugar Bones; baring as he does a similarly muscular torso and short bob hairstyle. Musically the kitsch autotune is beautifully antagonistic towards more serious styles of hip-hop. The wild energy in the room and swooning in the audience is outrageously receptive.
Next comes the biggest outsider in these showcases, Marmormaze. His bedroom trap style, all self-produced, is not confined by anything and swerves into all manner of extreme genre contrasts. From soulful rap to intense distorted anger, befitting to his dripping black eye make up and runaway bride attire - there’s no denying that he wears a wedding dress well.
Lukamon
(Photo: Priit Poder)
Marmormaze and Lukamon’s show gives a whirlwind introduction to the new breed of hip-hop. And that is a reminder of how the listener gets totally immersed in these very different and discrete worlds, one after another; a few hours spent watching the academic avant-garde, then getting right into the baltic metal scene. What this multiple close-up exposure achieves is that it instils a desire to keep peeling back the wallpaper. And what that does is to reveal what magnificent art is based in Tallinn and its surrounds.
My music collection has been hugely enriched by this year’s TMW. And the fact that the Tallinn treasure trove has been so strong this year is all the more remarkable because it has all been put together during an insanely difficult time to plan a live music event. To get such magnificent results, and to carry such a positive spirit in the face of such challenges shows commendable resourcefulness and an utterly brilliant sense of community. The magnitude of the organizers’ services to the creative scene in Estonia, and services to culture everywhere, simply cannot be overestimated. This has been marvelous experience to live through.
The next Tallinn Music Week takes place in May 2021…
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April 23rd 2009
8:05pm
this album is amazing!
April 26th 2009
9:00pm
What a weird combo. ‘The Last Picture Show’ is a great film.
April 27th 2009
6:56am
This movie so rocks. I loved it.
April 27th 2009
8:05pm
It’s weird, “That Beep” sounds so much like Annie. AIH have definitely changed up their style.
April 28th 2009
11:47pm
It’s all about vinyl: http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/01/music-sales-up-10-in-2008-thanks-to-downloads-and-vinyl.ars
April 29th 2009
5:14am
A lackluster DVD so mediocre that it’s been reviewed twice on this website!
April 29th 2009
6:59am
Can I get a comment on the music of Conor Oberst and not his comments or who he dedicated songs to. Please. It’s not too much to ask from a music website is it.
May 2nd 2009
1:31am
I still haven’t seen this movie. I’ve really admired Aronofsky’s previous films though.
May 2nd 2009
1:32am
What a terrible DVD cover. WOW. Terrifying.
May 20th 2009
1:51am
I’ve never been a big fan of Silversun…meh.
May 22nd 2009
4:52pm
“The material isn’t always up to par the way earlier between-the-records EPs were, but it still beats the hell out of Plans.”
THANK YOU. and agreed.
May 26th 2009
6:52pm
great review! both shows rocked!
May 26th 2009
7:14pm
This reviewer really transported me to the show! Great writer for a great performer.
May 27th 2009
9:47am
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May 28th 2009
3:35pm
I just wanted to say I really liked your review of House of Mystery. It was good to know how it has developed over the years. Keep up the good work.
May 30th 2009
12:47am
This is an ok ep. I have to say that none of their recent material is even close to their earlier albums.
June 5th 2009
5:46am
FYI just watched this show, sucks! Wished it didn’t but it does. Haha all wealthy people are dumb, evil, and think they can buy anthing… jeeze lets just stereo type everyone. Wealthy people just don’t deserve to live I guess according to all these shows that exploit wealth as evil.
June 7th 2009
8:26pm
Rockband for real. It’s realy kicks ass) I hope the part two kicks ass as twice)))
June 11th 2009
9:39pm
The lyric in “James Blues” is:
“James incurred the wrath of jealous woman
And not long after that
Was spending all his weekends
Trying to relearn
How a young man yearns after a nurse”
It’s about castration. I have little more of a sense of humor than your interpretation suggests.
June 11th 2009
9:42pm
“have a little more of”. oops.
June 18th 2009
1:06am
Great review, Frank.
June 22nd 2009
8:57am
This picture represents a huge leap forward for its director..a very nice post Chris.
June 22nd 2009
9:06am
Wonders never cease, Coachella’s when this both fabulous performers start the event with a great start it is great to watch..
June 22nd 2009
9:12am
The rock band which we can say alternative is My Bloody Valentine..This is a very nice post
June 22nd 2009
9:19am
She’s so hot/cute/adorable….....She is so cute…
June 22nd 2009
9:22am
Wow! Marcus, This is a very nice post…Depeche Mode are fabulous..
June 22nd 2009
9:45am
Some styles are more casual while others are meant for going out on ...poofing up skirts is very good
June 22nd 2009
10:01am
When Bruce Springsteen finally broke through to national recognition in the fall of 1975 after a decade of trying, critics hailed him as the savior of rock
June 22nd 2009
10:04am
The bonus features with Doubt on Blu-ray start off with From Stage to Screen, a series of interviews with the cast and crew about…
June 24th 2009
9:40am
I’m one of the fans of The Killers. They’re cool.
June 26th 2009
10:00pm
I saw them play in Austin a few weeks ago. The new stuff is awesome, and they played beautifully. My favorite track is “Slow Fade,” a single tear streamed down my face when they played it. So good.
July 3rd 2009
9:33am
Thanks for such a detailed review. You’ve very keen observation for the details that should be there, indeed.
July 3rd 2009
9:39am
Hi Chris, you are so right about the borders - the top one is incredible. Great thinking!!!
July 3rd 2009
9:42am
Bonnaroo has always placed an emphasis on local and sustainable ways of making music. ..Nice Blog.
July 3rd 2009
9:49am
I was actually hoping for a really good Doubt as a Blu-Ray comp….and it is able to prove itself….
July 5th 2009
7:13am
I totally get what you mean when you say “the sound of best friends making music together.” I think their sound is really warm and strangely intimate. I don’t know. It feels like music at a house party and the band is having beers and talking between songs—I like it; but the production is really thin, as you said.
Thanks for the review, Laura.
July 9th 2009
7:29pm
You have to be kidding me Lily. This show does suck and bad. Totally unrealistic specifically in how these characters behave. Stupid crap.
July 10th 2009
12:24pm
Saw Bruce in Philly April 28th and April 29th. ALWAYS a great show! I went with a friend who had never seen him and she said it was more than a concert, it was an event—how right she was.
July 13th 2009
6:36pm
It is really a nice post, its always great reading such posts, this post is good in regards of both knowledge as well as information. i like stuff like ghostland observatory, the hush sound, the kills, indie music, black moth super rainbow, radiohead. anything that sounds weird and funky and has good sound to it. i do not like the teen boy singing the song. generations i like are indie, visual, experimental, psychedelic. along those lines. thank you in advance for the helping me on my music quest.Thanks for the post.
July 14th 2009
11:34pm
Nice Cracker reference!
July 16th 2009
7:51am
A full album is set for release in September 2009. The confidence, wide range of obvious natural talent and exceptional promise of these songs is undeniable. The future for First Aid Kit feels star bright.
July 17th 2009
5:57pm
thanks for info.
July 19th 2009
7:43am
The “barely” is everything in Wendy and Lucy. The sparse dialogue and lack of plot was the film’s message. Its panoramic moments said so much without saying anything at all. Wendy appears sedated much of the film but in a single moment, a bathroom meltdown, her story unravels. A story no one is sure of. In most every shot of the film we follow Wendy but learn little. We leave her without closure, but feel satisfaction without the closure nonetheless, amazed that such simple experience could be so captivating for two hours. I only wish I knew what her bandage was for and why her sister rejected her. Why else was she hurting and why was it so important for us not to know?
July 19th 2009
7:53am
thank you
very much
oo fantastic film
July 20th 2009
8:01pm
This was SO good!!!!
July 21st 2009
4:09pm
Why are you so LATE on the tallest man UTR? I’m disappointed and mad at you for it. I hope you do a feature on him when his next album is release!
July 24th 2009
6:25am
Counting down…freaking out. Come on Friday!
July 25th 2009
6:26pm
thanks for article.
July 31st 2009
8:57am
I downloaded a few songs from this collection, I like it.
I really love it, play it on my laptop regularly.
July 31st 2009
3:25pm
I love “Tracy’s Waters” , it’s a wonderful mix of Psych folk and Dream pop
August 5th 2009
8:04pm
I loved Grizzly Bear! It was so calm and intimate in that space
August 7th 2009
6:27pm
So, if I understood this correctly, they are Australians making Brit pop? I’ve seen a lot of this lately. Looks like UK nostalgia never died out.
August 8th 2009
2:00pm
I think I’ll get this from the library if they have it… I know nothing about this band.
August 11th 2009
7:11pm
Wow…you totally missed the boat on the Jane’s review…Claiming you were there to see the one song that was a commercial smash led me to discount your review immediately, but I read on to see if you redeemed yourself. Nope. Fans of the band would absolutely disagree with your take, as the band’s true genius was displayed over and over during the set, Perry’s prancing aside. He’s a consummate front-man, great voice, showmanship, and control of the spotlight.
And, yes, ugly girls DO have to be sluttier than the good-looking ones. Stick to reviewing bands you have a clue about.
August 12th 2009
5:10pm
You are, of course, referring to Alexander Mccall Smith’s series. There are so many witty observations in these books regarding male-female differences and the impact that these have on relationships.
Mma Ramotswe believes that women are best suited for detective work because women notice details, are observant, listen, and have more insight into human psychology than men.
August 14th 2009
6:53am
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August 16th 2009
3:24pm
i thought it was a good movie
August 18th 2009
9:39am
This game looks just as terrible as the movie!
August 21st 2009
12:27am
At first I thought Hester and Parks were just biting ‘Ghost Rider,” but I’ll have to check it out sometime.
August 21st 2009
12:30pm
They are COOL
August 24th 2009
8:57pm
wow! that was a lame review. I think they are great. Apparently thousands of others do too. They love them in Europe as well. U.S. is always the last to recognize real talent.
August 25th 2009
4:08pm
The looks very pretty :)
Thank you for the post and photo.
August 27th 2009
9:42am
Agreed. This was a dope show. One of the better I’ve been to in ‘09. Check out their performance of “Jump In the Pool” from the show.
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August 27th 2009
9:44am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il83g8-bkA0
August 28th 2009
6:58pm
This high of a review score makes me question how you call yourself a journalist. I read the initial issue and it was utter trash with no redeeming value whatsoever. This title could have done for Greek mythology what Fables did for children’s stories and fictional characters. Instead the writer decided to go for the disgusting, unimaginative stories. I agree that Peter Milligan can be hit and miss in what he writes but this 1st issue made me want to throw up and regret spending $1.00 to give it a try. I have read Vertigo comics for about 10 years and this comic is truly the worst executed idea with no redeeming value I have ever had the misfortune to read.
August 31st 2009
6:49pm
I would’ve loved to see Henry Rollins. He cracks me up!
September 2nd 2009
12:39pm
Thank you for your review. If this show was a decade earlier, I would’ve been there! Also, I empathize on your anger, when people leave before the show is “over” [the encore]. A band like MEW deserves an encore!
“Comforting Sounds” is awesome to hear live. My husband and I were privileged to see/hear them in D.C. a few years ago.
September 2nd 2009
7:08pm
I love this show! Can’t wait untill next summer to pick up the New Shows.
September 5th 2009
8:45am
Whats Fray for the uninitiated? A buffy spin off comic from a few years back, which I understand never got its story finished. So Joss has decedied to combine it with a buffy story to finish it.
So we have a back history a number of fans may be unaware of and time travel etc thrown in? sounds like an awful idea but it works excellently.
The art is by Korl Moline who i believe did the original Fray comic, he is fairly similar in style to Georges Jeanty who usually does the book so its all pretty familiar.
The story is complicated and takes a little while to see where it is going but the end result and character writing are excellent. Not a good starting point for new readers but a great read none the less.
September 5th 2009
9:34pm
I became interested in this topic and tried to find additional information. Much of it I downloaded from http://www.ebook-search-queen.com.
September 6th 2009
1:07am
As I visited the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair it was interesting for me to read The Road to Woodstock (http://www.ebook-search-queen.com) and to compare its contents with what I saw. Great!
September 7th 2009
9:37am
The overarching plot, revolving around the secrets buried underneath a clandestine basement, fares much better. Head writer, Matthew Sturges, is learning at a fast pace as the series[..]
September 8th 2009
9:58am
Did anybody watch this film? Share your impressions, please.
September 8th 2009
11:42am
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September 9th 2009
6:14pm
I’m in the middle of reading this book and was stoked to see it reviewed in one of my favorite mags. The review is pretty strait up, as is the book. Interesting for those who know about Steve Kilbey or not. For those who have been in or are in music groups, with it’s drama and challlenges, No Certainty Attached of particular interest.
September 10th 2009
8:12pm
“smashing success” = 6/10?
September 11th 2009
8:10pm
It’s a fine record, but not quite worthy of a 7 or 8, which are reserved for top twenty of the year candidates, which this honestly isn’t for me. But if you’re a fan of Polvo, you’ll like it, and even if you aren’t, it’s an excellent invitation to explore their great back catalog. And “smashing success” is removed from its context of “As far as unheralded reunions go,” as many are downright insipid, and this one is anything but that.
September 14th 2009
5:48am
Who designed Stephanie’s Jacket in science of sleep and where can I get a similar coat?
Science of Sleep is a movie and her military jacket is cute
September 18th 2009
3:13am
I concur my friend.
September 20th 2009
3:05am
The hype machine sold Sweet Tooth #1. It was pretty good, but I’m hoping we’ll see a little more happening in issue #2.
Then again, I ought have a little more faith in Lemire, he’s pretty damned good.
September 21st 2009
6:09am
Will there be a second season of the No 1 Ladies Detective agency?
find public record
September 26th 2009
2:35am
Can’t wait until this year’s concert. Fantastic stuff. Sooo hot though. Bringing plenty of water this year
September 29th 2009
11:33am
Ok this is by far the best series ive seen so far its got great story line, Animation, and good art work…. But one problem is the disc has trouble reading on a Xbox. I putted in the disc once and it worked 2nd time it got defective. Great series to watch a must see
October 3rd 2009
7:08pm
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. It’s got a great soundtrack too: Jens Lekman, Tilly & the Wall, The Go! Team, Radiohead, and others.
October 4th 2009
1:24pm
wow, San Francisco’s Girls must have been very bad. It has been a while since I have read such a damning review of any band
October 4th 2009
3:53pm
Jenny Lewis is a babe. I also like the killers. I think they are class
October 6th 2009
12:19pm
The track wasn’t used and in fact went unheard for two-plus decades, but Gordon and Mingus occasionally unpacked it live. In any case, one can only hope that when Mingus finally flipped the calendar past the greatest year in jazz, dude hit the mattress for a well-deserved nap.
October 10th 2009
4:45pm
Great reviews. Loney Dear has been my favorite band because their music touched my soul and makes me feel good. Live they are incredible. I saw them in Fortaleza, Brazil, and I’ll remember that day for a long time.
October 13th 2009
7:06pm
I like bands what make good musics. And banana splitses.
October 14th 2009
1:51am
Did UTR ever do a review of the Rhino San Francisco nuggets box set?
October 21st 2009
2:22am
As a fan of the series who buys it month-to-month, I guess I’m biased in that I enjoyed it. I would be interested to see if non-Fables readers enjoyed it.
It’s great to see my favourite magazine cover my favourite comic. I check for a mention of it in every printed-issue of Under The Radar, and so far have only seen it in there this month!
October 21st 2009
10:39pm
Wow! Sounds like a fun show. Now if only we could get him to come out west…
October 22nd 2009
11:56pm
mellow but good/interesting mellow, not boring mellow. also check out whitest boy alive (same singer)
October 23rd 2009
10:33am
Where can I buy waterproof trousers not over trousers?
tuxedo trousers
October 23rd 2009
6:55pm
who the hell says “blogosphere” anymore?
October 25th 2009
10:52pm
its a Grower not a Show - er!
October 26th 2009
2:22am
I wish this had been posted earlier. They had a show where I live tonight, and I could have gone ... oh well.
October 26th 2009
4:05pm
This is a fantastic review. I’m one of those people that consumes all things Pearl Jam (50+ live shows). You nailed Backspacer perfectly. I want to tell you how great it is but it isn’t - it is a step in the right direction though. Nice job.
October 27th 2009
6:41am
The overarching plot, revolving around the secrets buried underneath a clandestine basement, fares much better. Head writer,
October 27th 2009
9:07am
What is the best tourist attraction in the Philippines?
camping tourist