sessiOnroad

Session Road
Session Road
Origin	Baguio, Benguet, Philippines
Genres	Pinoy rock; alternative rock;
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Star; Alpha;
Members	Hannah Romawac-Olives; Coy Placido; Chavi Romawac; Jimbo San Pedro; JV Romawac;
Past members	Jonathan Placido; Jesse Hoover; Glen Laciste; Jal Taguibao; Richard Carandang;

Session Road (stylized as sessiOnroad) is an alternative rock band from the Philippines. Band members are Hannah Romawac-Olives (vocals, rhythm guitar), Coy Placido (lead guitar, synth/also from the band Top Junk), Chavi Romawac (drums, percussions), JV Romawac (percussions, backup vocals) and Jimbo San Pedro (bass).

Coy and Hannah are the group's chief composers. sessiOnroad's music showcases a fusion of different genres—rock music, pop music, alternative rock, blues, reggae, soul music, and mainstream.

The band's first album was produced by Grace Nono and Bob Aves under Star Records and was released in February 2000.^[1] It was the release of the first single SUNTOK SA BUWAN,^[2] from their second album of the same title and produced by Alpha Records in September 2004, that gained for sessiOnroad a lot of recognition from the listening public. The song topped the charts in almost all major radio stations in Manila for two straight weeks since it started airplay. Suntok sa Buwan was nominated song of the year for 2004. "Blanko" a meditative song about emptiness, from their 2006 album "Bakit Hindi?" (Why Not?), won the band's Awit Award Best Music Video under the people's choice category in 2007.^[3]

Discography

Session Road (1999)
Suntok sa Buwan (2004)
Bakit Hindi? (2006) ^[4]
Lagi Na Lamang Ba (EP) (2016)

Compilations

The Metropop Song Festival (2001)
Trip (U-turn Star Cinema OST, 2003)
Pinoy Big Brother Compilation (Star Records, 2005)
Pinoy Ako 2 (Star Records, 2006)
The Best of Manila Sound: Hopia Mani Popcorn 2 (2007)
Bagong Banda---Awit Ni Sampaguita (2008)

Band members

Current members

Hannah Romawac-Olives - vocals, rhythm guitar
Coy Placido - lead guitar, synth
Chavi Romawac - drums and percussions
Jimbo San Pedro - bass
JV Romawac - percussion and backup vocals

Early members

Jonathan Placido
Jesse Hoover
Glen Laciste
Jal Taguibao
Richard Carandang

Awards and nominations

Year	Award Giving Body	Category	Nominated Work	Results
2002	8th KATHA Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Composition	"Gravity"	Won^[5]
2002	8th KATHA Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Vocal Performance	"Gravity"	Won^[5]

References

^ "Their Long and Winding Road". philmusic.com. Lionel Zivan S. Valdellon. Archived from the original on May 29, 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2006.
^ "SessiOnroad - Suntok Sa Buwan". titikpilipino.com. Alpha Music. Archived from the original on March 2, 2006. Retrieved March 2, 2006.
^ TMCnet "Winners Of The 20th Awit Awards", Manila, August 13, 2007. Retrieved on September 12, 2014.
^ "why not??". August 1, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "8th KATHA Music Awards Winners". titikpilipino.com. Jay Frank de Jesus. Archived from the original on March 2, 2006. Retrieved March 2, 2006.

External links

sessiOnroad Official Facebook Page

[1] "Their Long and Winding Road". philmusic.com. Lionel Zivan S. Valdellon. Archived from the original on May 29, 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2006.

[2] "SessiOnroad - Suntok Sa Buwan". titikpilipino.com. Alpha Music. Archived from the original on March 2, 2006. Retrieved March 2, 2006.

[3] TMCnet "Winners Of The 20th Awit Awards", Manila, August 13, 2007. Retrieved on September 12, 2014.

[4] "why not??". August 1, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022.

[Jay_Frank_de_Jesus-5] "8th KATHA Music Awards Winners". titikpilipino.com. Jay Frank de Jesus. Archived from the original on March 2, 2006. Retrieved March 2, 2006.

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