Play: Ikot UlitSolo live, Sunny Side SoundSolo
for small rooms, acoustic nights and private events
Just Gab and a guitar: the songs stripped back, close enough to talk between them.
for venues, festivals, press and curators
Work with Gab
Filipino singer-songwriter and Best New Artist nominee at the 39th Awit Awards. He plays café and bar nights, intimate shows and festivals, solo or with his band, and has shared stages with Rivermaya, Ebe Dancel, Nyoy Volante and Johnoy.
What brings you here?
- venues, festivals, eventsBook a showSolo with a guitar or with the full band. The form writes the email for you.
- editors, writers, hostsInterview or feature himShort and long bios to copy, the facts, and his email for interviews.
- curators, posters, promosPhotos and coversFull-size press photos and both EP covers, ready to download.
Solo or with the band
Two ways to have him play. Press play to see each one: the videos open here.
Play: Ikot UlitSolo live, Sunny Side SoundPlay: ngayon at kailanmanLive at What’s Your Poison, PoblacionWith the band
for bars, launches and festival stages
Gab Palanca on bass, Louise Ann Calairo on keys and Raf Marquez on drums, with Cha Martinez or CJ Araneta on lead guitar and Ralph Lauren Juatchon or Rhoxene Octaviano on trumpet.
Recent stages
- Nov 14, 2026Learn to Love Again release partySari Sari, Makati
- Sep 13, 2026Full setCREATE Philippines x MIPAM 2026
- Mar 14, 2026Kama Bar & Café TourBackdoor Maginhawa, Quezon City
- Feb 28, 2026Kama Bar & Café TourCappo Coffee, Quezon City
- Feb 13, 2026Kama Bar & Café TourUNWND Boutique Hotel, Poblacion, Makati
A café and bar tour around Quezon City and Makati, a full set at CREATE Philippines x MIPAM 2026, and small shows abroad in the US and Australia.
shared the stage with
- Rivermaya
- Ebe Dancel
- Nyoy Volante
- Johnoy
- Noel Cabangon
“Gab Cabangon is learning to love music again.”
Elijah Pareño, Rolling Stone Philippines “a deeply personal project that serves as an open diary of his experiences as a millennial”
Ralph Regis, Billboard Philippines, on Learn to Love Again “This song comforts those in pain, reminding them it’s okay to feel and heal in their own time.”
Wish 107.5, on Pieces
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Press kit
For editors, bookers, playlist curators and event posters: bios to copy, photos and covers in full size, the facts and the credits.
photos by Meika Vieve Catog, please credit her
Short bio
Gab Cabangon is a Filipino singer-songwriter based in Metro Manila and a Best New Artist nominee at the 39th Awit Awards. His sound is nonchalant millennial sadboi indie pop: chill guitar melodies and soulful singing. His debut EP, Learn to Love Again, came out in October 2026.
Long bio
Gab Cabangon is a Filipino singer-songwriter based in Metro Manila. His sound is nonchalant millennial sadboi indie pop, chill guitar melodies with soulful singing, and he writes songs and stories about the different phases of life and heartache, romantic and not.
Read the rest
He played alongside his father, the folk singer-songwriter Noel Cabangon, fell for folk music as a regular at the old Conspiracy Garden, and fronted the indie band K.E., whose last release came out in 2016. Then creative burnout made him put the guitar down.
He came back with Pieces in September 2025, a song first written as an anniversary gift to his then-girlfriend, now his wife. It earned him a Best New Artist nomination at the 39th Awit Awards. Kama, Ikot Ulit and ngayon at kailanman followed in 2026, and on October 14, 2026 they came together with a new song, Love Again, as his debut EP, Learn to Love Again, co-produced with his long-time friend and music director David Lina and released with Underdog Music.
He has performed alongside Rivermaya, Ebe Dancel, Nyoy Volante, Johnoy and Noel Cabangon, played small shows in the US and Australia, and sung three times on the Wish 107.5 Bus. Off stage he works for Filipino music as Executive Director of the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM), a non-profit welfare organization for professional singers.
For interviews, write to gabcabangonmusic@gmail.com.
Photos
Full-size JPGs. Photography: Meika Vieve Catog.
The facts
- Name
- Gab Cabangon (Juan Gabriel Cabangon)
- Based in
- Metro Manila, Philippines
- Sound
- Nonchalant millennial sadboi indie pop, OPM
- Debut EP
- Learn to Love Again, October 14, 2026 (5 songs)
- Second edition
- Learn to Love Again (at the Backdoor), November 15, 2026 (5 reworked versions)
- Singles
- Pieces (2025), Kama, Ikot Ulit, ngayon at kailanman (2026)
- Recognition
- Best New Artist nominee, 39th Awit Awards (2026), with Pieces
- Live
- Solo, or with his band (guitar, bass, keys, trumpet, drums)
- Released with
- Underdog Music
- Bookings
- gabcabangonmusic@gmail.com
EP credits
- Written and composed by
- Juan Gabriel Cabangon
- Produced and arranged by
- Juan Gabriel Cabangon and David Lina
- Lead electric guitar on Love Again
- Charlize “Cha” Martinez
- Trumpets on Kama
- Gab Lazaro of Project Yazz
- Backing vocals on Kama
- vydd, Kyla Miel, Angelim “Geli” Cabangon
- Mixing
- Shadiel Chan
- Mastering
- Jan Aries Agadier Fuertez
- Photography
- Meika Vieve Catog
- Released with
- Underdog Music
Here for the songs instead? Go to the listening page, or follow him on Instagram.