S2 Ep1: TIRSO RIPOLL - Daddy's a Rockstar

About That with Marga Ortigas by Marga Ortigas

Jan 14, 201829:37Society & Culture

We all know Jagger, Ozzie, and even Gene Simmons... but ever wonder about a rockstar's life in the East? Spanish-Filipino musician Tirso Ripoll burst onto the Asian music scene in the early 1990s with the iconic rock gro...

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