Charmaine Clamor is a singer from the Philippines who combines Filipino folk songs with American jazz and blues.
Born in Subic, Zambales, Philippines, Charmaine Clamor began her singing career at age three, entertaining passengers in buses traveling to Manila.
As she grew, she began providing piano accompaniment while her mother sang kundiman (Filipino torch songs) and English language classics.
She has appeared on NPR's Weekend Edition, BBC's The World, and performed at the San Francisco Filipino-American Jazz Festival.
Clamor is a founding member of JazzPhil-USA, a non-profit organization that promotes jazz musicians of Filipino descent in the United States