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Today it's time to get the tape player back on duty and rewind us back in time with a legend from the 80's. One of those great talents able to perform brilliantly in both luk thung and molam: miss Yenjit Porntawi...
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LIVE MUSIC IN BANGKOK (Esan clubs review) http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/

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After The last 3 posts about Esan concerts, you probably feel like dancing. If the molam concerts are probably not the best place for tourists (it can get out of control sometimes), there are many clubs in Bangkok where you can enjoy live molam and luk thung.

I made a little selection of pure Esan clubs I like but there are many more all around (just as nice as those in the list). There is no better places to party in Bangkok if you like molam!

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ONE NIGHT IN ESAN (MOLAM SING)

ONE NIGHT IN ESAN (molam sing)

Nowadays, molam sing is the leading form of modern molam (the most popular singers perform in Bangkok and in some provinces outside of Esan and even sometimes in Laos). The bands play "regular concerts" as well as shows during temple fairs or cultural and religious festivities...
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MAN SUTKHIT (MOLAM SING CONTEST) http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/

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We continue our review of the evolution modern molam concerts with an amazing recording!

If I have quite a few lam sing live tapes, today I choosed to present the audio part from a VCD as this recording is really interesting. Those who will Thailand will sure rush to try to find a place to buy it and it's not going to be easy as I found it in a shop selling discounted CDs from old stocks (most hypermarkets in Bangkok sell similar VCDs at discounted price and you can find them in small shops located in big markets). Most parts of this show has been released as part of a 5 VCDs set (in total  I payed 100b for the whole set. what a steal!). I was quite lucky to be abble to collect the whole set from 2 different shops...

 

 

 

 

 

RAKHANGTHONG (MOLAM CONCERT)

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It's the end of the Songkran holidays, in every Esan provinces there have been some molam sing concerts every nights. Today's tape takes us back in time in the 80's. If now lam sing is all the rage at the time of the recording of this tape it's still lam phloen that brings people to dance. Even some "local bands" can play in front of thousands on week-ends or during holidays. This post is the first of a serie of 3 posts on the evolution of modern molam concerts, it will be followed by some early lam sing and a some exerpts from recent performances...

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RECORDS SHOPPING IN BANGKOK

As today it's record store day I spent some time to put up a little list of shops you should visit if you plan to visit Thailand. If you ever bough some re-editions or compilations of Esan music you will soon notice that those cd or vinyls you bough in your home country where just 10 times more expensive than the real deal and that unlike what you can read online or in magazines it's not at all forgotten or hard to find music. Many Esan people are proud of their cultural heritage and if you can find those records you can also ear molam and luk thung Esan everywhere in the streets of Bangkok.

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PHIMCHAI PHETPHALANCHAI (LAM PHLOEN ADIT RAK WAN SONGKRAN)

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BACK ONLINE!

After leaving this place without any new posts for a while, I finally took the time to get back online. I spend most of my time during the last 3 years dancing molam and hunting for hundreds of Esan music tapes of all kinds... I guess it's time to ear some of those!

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