'Molam can't be tamed," so the old saying goes. The years have certainly proven this true. From now until the end of March next year, the Jim Thompson Art Center presents "Joyful Khaen, Joyful Dance", ...
Molam, a centuries-old musical tradition from northeastern Thailand (Isan) and the surrounding region, is finding firmer footing in Bangkok, where people who call Isan home make up the city’s largest ...
Thailand’s Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band has reinvented molam music, an often-dismissed traditional rural genre, and given it a new life world-wide. Photo: Paradise Bangkok Molam ...
Its lifespan is just a few hours. Yet, molam, a hand-drum, lives and leaves gloriously. Says PR Munnaiyyan, who’s been making the instrument ever since he can remember: “Traditionally, we play it at ...
It’s been nine months since Rasmee Wayrana released her first album Isan Soul. The singer and songwriter, recently honored with three Kom Chad Luek awards, specializes in molam and experimental music, ...
As decisive a summation as the first volume of Soundway’s Sound Of Siam series seemed to be, this second volume offers essential deeper insight into what, with hindsight, seems to have been Southeast ...
Siwilai Tour series is back with The Celebration of Molam Sound Presented by Johnnie Walker, featuring two days of music by local talents and world class DJs. Expect to see live performances from Four ...