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    Dolly Parton dedicates country music awards show to people of Ukraine

    Life, Published on 10/03/2022

    » Singer Dolly Parton dedicated the Academy of Country Music Awards show to the people of Ukraine on Monday during a music-filled ceremony that saw Miranda Lambert crowned entertainer of the year.

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    The country king

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 01/03/2022

    » In July 1973, songwriter and DJ Surin Paksiri organised a pleng luk thung concert at the Ratchadamnoen Boxing Stadium in Bangkok. He wanted to hold the event in a park or at a big cinema, but both of those options were too expensive. He settled on the boxing stadium, and he called the concert "Luk Thung Isan vs. Luk Thung Pak Klang" (Isan Country Music vs. Central Country Music).

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    Country comes to the city

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 31/01/2023

    » The All-Thidsa Molam Band was in Bangkok this past weekend to perform at the Thailand International Jazz Conference. World Beat caught up with band last Friday when they played two sets at Isan Spicy BBQ, a rooftop bar at the Jim Thompson Art Center.

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    Country's hospitals seek help in fight against Covid

    Life, Published on 19/07/2021

    » The Covid-19 situation is worsening with infections and deaths rising rapidly every day for over a month.

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    The day the music died

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 09/07/2019

    » The legendary leader of the famous and influential Petch Phin Thong Band, Noppadon Duangporn, died last week at the age of 77. He was well known across the country, not just as the founder of one of Isan's biggest bands but also as a comedian, radio DJ and movie actor.

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    Classic comic opera to play in Bangkok

    Life, Published on 16/01/2020

    » The Classical Voice Department of Mahidol University is staging The Merry Widow, one of the most famous operettas in the world, at the Music Auditorium, College of Music, Mahidol University, Salaya campus, from Jan 23-25 at 7pm, plus a 1.30pm matinee on Jan 25.

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    Reflections on a Thai massacre

    Life, Published on 25/04/2024

    » The effect of education on the formation of memories and values is reflected through artwork by Preecha Raksorn during "Once Upon A Time at Sanamluang", at VS Gallery, until June 23.

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    America's saviour

    Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 18/10/2019

    » Bill Clinton wasn't the best president of the United States of America, nor was he the worst. Nor was he the most oversexed. John F. Kennedy had more pillow-mates by far. Yet Jackie Kennedy and Hillary Clinton didn't make a fuss about it.

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    In Fine Style

    B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 12/01/2020

    » Since the dissolution of One Direction in 2015, Harry Styles has been striving for the kind of self-reinvention that would set him apart from his peers. And if the success of his 2017 eponymous solo debut is any indication, he's on the right path towards a flourishing post-boy band career, careening down the highway of 70s-style rock stardom à la Mick Jagger and David Bowie. On his latest studio album Fine Line, these classic rock stylings make way for soaring power pop laced with folk-rock and psychedelia. And despite the record's overall heartbreak theme, Styles sounds more at ease with himself than ever.

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    See Mickey Mouse celebrate Loy Krathong

    Life, Published on 07/11/2019

    » Held to celebrate the Loy Krathong festival, the "Iconsiam Chao Phraya River Of Glory" will bring world-class entertainment and interesting activities at the River Park of Iconsiam, Charoen Nakhon Road, on Nov 11 from 4.30pm to 10pm.

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