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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.
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).
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.
Billboard removes rapper Lil Nas X from country chart
Life, Published on 01/04/2019
» Billboard told rapper Lil Nas X to take his horse and giddy up when they decided to remove his viral hit Old Town Road from their country charts because they determined it wasn't country enough.
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.
'Die Schweiz' comes to Bangkok
Life, Published on 18/09/2018
» The Swiss tourist authority will try get everyone excited for the Alpine country during the "In Love With Switzerland" fair, which kicks off today and runs until Sunday at the Fashion Gallery, 1st floor of Siam Paragon, Rama I.
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.
Duo to host an all-Mozart programme
Life, Published on 06/05/2024
» The father and daughter duo, Nat and Pinnaree Yontararak, will present "Learning Piano From Mozart" at Sala Sudasiri Sobha on Sunday at 4pm.
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.
The many shapes of water
Life, Published on 16/04/2019
» The festival of water is coming to an end but the charm of water will remain forever in a collection of photography being displayed at YellowKorner Gallery.