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Genre-bending greats
Life, John Clewley, Published on 16/07/2024
» Swamp Dogg (real name Jerry Williams Jr) is a well-known black American singer, songwriter, producer and Williams Jr's alter ego. A few years back, I wrote about Blame It On The Dogg: The Swamp Dogg Anthology 1968-1978, which features some of his hit R&B songs (put out under his real name and alter ego), such as She's A Heartbreaker by Gene Pitney and Stop Knocking by Ruth Brown.
(G)I-dle to perform in Bangkok in October
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 05/07/2024
» Along with Blackpink's Lisa, Babymonster's Pharita and Chiquita, (G)I-dle is another South Korean girl group with a Thai member, Minnie. (G)I-dle, which consists of Miyeon, Soyeon, Yuqi, Shuhua and Minnie, stand out from other K-pop girl groups because they are one of the few who produce their own music.
Groundbreaking street art to go under the hammer
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 19/02/2024
» A series of signature works from the underground art movement will go under the hammer at Julien's Auctions in California, on Feb 22 at 10am local time (Feb 23 at 1am Thai time). The works are now available for online bidding via JuliensAuctions.com.
Another thriller from Down Under
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 30/05/2023
» Shortly after the world premiere at Sundance Film Festival this year, Netflix announced it had acquired the rights to an Australian psychological horror titled Run Rabbit Run.
Honouring a pioneer
Life, John Clewley, Published on 04/08/2020
» Sonia Pottinger was a trailblazing pioneer in Jamaica's male-dominated music industry as she played an important role in the development of popular music in the Caribbean island. She was the first female record producer in Jamaica and her pinnacle came during the 1960s, beginning with the ska era after which she made a transition to rocksteady and finally reggae.
Follow the yellow brick road
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 21/06/2019
» There is a newly-invented subgenre of the rock biopic: the queer, British, 1970s-set rock biopic, preferably with family trauma and cruel (or at least unsympathetic) parents. First was Bohemian Rhapsody, the shoddy Freddie Mercury flick, whose status as an Oscar-nominated title still befuddles. Now comes Rocketman, in which Taron Egerton preens and struts in Elton John's greatest hits of wardrobe flamboyance, even at his AA session.