Folklore from Laos and the provinces of Northeast Thailand (Isan), molam is the generic name for a multitude of styles and approaches. In this second volume, we discover lam phun, lam thuy, lam plern, lam dern, all distinct forms of molam, recorded in the 1970s and 1980s, but whose melodies were created several centuries ago. When Thailand’s borders opened to international trade, the mouth organ and the Thai lute suddenly found themselves confronted with the organ and electric guitars for an unexpected yet exquisite reworking of musical tradition. A very Asian art of recycling and repurposing!
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