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Molam Lao

Molam Lao has been played on NTS shows including NTS Guide to…, with Lam Saravane first played on 15 October 2018.

Molam Lao is a group of khen musicians and Lam singers originally from Laos. They settled in France in 1976, and have given concerts and taken part in many international festivals throughout Europe. In 2000 Molam Lao collaborated with Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart on an album called Molam Dub, mixing traditional Lam with dub music.

The khen is the quintessential Laotian bamboo mouth organ. Lam, a.k.a. Molam is popular style of singing popular in Laos and in Isan, the northern region of Thailand where the style is know as Morlam, Mor Lam or Morlam Sing.

Singers: Sengphet Souryavongsay, Phimmasone Saysamone, Nouphiene, Boualiane Thipsangvanh, Khampha Inthisane

Musicians: Nouthong Phimvilayphone - khen, kachapi, ranat. Tem Mahavong - khen, Khamsy Khounsavath - khen Lidsida Thipsangvanh - kong tapone, Khampha Inthisane - kachapi

Instruments: khen - bamboo mouth organ, kachapi - plucked lute ranat - xylophone, kong tapone - drums sing - finger cymbals, niap niep - notched stick

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Molam Lao

Molam Lao has been played on NTS shows including NTS Guide to…, with Lam Saravane first played on 15 October 2018.

Molam Lao is a group of khen musicians and Lam singers originally from Laos. They settled in France in 1976, and have given concerts and taken part in many international festivals throughout Europe. In 2000 Molam Lao collaborated with Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart on an album called Molam Dub, mixing traditional Lam with dub music.

The khen is the quintessential Laotian bamboo mouth organ. Lam, a.k.a. Molam is popular style of singing popular in Laos and in Isan, the northern region of Thailand where the style is know as Morlam, Mor Lam or Morlam Sing.

Singers: Sengphet Souryavongsay, Phimmasone Saysamone, Nouphiene, Boualiane Thipsangvanh, Khampha Inthisane

Musicians: Nouthong Phimvilayphone - khen, kachapi, ranat. Tem Mahavong - khen, Khamsy Khounsavath - khen Lidsida Thipsangvanh - kong tapone, Khampha Inthisane - kachapi

Instruments: khen - bamboo mouth organ, kachapi - plucked lute ranat - xylophone, kong tapone - drums sing - finger cymbals, niap niep - notched stick

Original source: Last.fm

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