Cradling his Epiphone Emperor Regent as he stands against the backdrop of a Buddhist temple, guitarist Vangthanousone Bouaphanh cuts a dashing figure. Vangthanousone comes from the "Land of a Million ...

After 25 years of silence the private Lao music and film industries are reawakening Filmed over 10 years the documentary GETTING LAOD THE RISE OF MODERN LAO MUSIC AND FILMS follows a new generation of ...

Anyone who’s hip on hip-hop knows that women are taking over the rap scene. Whether it be A-List artists like Megan Thee Stallion or Cardi B or local artists, audiences are (finally) starting to ...

Noi Sengsourigna is a Laotian musician, artist and educator currently visiting the United States. Noi grew up in a family dedicated to the preservation and the teaching of Lao culture and she is ...

Twenty-five years ago I joined a team from the Japan Foundation on a tour of Isan to meet and talk to molam artists, as part of a project on Lao music in the region. We met up with the then-president ...