Thursday, April 7, 2022

wongchan phairot chorus: rim fang nam



artist: วงจันทร์ ไพโรจน์ คอรัส (wongchan phairot chorus)
album: ริมฝั่งน้ำ (rim fang nam)
tracklist:
01. ริมฝั่งน้ำ (rim fang nam)
02. บุพเพสันนิวาส (bupphesanniwat)
03. ห้วงน้ำลึก (huang nam luek)
04. ครวญสวาท (khruan sawat)
05. งามเดือนฉาย (ngam duean chai)
06. ตะเลงครวญ (taleng khruan)
07. กลิ่นดอกไม้ (klin dok mai)
08. รอยรักรอยร้าว (roi rak roi rao)
09. ทาษน้ำเงิน (that nam ngoen)
10. ถ้าฉันมีคนรัก (tha chan mi khon rak)
11. ถ้าเธอรักฉัน (tha thoe rak chan)
12. จำจาก-จำลา (cham chak, cham la)

this week, wongchan phairot and her chorus bring us easy listening luk krung classics! a bangkok native, wongchan started her singing career at age 9 after winning the phu khao thong temple fair contest, and under the sponsorship of khru mongkhon amatayakun began recording children's songs for the t. ngek chuan record store. as she got older, she performed with a number of cosmopolitan outfits like the royal thai navy band, the bangkok cha-cha-cha band, and hon hanbuntrong's hawaiian aloha band, before joining khru mongkhon's famous chularat. with chularat, she moved towards the luk thung scene, even taking on suraphon sombatcharoen (for instance) as a songwriter. by the time (late '70s?) of today's featured cassette, however, she was firmly back in the city music camp, performing urbane luk krung ballroom numbers and ballads by the likes of wet sunthonchamon, kaeo atchariyakun and phoem khlaibanleng. vocally, she's joined by her chorus for some close harmony (think: the ray charles singers).. enjoy!