Hick to Hip

Isan aka Northeast Thailand was always looked down upon. The region is known to be poor, and it's people strange and illiterate. Even their form of music was never appreciated by anyone else other than them. But then people migrated and some Isan people moved to Bangkok. Now all of a sudden the people who were always looked down upon their music is becoming popular  through out the whole country. <p>


        http://www.jstor.org/stable/4098518


<p/>The article talks about the music of Isan and how it affected the music of the rest of Thailand. It also mentions the Thai form of music , Luk Thung and how Isan music is really influential on Luk Thung. As well as where it all started and how Isan music became so popular all of a sudden.


Miller, Terry. From Country Hick to Rural Hip: A New Identity Through Music for the Northeast Thailand.
Asian Music Vol.36, No.1 (Summer-Autumn,2005) pp.96-106. Print

Miller, Terry.(Summer-Autumn,2005) From Country Hick to Rural Hip: A New Identity Through Music for the Northeast Thailand.Asian Music Vol.36.96-106. Print