Luk Thung " thai country music"

The country of Thailand like many other countries in the world has many types of music, from country to traditional to modern. One of the most popular type of thai music is luk thung also known as "thai country music". Luk Thung used to be a very popular form of music around the 1970's, but because of influences from Asian and European and Western pop music, it's popularity decreased. But now years later it's being combined with modern music such as hip hop, pop, rap, and many others, and is once again making it's way back to the top.

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_music/toc/amu37.1.html
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/amu/summary/v037/37.1jirattikorn.html

This article talks about the importance of Luk Thung music to Thai Culture. Aritcles I've read before only mentioned how much thai music has changed, and they were all about how pop is one of Thailand's most popular forms of music. But this article talks about one form of music in particular, Luk Thung, it goes into depth about it. It talks about it's history, it's influence, basically the life of Luk Thung form when it first started to now. It also mention's how Luk Thung now, has a great influence on most popular Thai music, even though some music artists fail realize it.

Jirattikam, Amporn.Winter/Spring 2006. Lukthung: Authenticity and Modernity in Thai Country Music 1. Asian Music. Volume 37. 24-50. Print

Jirattikam, Amporn. Lukthung: Authenticity and Modernity in Thai Country Music 1. Asian Music. Volume 37, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2006,24-50. Print