Modern Thai music is dominated by Pop bands churning out hits, however a purer form of music is Pleng Luk Thong or ‘music from the children of the fields’. The folk songs telling the stories of the poor became popular in the first half of the 20th Century and blossomed in the 1960s with the unabashed adoption of a multitude of influences.
Going up-country to Ban Nok or ‘village of the birds’ usually means drinking lao khao or rice moonshine and listening to Luk Thong classics.
Few compliations are better than Luk Thung! (The Roots Of Thai Funk) Vol. 3.
These bands know how to rock old school.
To listen to Luk Thung! (The Roots Of Thai Funk) Vol. 3, please go to the following URL