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Thailand through the success of contemporary Lao musicians Alexandria, L.O.G. and CELLS. CELLS second Lao album 'Saew' was released by Thai label GMM / Grammy in 2007 and received top 20 radio airplay in Bangkok for hit singles 'Waan' and 'Leuk
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Sitviseth, āš§āšīāšāšąāš āšŠāšīāšāš§āšīāŧāšŠāšŠ/ āļ§āļīāļāļąāļĒ āļŠāļīāļāļ§āļīāđāļŠāļŠ As 2023, Vichai Sitviseth is active as Lao Artist, Singer/Song-Writer from Chicago, Illinois USA. His music History:in 1989 Vichai had formed a live Band/Lukthung Neerankalāļ§āļāļāļāļāļĢāļĩ āļĨāļđāļāļāļļāđāļāļāļīāļĢāļąāļāļāļĢāđāļāļēāļĨ as a lead Vocal/guitar in Rockford, Illinois USA.
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Khenes are made from a special kind of bamboo. It looks slightly Andean in appearance with its sets of bamboo and reed pipes of various lengths, which are strapped together, and then blown into by the player. It can be played solo as in traditional Lao music or in combination with other musical
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2000-2005 he joined as a singer āļ§āļāļāļāļāļĢāļĩ RED ROSE/āļāļļāļŦāļĨāļēāļāđāļāļ and SEXY200/āđāļāđāļāļāļĩ2000 in Santa Rose, California USA. 2005-2009 he had toured music shows for āļ āļ§āļīāđāļŠāļŠ Koviseth and āļāļģāļāļļāđāļ āļ§āļāļŠāļāļīāļŠ Khamtoun and formed
Rajasinh Band/āļ§āļāļāļāļāļĢāļĩ āļĢāļēāļāļēāļŠāļīāļāļŦāđ in Sacramento, California.
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Siamese genres and therefore banned Lao musical performances in a proclamation in which he complained that, "Both men and women now play Lao khene
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Leuk'. Music videos for 'Waan' and 'Leuk Leuk' have also proved very popular on Thai music video channels and CELLS have made several well received tours of
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