She was one of the most influential molam performers of her generation, and a pioneer in the recording of molam on vinyl. Phaya Kaew, better known as courting molam, became molam glawn and between male and female molam developed into a courting style with witty verbal jousting between a pair of molam, backed by the organ-like sound of the khaen (bamboo mouth organ). These days people just call this style molam gio (courtship song). We travelled to Khon Kaen province to see the trio perform with Japanese minyo (folk music) musicians at a Loy Kratong celebration. The second side of the album features molam vocal music, molam glawn gio, with Bunpheng jousting with molam Wichian.

Source: Bangkok Post September 27, 2021 21:56 UTC