The Christian Science Monitor online edition has an interesting story about the current ongoing debate in the USA Supreme Court over copyright laws. The outcome of the trail will have far reaching consequences for “intellectual property” rights.

Jeff tells of Bangkok blues artist Georgia and the World Blues Festival coming to Thailand for the first time.

Blues artist Chai Blues and his “Chai Blues & The Blues Maniacs” band performed 27 March at the Saxophone Bar. Chai Blue is a popular Blues artist in Bangkok. Pictured, left, along with him is harmonica player Poo. The rest of the band members consist of Kay on slide guitar, Bonchai on drums and John […]

The entertaining Georgia sings to a full house at the “Ad Here the 13th Blues Bar” Friday night. Performing with her, pictured from bottom left, are guitarist Hanz and Ponk, Wan on drums, Ped on bass guitar, and Mick on harmonica. Bass guitarist Joost and Por are not pictured. Photograph by Robert Lorimor.

During the recent One World Beat event at Tokyo Joe’s Blues Bar, there was this “You had to be there” moment worth mentioning on these pages.
Jeff T had arranged the first night’s schedule as a night for something different. This gave us the opportunity to see Steve Barnett, Stranded and Innuendoes who usually play at […]

This new column on jazz in general and jazz in Bangkok in particular will come at you as the news arrives and as new developments in the business of jazz push the writer into action. There will be features and gossip and chat about not much at all if you are not a jazz fan, but plenty for the truly jazz-minded.

The chief of special education at Srinakharinwirut University, Prof. Dr. Padung Arayawinyu, is recommending music as therapy for handicapped children. MCOT.org has the story.

It was three days of some of the best music Thailand has to offer. Three music venues, Tokyo Joe’s on Sukhumvit Soi 24, Noriega’s on Silion Soi 4 and Coco’s Blues on Koh Sumui Island, wrapped up their One World Beat events in Thailand on March 17, 18 and 19. In keeping with One World […]

John Nuvo performed at the KIS FEST benefit on 12 March to raise money for the Tsunami Releif Fund.
John Nuvo, popular Thai actor and singer, headlined the KIS FEST Concert in the Park, 12 March. The rest of the participants included local as well as international performers. This event was held by KIS International […]

Whan, the drummer for the metal Thai band named, “Jealous,” hams one for the camera. See more pictures. Photographs by Robert Lorimor
Tokyo Joe’s, a small blues bar in Bangkok, had the honor of being the opening event of the One World Beat. Worldwide, another 200 concerts will now follow to raise money for […]

One World Beat, if you don’t know already, starts tonight. No reason to rehash it here. Go see our previous story about it. This just in: Father Joe will be in to give a brief talk before One World Beat begins on Friday at Tokyo Joe’s.
See you tonight at Tokyo Joe’s as Bangkok Jungle will […]

Sek Loso of the popular Thailand band, Loso, has made the RollingStone.com website. They have an interesting article about him.
From the article:
By 1991, Loso had squirreled away 600 baht (about $24 then) for a cheap guitar. “When my aunt saw that I saved money and then spent it,” he says, “she kicked me out of […]