Miss Patra Nuehnoi, a student from Dance Centre, performs as part of a Jazz Dance demonstration during the International Dance Day Festival at Benjasiri Park. She has been studying dance at Dance Center for 16 years.
The entire park has been turned into a performing venue for music and dance. There are also art and photo […]

The “Jungle Vine” column by Robert Lorimor
If you get a chance when you are at VivaVino’s Italian Restaurant over on Sukhumvit 22, Park Avenue@22 Hotel, have Freddy, the guitar player, come over to your table during his break and ask him about his USO (United Service Organizations) days during the Vietnam war. He has mostly […]

Godofredo Vista and Freddy Marquez play Italian music at the VivaVino’s Italian Restaurant located at the Park Avenue@22 Hotel in Bangkok. Not pictured is guitarist Richardo Vista.
Story and Photographs by Robert Lorimor
VivaVino’s Italian Restaurant and Bar is located in the newly built streetside atrium outside the Park Avenue@22 Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 22. Looking […]

A “Bangkok Blues & Beyond” column by Jeff T.
Since the inception of this column two months ago, and the necessity of research to provide a broader view of what is available, it has happily come to my attention that not only is there more blues here Bangkok than previously thought, but the amount of […]

Story provided by Alex Pithie
Top-of-the-heap be-bop jazz drummer Stan Levey, who kept time for such musical greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Stan Kenton orchestra, died at age 79 April 19.
The self-taught Levey was just a 16-year-old upstart without his own drum kit when he first played with Gillespie in 1942 […]

An artist profile by Alex Pithie
Thanapat Mathayomchand better known as “Prode” since he was a kid, is a passionate jazz fan and a stellar Thai jazz guitarist outclassing many world class players with his fusion jazz style and depth of musical knowledge.
Inspired initially by good old rock ‘n roll, he went to study at Berklee […]

Jazz sax great, James Moody, is 80 years old and there is a great article about him on the SignOnSanDiegcom website. There is also a mention about how he will be performing for the King of Thailand in December.
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features — Born to soar
“I think my strong point is that I want […]

Event information courtesy of Bangkok Opera Foundation
An exciting new production of Verdi’s Aida by Bangkok Opera will open at the Thailand Cultural Centre on 28 and 30 April. The opera is being presented to HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana as the Bangkok Opera Foundation’s annual birthday gift to its Royal Patron.
The Opera includes the Triumphal […]

The “Jungle Vine” column by Robert Lorimor
After I finished shooting the Radio City and its Elvis show story the other night, I exited the Patpong Entertainment Zone and realized it was past midnight and it was too late to take the skytrain or subway home. No problem, I thought, I can take one of the […]

Elvis impersonator Manuel performs at the Radio City located in the Patpong Entertainment Zone in Bangkok. Show times for the Elvis show are 11 to 11:45 pm Monday through to Saturday.
Story and photograph by Robert Lorimor
Travelers are drawn to Elvis’s familiar passionate and seductive voice as they enter the Radio City night club. To find […]

Legendary pop singer Tom Jones has turned 65 and there is a great interview with him on The Independent website.

The Thirst DJ competition is heating up and you can read the story about the competition from the The Star website.
The Retro Bar and Restaurant here in Bangkok will be hosting the Asia Pacific Regional Finals on 28 May.