Jintara Poonlarp

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Jintara Poonlarp or Poonlarb (Thai จินตหรา พูนลาภ ) is one of the best known mor lam artists of Thailand. Poonlarp is her stage name; her real surname is Janlueang (จันทร์เหลือง). She is also sometimes known by her nickname Jin or the epithet sao siang pin (Thai สาวเสียงพิณ, meaning "lute-voiced girl"). As of June 2005 she had released 37 original albums plus numerous compilations. She records roughly equal amounts of mor lam and luk tung, but two of her best-known songs are the string hits Ma Tammai and Faen Ja, recorded with Bird McIntyre.

Career

Jintara was born on 12 March 1971, in the Kaset Wisai district of Roi Et province in the Isan region of Thailand. She began performing in her early teens. She made twenty audio-only recordings for Grammy Entertainment and later a further five for Master Tape. She has since made a further series of recordings for

Jintara in a VCD video

Jintara in a VCD video
Screenshot: Mor lam Sa On 8. @

Master Tape, variously entitled Luk tung sa on and Mor lam sa on, each on VCD, CD and audio tape formats ("sa on" in the Isan language meaning roughly "enjoyable"). A number of greatest hits collections have also been issued, some of which contain videos of songs from the first audio-only series. Her first five albums included only luk tung, but since then most have combined luk tung, mor lam and sometimes string. Her most famous string songs are Ma Tammai and Faen Ja, both in collaboration with Bird McIntyre. She tours with a live show from September to May each year and has made several appearances in Europe and North America.

Jintara has a distinctively rough-edged voice. Her music is strongly pop-influenced, with western instruments dominant. Her image also tends to the contemporary and western: in most of her videos both she and her dancers wear modern dress, and one album cover (Mor lam sa on 8) was an imitation of Beyonce's Dangerously in Love.

Among her best-known solo songs are Sao Isan plat tin (Isan girl poor and far from home, album 9), which incorporates the typical themes of poverty, homesickness and an unfaithful lover, and Arlai World Trade (Mourning the World Trade Center, album Luk tung sa on 6), which aroused comment in the English language media for the way in which it addressed the September 11, 2001 attacks: " the reigning Morlam superstar of Thailand laments the attacks of Sept. 11 while young, bare-midriffed Thai girls gyrate in front of a surging American flag" [1]. In 2003, the Thai Ministry of Culture proposed banning one of her songs, Tears Of A Lieutenant's Wife (Namta Mia Nairoi) on state-run media [2]. In 2004 she began studying for a degree in political science at Rajabhat Institute Suan Sunandha, Bangkok, from which she is due to graduate in 2006. Newspaper reports suggested that she was considering standing as an MP for the Thai Nation Party (Chat Thai), but would not be able to do so until she had graduated [3]; she did not stand in the 2005 election.

Discography

Original albums:

Series number Title song (Thai) Title song (Romanised) Release date 1
1 ถูกหลอกออกโรงเรียน Tuk lawk awk rongrian
2 วานเพื่อนเขียนจดหมาย Wan puean kian jotmai
3 โสดบริสุทธิ์ Sot borisut
4 สาวเวียงหนุ่มไทย Sao Wiang num Thai
5 แรงงานข้าวเหนียว Raengngan khaoniao
6 พลังรัก Palang rak
7 ตามใจน้ำตา Tamjai namta
8 สาวไร่มัน Sao rai man
9 สาวอีสานพลัดถิ่น Sao Isan plat tin
10 ขอเป็นคนสุดท้าย Kaw pen khon sut tai
11 จดหมายหลายฉบับ Jotmai lai chabap
12 อำนาจรัก Amnat rak
13 คอยรักต่างแดน Khoi rak tangdaen
14 ลำ 3 แบบ 3 สไตล2 Lam sam baep sam style2
15 ไร่อ้อยคอยรัก Rai oi khoi rak
16 เจ้าบ่าวหาย Jao bao hai
17 สิ้นหวังที่วังตะไคร้ Sin wang ti wang takhrai
18 สงสารหัวใจ Songsan huajai
19 อวยพรให้เพื่อน Uaiphon hai puean
20 ขอรักฝ่ายเดียว Kaw rak fai diao
21 รักซ้อนรัก Rak son rak
22 รอพี่ที่ บ.ข.ส. Raw pi ti Baw Khaw Saw January 1997
23 ดื่มเพื่อลืมเศร้า Duem puea luem sao
24 รักโผล่โสนแย้ม Rak plo sano yaem November 1997
25 ผู้หนีช้ำ Pu ni cham January 1999 C
Mor lam sa on 1 รักสลายดอกฝ้ายบาน Rak salai dawk fai ban January 1999 @
Luk tung sa on 2 น้ำตาสาววาริน Namta sao Warin September 1999
Mor lam sa on 3 น้ำตาหล่นบนเถียงนา Namta lon bon tiang na 14 June 2000 C
Luk tung sa on 4 สาวน้ำฟองสะอื้น Sao nam fong sa uern 10 January 2001 C
Mor lam sa on 5 แตงโมจินตหรา Dtaengmo Jintara 10 July 2001
Luk tung sa on 6 ถ้วยป่นหลุดมือ Tuay pon loot mue 21 December 2001
Mor lam sa on 7 นัดรอบ่พ้ออ้าย Nad raw baw paw ai 1 July 2002
Jin ma leaw ja 1 ชังบ่าวเจ้าชู้ Chang bao chaochu 3 March 2003
Mor lam sa on 8 รูปหล่อหลายเมีย Ruplaw lai mia 9 September 2003
Luk tung sa on 9 สาวชุมแพแพ้รัก Sao choom pae pae rak 2 April 2004
Rock mor lam sa on 10 พญานาคฝากรัก Payanak fak rak 12 October 2004
Luk tung sa on 11 คนนำทางใจ Khon nam tang jai 24 June 2005
Mor lam sa on 12 ฮัลโหลโทรผิด Hello tor pit 7 February 2006
Mor lam sa on 13 ห่วงแฟนแดนชุมนุม Huang faen daen chum num 31 October2006
Sao tung dawkjan สาวทุ่งดอกจาน Sao tung dawkjan 25 March 2007

1 Where the release date is not known, the date indicated is the production completion date (C) or the copyright date (@).

2 Album title.

Compilation and live albums:

Title (English) Title (Thai) Title (Romanised) Release date
Pure Luk Thung Ten Golden Years ลูกทุ่งล้วน ล้วน 10 ปีทอง Luk tung luanluan 10 pi tawng
Love Songs from Jintara 1 เพลงรักจากจินตหรา ชุดที่ 1 Plaeng rak jak Jintara 1
Love Songs from Jintara 2 เพลงรักจากจินตหรา ชุดที่ 2 Plaeng rak jak Jintara 2
Love Songs from Jintara 3 เพลงรักจากจินตหรา ชุดที่ 3 Plaeng rak jak Jintara 3
Twelve Lam Verses 12 กลอนลำ 12 Glawn lam October 1998
Luk Thung Mor lam ลูกทุ่งหมอลำ Luk tung mor lam February 2000
Hit Songs เพลงเด่นกลอนดัง Plaeng den glawn dang 6 December 2000
Jintara on Love จินตหราบอกรัก Jintara bawk rak 26 October 2001
14 Golden Years 14 ปีทอง 14 Pi tawng 14 March 2002
Fun สนุกสนาน Sanuk sanan 16 December 2002
Lute-voiced Girl Jintara Poonlarp 1 (Live album) สาวเสียงพิณ จินตหรา พูนลาภ ชุดที่ 1 Sao siang pin Jintara Poonlarp 1 3 March 2003
Jintara's Fans แฟนจินตหรา Faen Jintara 11 December 2003
Isan Girls' Love Stories ตำนานรักสาวอีสาน Tamnan rak sao Isan 7 December 2004
Luk Thung Mor lam 2 ลูกทุ่งหมอลำ 2 Luk tung mor lam 2 11 March 2005
Collected Hits 19 Golden Years Volume 1 รวมฮิต 19 ปีทอง ชุด 1 Ruam hit 19 pi tawng chut 1
Collected Hits 19 Golden Years Volume 2 ลูกทุ่งหมอลำ 2 Ruam hit 19 pi tawng chut 2
Master Hits 1 มาสเตอร์ฮิต ชุดที่ 1 Master hit chut 1
Master Hits 2 มาสเตอร์ฮิต ชุดที่ 2 Master hit chut 2

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