| Nang 12 Tawn Prarot Meri ***** |
Jop and Joy's lam rueang taw glawn performances are a very welcome change from their more superficial Mor Lam Panlai series. This is a westerner's idea of lam as it should be: each show is two discs of continuous lamming, with little spoken dialogue and no comedy routines; the band consists in its entirety of a mor khene and a mor saw; and Jop and Joy (especially Joy) give committed performances with all the emotional depth which the Mor lam Panlai lack. |  |
| Mor Lam Panlai 7 ***** |
Jop and Joy's seventh Mor Lam Panlai album is rather variable in quality, containing some of the best and worst, in artistic terms, of contemporary mor lam. The highs alone, though, are enough to make it an essential buy for any lover of the genre. |  |
| Mor Lam Panlai 5+1 ***** |
Pla Daek Laek Sataw (Mor Lam Panlai 5+1) is fantastic entertainment. Jop and Joy have everything: well-written songs with memorable tunes; voices which contrast but also blend; duets and solos; lam and tung; a fat one and a skinny one; they can dance; and they can grab you even they are singing about fish... |  |