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Pomppuang Duangjan was one of the most important luk thung vocalists in Thailand. The child of rural peasants, she first drew attention in the late '70s. Although she was illiterate, her lyrics were powerful and compelling articulations of the travails of Thailand's poor. She adapted pleng luk thung (Thai country music) into a dance-ready form known as electronic luk thung. Her death in 1992 (at the age of 31) led many observers to believe that her music form would die out, but it persisted, and in 1997 the first all luk thung radio station came on the air, the leading edge of a major revival in the form.
Sources
- Leon Jackson, All Music Guide
- Music of Thailand (http://www.phuketwatch.com/thai-music-artists/thaimusic.htm)
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