“The Kaen is the oldest form of the free reed family, the great great grandaddy of the harmonica and accordion. This type of instrument goes back to at least 1100BC (the harmonica and accordion only go back to the 1830s).”
(read more about the kaen and hear a sample here)
This guy was playing on the street in front of the Shangri La; he played pretty well. The kaen makes such a beautiful sound on the city street. I dropped a 10 baht coin in his bowl and listened for a moment before walking by.
Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people
OK. What does ‘Khon’ mean?
It has a somewhat cajun or almost zydeco-y, or at least that clip sounds that way. Cool~
Found interesting site.
http://www.jewsharpguild.org/history.html
In addition, harmonica’s great grand ma was jews harp, they said.
Yo T – not sure if you saw my input on the Gypsy Jazz version video game music. Have you seen an old movie called ‘The Third Man’?? The zither that’s played in the beginning and throughout the movie is classic!!
oh my god the tagline for that movie is: “Hunted by men…Sought by WOMEN!”
i gotta see that shit
ok the song is called the Harry Lime theme and it’s explained in detail here:
http://www.emusic.com/artist/10556/10556885.html
You can also hear a sample of the track on the right side of that page.
In this picture of a man and his empty bowl, we see the instantiation of a universal truth:
Location, location, location.
Kevin
ha! kevin-sensei nails it!
Ok, I heard the cut. It doesn’t do the tune any justice. It’s only the prelude to the main tune. I’ll find it and send it to ya.