Jazz Articles about Vangthanousone Bouaphanh

Vangthanousone Bouaphanh: Lao Jazznova

by Ian Patterson
May 23, 2012

Cradling his Epiphone Emperor Regent as he stands against the backdrop of a Buddhist temple, guitarist Vangthanousone Bouaphanh cuts a dashing figure. Vangthanousone comes from the “Land of a Million Elephants," better known these days as Laos--a small, Buddhist/animist country sandwiched between Vietnam, China, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia. Vangthanousone may look like a star, but he's not at all famous. His country is not really famous, either, other than for being the single- most-bombed country in the history of warfare. ...