Late New Year arrivals for your playlist

Happy New Year! After some ups and downs, it’s time to begin afresh. Way back in late December, I missed a few songs in my year-end roundup. So here they are, and despite their different genres all can boost our morale and optimism for the upcoming year.

Singto Numchok

Sawasdee Der Pee Mai (Happy New Year) is the new single from the singer and coach of The Voice Thailand. Produced in the genre of luk thung (child of the field), the song is studded with northeastern dialects. It conveys the homesickness of workers in Bangkok who are unable to return to their provincial home during the New…