| Palmy | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Eve Parnchareun |
| Born | 7 August 1981 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Genres | Pop rock |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Labels | GMM Grammy |
Eve Parnchareun (born 7 August 1981), better known by her stage name Palmy, is a Thai pop singer. She has recorded and released several albums including concert DVDs on the GMM Grammy label beginning with her self-titled solo debut, Palmy, in 2001. Palmy has explored a variety of popular music styles on each of her three solo albums, and has collaborated with the Thai ska band T-Bone to create experimental renditions of her hits (see Flower Power Concert and The Acoustic Album.) Though her most recent solo recording was Beautiful Ride in 2006, she continues to perform live with T-Bone, and appears as a guest vocalist at other concerts and music festivals. She is primarily successful in Asian countries (especially Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and Korea), but she has also performed in Australia and the UK.
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Palmy was born Eve Pancharoen on 7 August 1981 to multiethnic parents - her mother is Thai and her father Belgian. She was raised for 12 years in Bangkok and then moved to Sydney, Australia for five years. Palmy returned to Bangkok when she was 18 years old.
Palmy became interested in music while she was studying her primary level at Pra Mae Marie (St. Louise) - a Catholic school- in Bangkok. She was selected as a guitarist of music band of the school for two years. After moving to Sydney, Palmy attended Holy Cross College to study music and art. Palmy used singing as a medium to practice her English at that time. Palmy also took singing lessons at Australian Institute of Music to improve her singing skills. She was a solo singer for school graduation concert with her close friend playing classical piano at her school's church. It was surprising for those attending the concert and they convinced that she should have a career in music industry. Palmy realized her passion in music and that she wanted to become a professional singer.
Palmy returned to Thailand with a determination to be a professional singer. She went for an audition at GMM Grammy. With her unique talent, Palmy signed the contract with GMM Grammy in 2000. Palmy released her first album 'Palmy' in December 2001 which made a total hit. Palmy became a well-known artist in a very short time from her first released single 'Yak Rong Dang Dang'. It was Palmy's official start in Thai music industry. Her tracks were the no. 1 on so many music charts. With this enormous success beyond expectation, Palmy had her first concert organized by GMM Grammy on 7 April 2002.
Besides her achievements of the solo 3 albums, Palmy has performed in several occasions overseas such as Japan, Korea, Singapore, England and Australia. Palmy was the only Thai artist performing at MTV's Asia Awards 2003 in Singapore. Palmy also held 2 big concerts in Japan: Palmy's first Live in Japan at Shibuya O-East, Tokyo on 10 June 2004 and Palmy Live in Tokyo Vol. 2 on 13 November 2006. Palmy also performed at RHB Singapore Cup Final at Singapore National Stadium and again in Singapore, she performed at Euphoria 2004 in the same event as Michael Learns to Rock and All4One. In addition, Palmy was chosen as the only Thai artist performing at "Asia Song Festival" at the Olympics Park, Seoul Korea. She held 'Palmy Live Concert in London 2006 at Indigo O2 Arena and in 2007, Palmy performed Palmy's First Live at Sydney Concert at The Metro Theatre.
The music from her self titled debut album, Palmy was released on 21 December 2001. The album contains pop rock which presented herself as a girl who has her own thoughts and enjoys music. The music also emphasized on showing emotions. Soon after the airplay of “Yark rong dang dang” (Thai: อยากร้องดังดัง), everyone knew the real her.
The album contains ten songs :-
"Her second album, Stay, was released on 29 July 2003. The album was of the effort of the same production team. On this album, she has a guest artist, Jug Chawin Chitsomboon (Thai: จั๊ก ชวิน จิตสมบูรณ์), who wrote and played the acoustic guitar in the song "Stay".
The ten songs on this album are:-
The third album, 3 years after the second one, was released on 6 June 2006. After struggling with the old production team, Palmy had a new production team and spent almost 2 years to produce the album. It was well accepted as the former two albums.
The ten songs on the album are:-
This album is a cooperation of Palmy and T-bone, a Thai reggae band. Palmy's songs were carefully chosen to re-arrange in Raggae and Ska. Palmy was impressed with T-Bone after she was a guest artist in a T-Bone concert. One year later, Palmy invited T-Bone to be her guests in 'The Rhythm of The Times" Concert. After finishing her own tour concert of 'Beautiful Ride', they finally worked together.
The twelve songs on the album are:-
This is the first concert in her life, her debut. After her tracks were the no.1 on so many music charts, the tickets were sold out within an hour. The concert was at Thammasat university auditorium at Tha-prachan campus on 7 April 2002.
Under the concept Palmy's life, After the concert, she became such a trend-setter. Palmy had a big influence on lifestyle, clothes, songs for fans.
After her 2-year pause, she came back and had her second concert at Impact Arena. This concert made impressions as always. People still loved her although she disappeared for 2 years. Most songs played in this concert were from her second album.
The name of this concert means she was still in music industry. To thank everyone who always stayed by her side and supported her so far, she named the concert Stay with me.
A romantic concert under hundreds candles' light, she was the most artistically beautiful artist of the era. It took place at Vachirabenchatat Park (known as Rot fai Park). This concert was in May in the same year with the Stay with Me concert and she invited 'Pu Anchalee Jongkadeekij' - one of the greatest Thai rock artists in the '90s - as her guest.
This concert was held at the IMPACT Arena, 11,000 seating capacity concert hall, located in Bangkok, Thailand on 5 August 2006. Special guests included T-Bone and Sena-Hoi.
Held in the smaller and more intimate Moon Star Studio located in Bangkok, Thailand on 2 and 3 June in 2007, Palmy with T-bone performed remixed versions of her popular songs putting a unique reggae and ska. Palmy also delivered a standout performance with her cover of "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver. Special guest, Peter Corp Dyrendal, appeared to perform a song with T-Bone and Palmy.
Palmy is not often seen in general public events. However, she chooses to perform with selected artists she admires.
This concert of Micro - a famous rock band - was held at Impact Arena, Bangkok on 12–14 December 2003. Palmy was also a featured guest.
Thongchai McIntyre or Bird Thongchai is all-time Thai pop singer along with Seksan Sukpimai (Sek Loso), rock & roll singer and song writer held their concert for special album on 5–6 June 2004 at Impact Arena. Palmy was also a guest performing in this concert.
A country song artist, Poo Pongsit Kumpee, invited Palmy to his concert held at the Main Auditorium, Thammasat University, Tha-Prachan on 22 November 2008.
Palmy performed with Moderndog - the famous Thai alternative band - and Groove Riders - the famous disco band, on 26 December 2008 at Thunder Dome Muang Thong Thani.
Neung Jakkawal Saothongyuttithum, one of the top pianists in Thailand, also invited Palmy to perform in his concert on 15 August 2009 at Indoor Stadium, Hua Mak.
Palmy was invited as a guest for the alternative band, Moderndog's 15-year anniversary concert on 2-3 October 2009.