The way Elvis Thao sees it, Hmong rock band the Sounders, and their frontman Thai Thao (no relation), are "never going to die." "(Thai Thao) will be that Jimi Hendrix, that Babe Ruth, he's the ...

Kwv txhiaj is a Hmong musical form that has its origins in southern China and Southeast Asia, is several centuries old and is kept alive through its singers. One of them happens to call the US Midwest ...

When Kao Kalia Yang was just a tiny girl, her father used to put her on his shoulders and walk around their neighborhood in the Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand, where she was born. As they walked, ...