Palmy

Eve Pancharoen (อีฟ ปานเจริญ; 7 August 1981), well known by her stage name Palmy (ปาล์มมี่), is a Thai pop singer who 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 was born Eve Pancharoen on 7 August 1981 to a Thai of Mon descendant mother and a Belgian father.

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 that she was passionate about 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 top many music charts.

The music from her self-titled debut album, Palmy was released on 21 December 2001.

The album contains ten songs :-

With this enormous success beyond expectation, Palmy had her first concert organized by GMM Grammy on 7 April 2002.

Besides her achievements of the three solo 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.

"Her second album, Stay, was released on 29 July 2003. On this album, she has a guest artist, Jug Chawin Chitsomboon (จั๊ก ชวิน จิตสมบูรณ์), who wrote and played the acoustic guitar in the song "Stay".

The ten songs on this album are:-

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.

Palmy has explored a variety of popular music styles on each of her four solo albums, and she 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 solo recording was Beautiful Ride in 2006, she has continued to perform live with T-Bone, and has appeared as a guest vocalist at other concerts and music festivals.

She is primarily successful in Asia, especially Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand, but she has also performed in Australia and the United Kingdom.

She is of Belgian, Mon and Thai descent.

Palmy is known to perform and make public appearances barefoot; she even has a barefoot-themed concert (Palmy Barefoot Acoustic Concert).

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 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.

The ten songs on the album are:-

This album is a cooperation of Palmy and T-bone, a Thai reggae band.

The twelve songs on the album are:-

Palmy 5, her fourth album, was released on 9 December 2011.