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Greetings,

Happy days – every week there’s more gigs.  The Friday night battles have now extended to Thursday and even Wednesday.  Plenty to choose from!

In Phnom Penh tonight, Thursday, there are open mic/jams at Cloud and Bosporus, Poca de Feo is at Botanico, Phil Javelle leads off the regular Elephant Bar Follies, Intan and Friends are at The Attic and The Extraordinary Chambers are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  Also a launch of Around the Traps 2021/Passing Chords Vol III at Oscar’s from 8 pm – see the Leng Pleng Special Event below.  In Siem Reap, Jam-Cha are at AMBAR.

Friday night sees a return of Pocket Change to Le Moon Rooftop, Blues Routes at The Box OfficeGerard Evans at Central Café, Poca & Gonza at The Vine, and a JJ Cale Tribute followed by K’n’E at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Jam-Cha are at Star Bar, and in Kampot, the unstoppable Geography of the Moon are at DeliCious.

On Saturday a two day Australia Day event (with live music) kicks off at Odom Gardens; in the evening you can catch the long awaited return of Grass Snake Revival at Farm to Table, Mary & Takeshi are at Cloud, and Blues Routes are at Central Café.  Los Primos take the Latin to Duplex, and the Stiff Little Punks take the punk to Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Zaine & the Membrains are at The Harbour, and in Kampot Geography of the Moon are at The Playground.

Come Sunday, Mimi & the Merrymakers start day two of the Australia Day event at Odom Gardens, in the afternoon choir Musica Felice have a charity concert at Sofitel, and K’n’E take it late at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap Son Sabor Trio play a lunchtime show at New Leaf and PMAC entertains in the evening at Arin’s.

**For the rest of the gigs check out the listings at the bottom of the page**

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A Leng Pleng Special Event

This time around the annual publication Around the Traps 2021 (the collected LengPleng interviews for the year) and Passing Chords Vol III (the collected LengPleng mini profiles) appear in the same volume.  A launch will be held tonight, Thursday 20th at Oscar’s on the Corner, with a listening party for the top 25 of the RadioOun Top 100 Songs of All Time – notably and happily dominated by Cambodian artists.  Come along from 8 pm to join the fun.

Note: there’s a 10,000R/$2.50 discount if you’re in the book (or on the cover).

In the meantime, here are some of LengPleng’s favourite moments from the book.



The Leng Pleng Weekly Feature

No Cocaine: Stan Paleco talks JJ Cale

Friday night this week sees a gaggle of musicians taking the stage at Oscar’s on the Corner to pay tribute to American singer-songwriter JJ Cale.  LengPleng sat down with project initiator and bass player Stan Paleco to find out more.

“I was first introduced to JJ Cale when I was in my early 20s,” says Stan.  “A friend gave me a cassette, Anthology, a collection of his tracks, and I fell in love with the music.  I’m not a big country fan, I’m not a big blues fan, but this music is something in between, it connects both genres so beautifully.”

Read the whole article here.



Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Adam Lane of The Blue Souls at Trattoria Bello, Thursday 6 January, 2022

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See you around the traps.

your correspondent,

 

Guillermo Wheremount
LengPleng.com
gigs@lengpleng.com (mailto:gigs@lengpleng.com)



Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 20 January 2022

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