Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 5 December 2019
Greetings: Visiting German experimentalists Kopi Kaputa open our weekend with one show only at Meta House: a blend of German language singing with English language...
Category: Weekly Wrap
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 28 November 2019
Greetings: Once again it’s a big Thursday for the early weekenders. At Meta House, Blues Routes with Mirasol Aguila pay tribute to Billie Holiday, Bessie...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 21 November 2019
Greetings: The Cambodia Living Arts Arts4Peace Festival – “a celebration of Cambodia’s arts and culture” marking CLA’s 20th anniversary – has been running for the...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 14 November 2019
Greetings: The Cambodia Living Arts Arts4Peace Festival – “a celebration of Cambodia’s arts and culture” marking CLA’s 20th anniversary – opens tonight, Thursday 14, with...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 7 November 2019
Greetings: A different look at the weekend as we head into Bon Om Touk – Water Festival. It’s a busy night tonight – kick off...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 31 October 2019
Greetings: One cannot help noticing that it’s Halloween – it gets bigger in Phnom Penh every year – and it seems there are more parties...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 24 October 2019
Greetings: Arriving this week for a Cambodian tour are the hardrocking GC Riders, led by Graham Cain. The band formed in Sihanoukville in 2016 and...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 17 October 2019
Greetings: This weekend Phnom Penh has musical visitors from Bangalore in southern India. Singer-songwriter Mahesh and his band, and acoustic trio Cinema of Excess, playing...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 10 October 2019
Greetings: Folks wanting some music on Thursday night can choose from the blues of Chi-Town at Alchemy, the acoustic psychedelia of Samsara & zargz at...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 3 October 2019
Greetings: Ska band Checkered Past will play on Friday at LF Social Club, then next Saturday at Oscar’s on the Corner. Since their arrival on...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 26 September 2019
Greetings: As Pchum Ben slowly empties Phnom Penh, here’s a round up of what’s musically available for those of us staying behind. Tonight, Thursday, a...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 19 September 2019
Greetings: The last hurrah before Pchum Ben makes things much quieter for at least one weekend. On Friday The Goldilocks Zone return to Bassac Lane,...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 12 September 2019
Greetings: Tonight for the early weekenders, there’s plenty to choose from. Mirasol with Blues Routes singing the blues at Meta House, Jared Bibler at Sundance...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 5 September 2019
Greetings: The big gig of the weekend is Friday’s album pre-launch for Khmer cross-over band Miss Sarawan at Bassac Lane. Sabay Jong Jam was recorded...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 29 August 2019
Greetings: A new band on the scene, Retro Carnival, hits the stages playing disco covers from the 70s and 80s – you can check them...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 22 August 2019
Greetings: This busy Friday Reign in Slumber founder Vanntin Hoeurn returns to Tacos Kokopelli for a solo performance, Phil O’Flaherty is at Good Times Bar,...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 15 August 2019
Greetings: Get an early start to the weekend tonight, Thursday, with Ernie Buck at Sundance, the Boxchords at Sharky, a farewell show for Sid Syed at...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 8 August, 2019
Greetings: For the early weekenders, there’s a special music event tonight at Chinese House by French clarinetists Marina Moth and Florent Charpentier, playing Mozart, Rossini,...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 1st August, 2019
Greetings: For those making an early start to the weekend, there’s plenty to choose from. Of note is Blues Routes baptising the new Meta House...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 25 July 2019
Greetings: Probably the best band in the land, the Kampot Playboys are on their way to Darwin, but first they’ll delight audiences in Cambodia twice!...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 18 July 2019
Greeetings: The week kicks off tonight with a night called Connection: Sad Songs and Spoken Word at Cloud – such performers as Vantinn Hoeurn, Shira...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 11th July 2019
Greetings: Another lively week in Phnom Penh: hot on the heels of the long awaited surreal video for Last Scream, the first single by The...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 4th of July
Greetings: Our warmest congratulations to young Khmer metal band Doch Chkae who have managed to obtain visas to travel to Germany to perform at the...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 27th of June 2019
Attention: The Kampot Playboys, probably the best band in the country, have been invited to perform at the Darwin Festival in August, and they need...
Weekly wrap - week commencing 20th June 2019
Friday 21 is Fete de la Musique, or Music Day, a French tradition dating back to the early 1980s, dedicated to musical events, and Phnom...
Weekly wrap - week commencing 13th June 2019
Greetings, One of the longest running expat bands in Phnom Penh, Sangvar Day, bring their tenure to an end tonight, Thursday 13, at Cloud, 8...