Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 26 March 2020
Greetings: Yes, we have no bananas. If by bananas you mean gigs. But there’s still other things going on. New album releases: yes, we have...
Category: Weekly Wrap
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 12 March 2020
Greetings: On Friday the big event is one called Divercity Volume 5, staged by High Depth Music, a Toronto based creative platform that has previously...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 5 March 2020
Greetings: Tonight sees the start of a new Thursday night residency, the Sun Dogs (Antonio, Gerard and Pervez) at Sundance, and the continuation of a...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 27 February 2020
Greetings: And welcome to another week of variety around the traps of Phnom Penh and elsewhere. Thursday kicks things off with Jared Bibler at Sundance,...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 20 February 2020
Greetings: Tonight the weekend opens early with a Geography of the Moon show at Sundance. Also it’s the last chance this week and next to...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 13 February 2020
Greetings: Tonight you have the choice of everything from Drums of Cambodia at the French Institute to Corizon Latino at L.A.B. to Ernie Buck at...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 6 February 2020
Greetings: Closing out their Cambodian tour this weekend are PlanB, with a hospital benefit in Siem Reap tonight, followed by a Hard Rock Café Angkor...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 30 January 2020
Greetings: A busy month of February begins this weekend – to mark the occasion Leng Pleng has three – three! – features this week: Phnom...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 23 January 2020
Greetings: It’s a big weekend for Chinese New Year. On Friday the Cambodian Urban Art 2020 festival kicks off at Futures Factory, while The 99...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 16 January 2020
Greetings: There’s something of a French feel in the air this weekend. After shows in Siem Reap and Battambang, visiting Breton singer-songwriter Dom Duff will...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 9 January 2020
Greetings: This weekend sees a number of interesting collaborative performances in the Kingdom. On Sunday, the latest of the Original Sessions Series 2 at Meta...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 2 January 2020
Greetings: New Year celebrations amongst the music community were a little subdued with the news on Monday 30 December of the sudden and tragically premature...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 26 December 2019
Greetings: **UPDATE: Live music round up for New Year’s Eve*** Hard Rock Café Phnom Penh presents Sinn Sethakol, the grandson of Sinn Sisamuth, in concert...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 19 December 2019
Greetings: A Merry Christmas to you all from us here at LengPleng Towers. The stampede to next Wednesday is underway, with plenty of bells jingling...
Weekly wrap – Commencing Thursday 12 December 2019
Greetings: With December almost half gone already, counting down the last days of the decade, here we go with yet another packed week in Phnom...
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...
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...