A different feel
Multi-lingual rapper and music producer Mehdi ‘12me’ Benabdessadok embarks on a very different Original Sessions on Sunday evening – a boat cruise and an all...
Category: Articles and Interviews
Nomades says it all
A few months ago, Phnom Penh-based bass player, guitarist and bandleader Sebastien Adnot was invited to Hong Kong by his friend and fellow musician Roy...
A quick Q&A with Ken Kawamura
Visiting jazzmen from Japan, keyboardist Ken Kawamura and soprano sax player Jose Terada are in town this weekend for two gigs – Friday 7 at...
One giant person
Back at the end of 2016 there was a sudden explosion – certain parts of the city were hit night by night by a hurricane...
Wacken is calling
Every year, the tiny town of Wacken in north Germany hosts the most prestigious heavy metal festival in Europe. Tipped off by a documentary by...
Notes from the studio: Miss Sawaran Band records Sabay Jong Jam
By special correspondent Greg Beshers. Saturday – pre-production day We packed the van and set off for Siem Reap around 8.30 am, arriving at 60...
Cacophony, camaraderie and a coma: two years of Kampot Radio
And they said it wouldn’t last two weeks – Kampot Radio is this month celebrating its second birthday, the highlight of which will be a...
The F16s by Scott Bywater
The last couple of years has seen an acceleration in international touring bands passing through Phnom Penh – to our benefit! – as part of...
Interview with Ian Anderson and Dave Maybe
What’s so funny ‘bout the Stiff Little Punks and the Sexiest Singer in the UK? Ten years ago, back in the day when a Phnom...
Leng Pleng interview with Ingolv Haaland
Ingolv Haaland is a ‘freelance musician/composer/arranger/producer, programmer and professor’ from Norway. Haaland has composed, performed and produced five albums of fusion music which successfully blended...