Older (and wiser?) soul rebels
Visiting Cambodia for their fourth tour this weekend and next are the eight piece Australian rock’n’soul outfit PlanB, playing shows in Phnom Penh, Battambang and...
Category: Articles and Interviews
Things to make and do
Singer and songwriter Ariane Parkes has a busy weekend ahead. Friday night she’ll be fronting Phnom Penh ska band Checkered Past at Cloud’s fourth anniversary...
The endless melting pot with a thousand million things stirred in
Leng Pleng is predominantly a live music guide, somewhat biased towards rock’n’roll but attempting to show the diversity of musical offerings available. For the club...
Billy's journeys
Back again in Phnom Penh this month is Billy Page, a UK singer-songwriter who has been stopping in Cambodia every year or so for as...
2019: An Incomplete and Selective Review of the Year
For the last Leng Pleng of 2019, we’ve passed the hat around for a collection of memories of gigs that were highlights in the year...
A Scotsman, a Frenchman and a German walk into a bar – and play reggae
Tuff Bass Collective is a group of three DJs, Airfix Twin, Professor Kinski and Gorimaa, who are determined to raise the profile of reggae music...
This mysterious instrument
This Saturday night at Garage Bar, PRERNA, an Indian fusion duo of Thomas Hommeyer on sitar and Pervez Gulzar on tablas will alternate sets with...
Taking you somewhere else
Geography of the Moon is Virginia Bones and Andrea Rubbio, an extraordinary duo who have won over audiences across the UK and South East Asia...
More about William
William McCarthy is a New York based singer-songwriter, who in recent years has launched a solo career after long years fronting the bands Pela and...
Behold: Ballychunder
Ballychunder are a high-energy folk punk band from Hong Kong who play songs about beer, whisky and rebellion, influenced by hardcore punk, traditional Celtic folk,...
Got soul, got gospel
This Friday, 8 November, in the evening at Farm to Table we see the welcome return of Kristen Rasmussen with Pavel Ramirez – she a...
Clara and Bosba and more
There is a tendency in these pages to focus on rock’n’roll, but not to the exclusion of all else. Adding to the vibrant mix of...
A heavy future
At Cloud on Saturday night there’s the launch of new album by SamRocker Band, Back to the Roots, celebrating Sam’s return to the heavier music...
Phnom Penh Reggaes On
Back in August, much-loved reggae band Vibratone returned to Phnom Penh stages after an extended absence. They formed in 2013, and after a few years...
Drawing the songs together
Drawing the songs together Some may know him as an graphic artist, animator, or author of the recently published graphic novel Ronin Rat and Ninja...
More from Bangalore
This weekend Phnom Penh has musical visitors from Bangalore in southern India. Singer-songwriter Mahesh and his band, and acoustic trio Cinema of Excess, will play...
Making space for opera
The Cambodia Opera Project, an initiative of the Japanese Government’s Department of Culture and endorsed by the Cambodian Ministry of Fine Arts, kicked off last...
A peace of jazz
The International Day of Peace, established by the United Nations in 1981, is celebrated on 21 September. This year it falls on a Saturday, and...
Test your metal ears
It’s another big weekend in Cambodian metal, in a year that has already seen an unprecedented level of travel and exchange within the loud community. ...
Have bass, will play
Phnom Penh’s not-so-new-now ska band, Checkered Past, returns to Cloud on Saturday night. Band leader Jon Banules sat down with Leng Pleng to talk about...
It’s not a gun
Those who get around the traps regularly would recognise photographer Steve Porte, whose work is hard to escape if you are a Phnom Penh musician....
New Irish and Returning Reggae
Not many Phnom Penh bands can claim to have had their first gig in Hanoi. The Riel Capital formed through a response to the observation...
We will bring the fire
This weekend sees the first birthday of LF Social Club on St 308, a venue that quickly became one of the preferred rooms for many...
Open (mic) for business
Open (mic) for business While it carries its share of risks, the open mic format has an important role, particularly in transitory expat communities, in...
Moore Wood
The Uncomfortably White Brothers are one of the more unusual bands in today’s Phnom Penh – they’re all about love and soul and being serious...
Straightforward, raw, abrasive and fast
Cambodian rock’n’roll can’t have seen anything like this for a while. August 2019 will see Doch Chkae play at Wacken Festival in Germany, the Kampot...