In the zone
This weekend The Goldilocks Zone returns for a show at LF Social Club. They were forced to take a break while their bass player Hansley...
Category: Articles and Interviews
Once again with nonet
Fete de la Musique ten years ago, at the newly opened Chinese House, featured the first full public gig for a new outfit, La Magic...
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...
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...
Metta Legita - 'Scenic Spirit' Album Preview
On the eve of the release of her debut studio album, Indonesian jazz piano phenomenon Metta Legita talked with Leng Pleng about how the tracks...
Interview With Greg Beshers - By Scott Bywater
There’s a new player in town: guitar and bass and vocals, knows how to run a band and how to get the most out of...
Interview with Hameer Zawawi
The Importance of Serendipity, Originality and… Airbnb ! Hameer Zawawi is an independent singer-songwriter from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A self-confessed video game and movie aficionado, Hameer...
Garuda Album Interview with Mark Chattaway
Garuda is the highly-anticipated debut release of celebrated Cambodian fusion band The Kampot Playboys. Since 2011, the group founded by bassist Mark Chattaway and vocalist/guitarist...
Kampot Radio - by Darryl Carter
On the first anniversary of independent alternative station Kampot Radio, Darryl ‘Corporal’ Carter composed some thoughts for Leng Pleng (all pics supplied): Kampot Radio has...
Joe King Carrasco Q&A
Hi Joe! We heard that your trio touched down at Banyan Tree in Kampot last week. How did the gig go and what other Cambodian...
Beth Patterson Interview
Beth Patterson is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and songwriter specialising in the eight-stringed bouzouki – a huge-sounding instrument brought to Greece from Asia in the 1900s...
12ME: Oh Kampuchea Album Preview
“This is my 24K Magic!” Deep in the back streets of Phnom Penh, inside a home studio in an apartment block in Tuol Svay Prey,...
Justin Salisbury Q&A
Justin Salisbury is the latest piano phenomenon from the U.S.A. to visit Kampot for a run of live performances at Equinox. On the eve of...
Jean Luc Crousse Fab Festival Interview
The Folk Art and Blues Festival is a six day series of music and arts events taking place in Phnom Penh, Kampot, Sihanoukville and Siem...
Frankie Teardrop Dead Q&A
Welcome to Cambodia! It’s great to see that you have managed to dive right into the music scene here, with several gigs planned in Phnom...
Craig Greenberg Q&A
Hi Craig! What’s on your set list for the residency at Equinox ? Will you be playing a combination of originals and covers? Hi Joe!...
The Hensley Trio Music Performance at Prey Sar Prison, Cambodia (Part 2)
READ PART ONE HERE all pics courtesy of Steve Porte Representatives of The Office Of The High Commissioner For Human Rights with the Governor of...
The Hensley Trio Music Performance at Prey Sar Prison, Cambodia (Part 1.)
Research shows that music benefits our mental and physical health in numerous ways, Music has been found to help cancer patients communicate their feelings, manage...