Category: Articles and Interviews

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

“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 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...

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...

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...

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!...

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...

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...

PlanB are an eight-piece ‘Rock’n’Soul’ band from Adelaide, Australia. Inspired by originators like Dexy’s Midnight Runners and the great Stax Records groups, PlanB combine a...

Ahead of their second-ever visit to Cambodia, Leng Pleng forwarded a few key questions to the stunning Diana Bailey Band. Bangkok, Saigon, Phnom Penh… you...

by Julien Poulson Night of the Iguana: What does Iggy Pop, a brazen cat burglar and Cambodia’s nascent music scene have in common? May well...

Michael Bridgett is Mike Dynamo – MC/singer in the happening Phnom Penh band Hypnotic Fist Technique. When the mixed-genre 6-piece played the recent Golden Street...

The three-piece alternative rock band Road to Mandalay were born in the ‘Shark Cage’ rehearsal room at Sharky Bar in Phnom Penh in June 2015...

Krom is a celebrated Phnom Penh-based band with an artistic commitment to creating original and challenging new Cambodian music. The cross-cultural group of musicians is...

As the live music in Phnom Penh wax, wanes and morphs into a boutique-gig based framework, the significant local players have been moving to extol...

www.kenedgar.com Scott Bywater arrived in Phnom Penh in 2008 to work for the United Nations. He was looking for a change of scene after growing...

by Television Ted Life has a tendency to meander in Cambodia. A lot like the meandering thoughts that permeate your mind on a Saturday or...

Julien Poulson is the band leader, lead guitarist and keyboardist of The Cambodian Space Project. The band are currently embarked upon their ‘Motown to The...