Weekend highlights ***for full gig listings jump to the bottom***

Greetings:

Continuing tonight and through the weekend, Oktoberfest Cambodia at Factory Phnom Penh presents a range of acts from Cambodian music to country to rockabilly.  DJs follow every night.

Thursday in Phnom Penh you can check out Hugo Marcellesi & Gaby Sometime at Samai Rum Distillery, Cheska at Botanico, and The Extraordinary Chambers at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Andy Luna is at Villa D and Paul Mackie is at Pasta La Vista.

Friday night in Phnom Penh Joshua & Denver are at Botanico@Odom Garden, Moisty Atsushi returns to Tacos Kokopelli, Major/Minor are assisted by Big D Walker at Craft.  Mary & Takeshi are at Cloud and then Los Primos are at Oscar’s on the Corner , followed by Srey Ka & K’n’E.  In Siem Reap Kampot Playboys play Pomme, At Panha are at Antonio’s Villa Hotel, and Andy & Rod are at AMBAR.  In Kampot, Papouf Big Man is at Golden Time and there’s the regular open mic at Karma Traders.

Come Saturday, mellow out with Marianna & Metta at Paradise Home, then later on Sister Srey at Craft and Moisty Atsushi at Sam’s.  Later still, Funky Chicken are back at Back Street Bar, and Japan Guitar Shop are at Oscar’s on the Corner with plus Rob Sixstrings opening.  In Siem Reap, Alli G & TheQuilas are at Star Bar, Mr Zee is at Villa D and Andy Luna is at Pasta La Vista.  In the south, Papouf Big Man is at Kep Natural.

Last night in Phnom Penh at Bophana Center was the launch of Golden Voice, a graphic novel telling the story of legendary Golden Era singer Ros Serey Sothea. It’s in a Khmer language version only at his stage, but expect an English version in the new year.  Learn more from this article.

For potential choristers, Musica Felice is holding auditions at Bassac Garden City next weekend, on Saturday 10, for the coming year – the new rehearsal cycle commences January 18.

LATE BREAKING SIEM REAP NEWS:  The long running open mic at The Harbour will from next week be moving to Laundry Bar.

Radio Oun Top 100 Songs of All Time Poll 2022

The end of another year means it’s time for the Radio Oun Top 100 Songs of All Time Poll.  Scroll through your playlists and pick your favourites – there’s plenty to choose from.   The first phase is Nominations – you get to choose three songs that you would like to see in the Top 100.  The next phase is voting, where you will get to vote on not only the songs you nominated but also all the other submissions.

Choose ANY three songs of all time you would like to be in our top 100. Your mate with a recording studio and a nice tune, classic rock dinosaurs, the latest thumpers or previous highly placed locals like Kampot Playboys, Sochi & Stan, Ernie Buck, Vartey Ganiva or Joshua Chiang are all potentially in the mix.

Public voting will decide who makes it in the list. Submissions must not contain profanity, be less than 5 minutes in length and of professional broadcast quality. If your choice is obscure feel free to include YouTube links as well so we can make sure we use the correct version etc. We reserve the right to approve submissions.

In the next round it will be down to you to cast your votes!

Nominations close 15 December, voting commences soon after. Full countdown on Radio Oun on the afternoon of 31 December 2022

Choose your nomination delivery channel:

LengPleng.com submissions page

RadioOun.com submissions page

Radio Oun Facebook page

Passing Chords – a few things you may not know about

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moisty Atsushi, the cat-suit wearing traveling Japanese ska performer based in New Zealand.  “It’s been a long time since I played in Phnom Penh. I have four gigs back to back this weekend. Before the COVID lockdown, I played at Tacos Kokopelli and Cloud and I’m so excited to back there again.  I feel very lucky to be playing new venues: Sam’s and Little Susie. I’m looking forward to it – I think Phnom Penh is one of coolest and most underrated places for traveling musicians to visit.”

Do you have a pet musical hate?
People just talk. No action taken.

A private musical indulgence:
After gig Burger King feast.

The year you first came to Cambodia
2015, when I was traveling from the UK to Singapore.

An early music memory
In my kindy it was compulsory to learn melodica. I was not good at it (still). My mum told me to play it with one finger.

The last thing you had to eat
Vietnamese grilled beef.

A country you want to visit
I want to visit many places! But I think I want to visit Mexico to play one day.

A book or movie you keep going back to
Rockers. It’s a classic reggae movie in the 70s.

What languages do you have?
English and a little Japanese.

Your primary instrument, and when you started playing it:
I started to play guitar when I was 15 or 16.

Something people might be surprised to know about you:
I got married this year.

You have a time machine and a magic ticket to one gig or festival in the past. What do you choose?
Not quite a gig or festival – I want go back in time 1964 or 1965 to visit Studio One, Kingston, Jamaica. I would love to hang out with the musicians in the studio and watch how they recorded at that time.

A question from the last participant: is there anything you regret not pursuing musically?
There were some opportunities to work with some Jamaican legends. I just did not have skills, time and money.

Steve Porte Photo of the Week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desta Olds performing Eye of the Tiger for Phnom Penh Ukulele Circle theme night on parts of the body, Tuesday 29 November, 2022

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See you around the traps.
your correspondent,

 

Guillermo Wheremount
LengPleng.com
gigs@lengpleng.com (mailto:gigs@lengpleng.com)

Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 1 December 2022

** residency/weekly

For DJs and clubs, we recommend Phnom Penh Underground

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Wednesday

*Note that Wednesday events are often not announced until early in the week – check back here for updates*

Coming soon:

  • TacoKat 17th anniversary party with Joe Wrigley plus Penh Pals, 7 pm, 9 December,  Tacos Kokopelli
  • Son Sabor Latin Trio, , 9 pm, 9 December, Back Street Bar
  • Cambodia Country Band, 10 pm, 9 December, Oscar’s on the Corner
  • Phnom Penh Junior Strings and Youth Orchestra, 3 pm, 10 December, Phnom Penh International Institute of the Arts
  • Arome Khmer, 7 pm, 10 December, Craft
  • Mourin Terry, 8.30 pm, 10 December, Cloud
  • Son Sabor Latin Trio plus Srey Ka & K’n’E, 10 pm, 10 December, Oscar’s on the Corner
  • Maki Orkestr, 11 pm, 10 December, Perch
  • Intan Andriana & Gaby Courroux, 9 pm, 14 December, Perch
  • Blues tribute to Pancho with The Ghostboosters, 7 pm, 15 December, White Cobra Bar
  • GOTM lyric book launch with Q&A and Geography of the Moon performance, 6.30 pm, 16 December, Meta House
  • Takeshi Band, 7 pm, 16 December, Craft
  • The Sock Essentials, 7 pm, 17 December, Botanico
  • Japan Guitar Shop plus The Two Jacks, 7 pm, 17 December, Craft
  • Geography of the Moon, 9 pm, 17 December, Back Street Bar
  • Los Primos, 4 pm, 18 December, New Leaf (Siem Reap)
  • The Broken Cymbal, 7 pm, 23 December, Craft
  • Miss Sarawan, 7 pm, 24 December, Craft
  • The Extraordinary Chambers, 10 pm, 31 December, Oscar’s on the Corner
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