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Greetings:

Thursday night in Phnom Penh, find Stu Cottom at Villa Grange, The Broken Cymbal at Botanico, The Cosys at The Box Office/Speakeasy Theatre, Green Leaf Motif at Penh 278 and Kiss Bang Bong at MY WAY.  Later on Robert ‘Gone’ Marleigh is at Voodoo Saloon (see below), Big D’s Funky Combo is at Hideout and Temple is at Oscar’s on the Corner.  Tiki Garden in Kampot hold their regular jam session, while in Siem Reap Andy & Giuliano are at Harry’s & The Welsh Consulate, Sokuntea & Andrey are at Villa D and The Exile are at Pasta La Vista.

On Friday night for St Patrick’s Day in Phnom Penh find Penh Pals at Welsh Consulate, The Sober Gentlemen at Lantern and Saint Pat’s Snake Attack at Sam’s.  Hugo Marcellesi & Gaby Sometime are at Botanico, Phnom Penh Funketeers take off at Le Moon, Joshua Chiang is at Cloud and The Extraordinary Chambers go late at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In the south, Kampot Playboys are at KAPAL in Kampot, Arome Khmer are at Kep Natural and also in Kep Art Gilbert is at Raingsey Bungalows.   In Siem Reap, Smokey & the Lefricaans are at Funan Reamker.

On Saturday night in Phnom Penh, Craft hosts a big one with The Goldilocks Zone, Soselo Summer, Skin and String, Green Leaf Motif and Greg Beshers, while Back to the Routes are celebrating someone’s birthday at Little Susie, Robin Narciso and Frank Scarfone share songs at The Birdcage Boutique and Green Leaf Motif at Cloud.  There’s a Bob Dylan tribute with Intan, Marianna, Scoddy & Gaby at Au Marche, Havana Nice are at Mayazon  and taking it late at Oscar’s on the Corner are Srey Ka & K’n’E.    Brooke Palmer is at Kep Natural and in Siem Reap, Kiss Bang Bong are at Arin’s and Groovy Tuk Tuks are at Laundry.

Robert Marleigh’s Thursday night gig is part of the launch for new track TV Party, a re-imagined version of a song by Black Flag by Marleigh and Helena Novosel.  You can presave the track here.

Coming up in just a couple of weekends time is Slam City Festival at Atlantis Metal Bar in Siem Reap, a celebration of metal featuring bands from Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam – well worth setting the date 31 March/1 April for a trip to the City of Temples.  Check out this Unite Asia interview and standby for a LengPleng feature on these metallic visitors.

The Leng Pleng Feature Article

Finding the tools: Summer Lee Carlson

Something different is percolating in Kampot.  Not a live show – not yet anyway – but a collaboration between singer/songwriter Summer Lee Carlson and Phnom Penh-based producer and beatmaker Khid Genius, Minneapolis musician Jason Peterson DeLaire, and graphic designer Markus Dixon, and you’ve got a creative team producing what is being pitched as a project combining talents and skills to make endless platters of ear candy.   The latest single, Disaster – “Shirley Bassey taking Cinderella out to the club and telling her to forget about being home by midnight” – drops on Friday 17 March.  Summer recently sat down with LengPleng to talk about the delights of creation and collaboration.

Read the full article here

Passing Chords – a few things you may not know about

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kim Bugo.  Guitarist and occasional singer with Filipina group Mayari as well as performer around town in Phnom Penh for some years.

Do you have a pet musical hate?
Heavy autotune for vocals

A private musical indulgence:
I listen to progressive rock and obscene hip-hop/rap songs

The year you first came to Cambodia:
2013

An early music memory:
I still remember my three-year-old self gibberishly singing Miss You Like Crazy by Natalie Cole

The last thing you had to eat:
I just ate beef rendang!

A country you want to visit:
I want to watch a Broadway musical so I am keen to visit the UK and USA

A book or movie you keep going back to:
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

What languages do you have?
I speak the Filipino language Tagalog and English. I’ve recently joined Khmer classes so I’m proud to say “khnom niyeay Khmer tiktik”

Your primary instrument, and when you started playing it:
I learned to play the guitar when I was in senior high school. Most of the time I play the guitar whilst singing when doing gigs

Something people might be surprised to know about you:
People get to be surprised that I sing because I don’t do it so often anymore

You have a time machine and a magic ticket to one gig or festival in the past. What do you choose?
I’m not really into huge crowds but if I’m given a chance to attend a festival in the past probably it would be Coachella 2018 where they had Beyonce, St Vincent, LANY and Miguel in the lineup

A question from the last participant: If you hadn’t come to Cambodia, what do you think you would be doing now?
I would probably still be working in the finance sector back in Manila and I guess I would still be performing once in a while.

Steve Porte Photo of the Week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The inspirational Mel Nutter back in the air, at Sra’Art on Saturday 10 March 2023.

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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 16 March 2023

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