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Greetings:

On Friday night in Phnom Penh, the lounge rock of Silver & Taylor is at Craft, Smack the Unicorn are joined by Johnny & the Scallywags at The Tin Hat, while Phil O’Flaherty is at Botanico and Brooke Palmer is at The Box Office.  Son Sabor is at Back Street Bar, AlliG Rockustic is at MY WAY and Serdar & Aisha are at Little Susie.  You can also find Mr Zee at Voodoo Boulevard and The Blue Souls at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Kampot, Ant Colloff is at The Pig Pen, and in Siem Reap, Cesar & Ray are at Ubuntu and there’s an open mic at Mex’d Up.

In Phnom Penh on Saturday night, The Roadshow are at Craft, Alli G is at Lantern and Mr Zee is at The Deck.  MeDha drum troupe and electronic artist Smomid improvise at Friends Futures Factory, Guitar Too is at Botanico, Jam-Cha are at Back Street Bar and Geography of the Moon are at Little Susie.  Oscar’s on the Corner hosts a tribute to the year 1973 with The Leng Pleng Allstars at featuring Greg Beshers, Gaby Courroux, Sal DiGaetano, Felix McFadden, Marianna Hensley and Scott Bywater, with guest vocalists including Cove Aaronoff, Mirasol Aguila, Mikayla Gonzales and Will Canuck.  On the coast, Kora Sunya Trio, Playing Mantis and Svetnek play a triple bill at Kep Natural.

On busy Sunday afternoon and evening in Phnom Penh, Phillip Javelle is at Villa Grange, Son Sabor Duo are at The Vine, the Sunday Sundowners open mic at Tacos Kokopelli is hosted by Gareth Bawden, while Cardboard Li-Fi are at Noisy Chili, Brooke Palmer is followed by Hugo St Leger at The Deck and Stu Cottom is at Bar Oz.  Later, Andy Luna & Rod Tolentino are at Back Street Bar and Electric Muxu Orchestra are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, there are open mics at Pomme and The Mended Drum, a jam with Giuliano Turello at Duckmart, and Sunday piano sessions with Jim Latt at Miss Wong.

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On the blooming road: Wild Flowers

The latest band touring through Cambodia is Wild Flowers, an indie guitar-bass-drums trio from Portugal.  They’re currently playing shows in Thailand, and will descend on Siem Reap next Wednesday, thence to Phnom Penh for Thursday and Friday before heading to Ho Chi Minh City for one last show.  LengPleng tracked down Jessica (guitar/vocals), Natasha (bass/vocals) and Joe (drums) in Bangkok this week to conduct a video interview.

Natasha began by explaining: “This is where we’re staying.  It looks like a boarding school dormitory.  There’s no chairs, that’s why we’re all sitting on the bed, it’s not some weird band thing.

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Department of Available Now: Last Year

Around the Traps 2023 / Passing Chords Volume V – from the pages and pixels of LengPleng in 2023, it’s the book of the year, featuring interviews with Geography of the Moon, The Lazy Drunks, Summer Lee Carlson, Derrick Walker, Lewis McTighe, Gary Custance, Cove Aaronoff and many more.  Also the Passing Chords mini-profiles for the year which include Brooke Palmer, Angkor Classique, Rod Tolentino, Felix McFadden and a surprising number of Japanese musicians.  Secure your copy by emailing gigs@lengpleng.com.   Only $7.50 (or $5 if you’re in it!) – buy one for your shelf and one to send home to Mum.  Copies will also be for sale at the Crafting Flea Fair in Phnom Penh at WILD this Saturday.

Department of Mutual Support:  Friends of LengPleng

Please welcome our new Friend of LengPleng – Back Street Bar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Lewis McTighe performs at the boat concert organised by Tacos Kokopelli, Saturday 13 January, 2024

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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 18 January 2024

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