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Greetings:

Start Thursday early in Phnom Penh with Scott Bywater at Little Susie and Stu Cottom at Villa Grange,  Green Leaf Motif at Penh 278 and Antonio Elchico at Botanico.  Then find Chor Yee & Lim at Hideout and later, The Extraordinary Chambers at Oscar’s on the Corner.   Fred-R is at Kep Natural.  In Siem Reap, a night of jazz fusion with Sasha, Alex, Andrey & Chma at Villa D and the Salazar Trio at Apsara Theatre.  Graham Cain is at Divers Bar in Sihanoukville.

Friday gets underway in Phnom Penh with Pepper Jam – Colin, Keiko and Issei – at Green Pepper, Green Leaf Motif at Craft, Scott Bywater at The Tin Hat and Ice & Dara at Botanico. Arome Khmer are at Little Susie, there’s an evening of Loopy Reggae at The Box Office.  Pocket Change play a farewell show at Back Street Bar, and across down new band We Are Ewe are with Soselo Summer and Alli G at The Deck.  Kiss Bang Bong are at Phnom Penh Yacht Club, Mourin Terry is at Cloud and Temple are at Oscar’s on the Corner.    In the south, Johnny Stock at Kep Natural and Graham Cain is at Eden Bar in Sihanoukville; in the north in Siem Reap, there’s a reggae night with Chema & Rod at Ambar and The Exile play Republic Bistro.

On Saturday night in Phnom Penh, Craft offers soul jazz with Khalil, Gerard & Intan, while Kiss Bang Bong are at Golden Bar and Dan Dan at Sundance.  Maki Orkestr make one of their rare appearances at Back Street Bar and the Indian fusion of PRERNA open up for Srey Ka & K’n’E at Oscar’s on the Corner.  Johnny Ukebox is at Kep Natural and Graham Cain is at The Big Easy on Koh Rong Sanloem, while in Siem Reap choose between Electric Soup at Arin’s and Scapegoat Candy at Laundry.

Passing Chords – a few things you may not know about

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issei Sakano.  Born to parents who love music, Issei started piano at the age of three. He had been studying piano, music theory and composition under Japanese teachers for 15 years. After coming to Cambodia in 1992, he had been away from music for years, but resumed musical activities in early 2000. He currently works as an advisor to Cambodian Ministry of Justice and at the same time, makes performance occasionally in Phnom Penh mainly as a piano accompanist as well as some piano four-hands programmes.  Normally known for his participation in the Arts Foundation classical concerts, this Friday he plays jazz – Pepper Jam with Keiko Kitamura and Colin Grafton – at Green Pepper restaurant.

Do you have a pet musical hate?
I don’t hate any particular genre of music, though I’m not too fond of anything too loud that causes me a headache.

A private musical indulgence:
French impressionism.

The year you first came to Cambodia:
1992 as a UN volunteer working for the elections.

An early music memory:
When I was born my father bought me a vinyl record of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, Titan.  I grew up listening to it without knowing the title of the work.

The last thing you had to eat:
Rice with pickles.

A country you want to visit:
Argentina, the homeland of composer Alberto Ginastera.

A book or movie you keep going back to:
The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri.

What languages do you have?
Japanese, Khmer, and English.

Your primary instrument, and when you started playing it:
Pianoforte, at the age of 3.

Something people might be surprised to know about you:
I used to be a lay missionary in Cambodia and in Russia.

You have a time machine and a magic ticket to one gig or festival in the past. What do you choose?
A concert in Osaka in the early 1980s with Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6.

A question from the last participant: do you recommend drinking coconut water?
Absolutely. It’s an ideal source of hydration.

Steve Porte Photo of the Week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What happens when you put on a craft beer festival in Kampot at Monkey Republic, Saturday 25 February 2023.

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See you around the traps.
your correspondent,

 

Guillermo Wheremount
LengPleng.com
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