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Greetings:

In Phnom Penh at Raffles Le Royal on Saturday night is a very special event, Carnaval, featuring a ticketed concert by the much loved Maki Orkestr and visiting Afrobeat band Osoko from Ho Chi Minh City.  Pre-concert dining options are provided, accompanied by either Caribbean music with Sabor Caribe or tango with the piano-plus-two-vioins of Piano Y Violines Del Tango.  The show is sponsored by Cellars d’Asie, specifically their range of Casillero del Diablo wines.  Guests are encouraged to mask and glam up – and LengPleng has three tickets to give away for the concert only ($20 value – includes three drink vouchers) for the first three readers to email us excitedly at gigs@lengpleng.com.

In a contrasting vein, on the road this weekend is Garage Fest, featuring The Cambodian Space Project, The Tommys (Aust), Salt & Steel (Aust) and The Screamin’ Riels, with shows at The Balcony in Battambang on Thursday, with two days of the loudness at Villa Grange and winding up at Fish Island in Kampot on Sunday.  Check with venues for starting times.

Also on the road is Kampot-based duo Roberto Salgado & Alan Breen, who are coming to Phnom Penh for shows at Tacos Kokopelli on Friday, Little Susie on Saturday and The Deck on Sunday.

Thursday night in Phnom Penh finds JunRockz with Aisha at Little Susie and visiting Siem Reap musician Adam Marsland opening up for The Extraordinary Chambers at Oscar’s on the Corner (note early starting time).

On Friday night there’s a stray cat fundraiser featuring The Busking Kings at Front Bar, while Penh Pals are at The Tin Hat, Antonio El Chico & the Playful Minds are at Botanico and Mourin Terry is at Cloud.  Geography of the Moon play Hometown Hangout and Consortia, a supergroup made up of Chema, Rod, Gaby and Felix, are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

On Saturday in Phnom Penh, Brooke Palmer is at The Deck, Danny Healy Swing 3 are at Botanico and Blue Wave are at Meta House.  Japan Guitar Shop descend on Duplex, and Penh Pals open up for Shake79 at Oscar’s on the Corner (note early starting time).

On Sunday Geography of the Moon are at The Vine, the Sunday Sundowners open mic at Tacos Kokopelli is hosted by Scott Bywater, Joe Wrigley is at Bar Oz and Green Leaf Motif are at Back Street Bar; later on Electric Muxu Orchestra return to Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap there are the usual open mics at Pomme and The Mended Drum.

Department of Kampot Radiothon

The newly rebranded Kampot Radio – the number one English language radio station in Cambodia – needs your help.  Since 2017 the station has worked to promote music made in Cambodia by locals and expats alike, seeking to widen exposure to sounds both old and new.  The annual Top 100 Songs of All Time poll has pushed local content to the top year after year, providing a platform for active recording artists in a range of genres.  The on-going playlist also features western music from the latest to the greatest – the east meets the west.

To mark seven years of broadcasting, and to ask for financial support to stabilise operations in the long term, this month’s radiothon will come to a finale on the King’s Birthday weekend, with benefit concerts at Oscar’s on the Corner in Phnom Penh on Saturday 11 and at the Kampot Radio Live Lounge on Sunday 12.  Great prizes – including photography, art prints and t-shirts – will be raffled off at both events.

LengPleng is working with Kampot Radio to ensure that this vital part of the local music community is strong, stable and able to perform to its best ability.

To donate directly visit PayPal.me/kampotradio or ABA Darryl Carter 887 285 115.

Department of Mutual Support:  Friends of LengPleng

Thanks to our latest Friend of LengPleng – photographer and music aficionado Steve Porte.  “Every Thursday afternoon I consult the LengPleng gig guide to plan which gigs to attend over the week to come, I find it an invaluable resource and one that ought to be supported, nurtured and, where necessary, funded.  Thank you LengPleng for your contributions to the musical life in Cambodia.”

Being a Friend of LengPleng gets your logo into the weekly email and onto the weekly wrap page and an automatically click through to a page on our website for further information, photos, videos and so on.   We also pay special attention when you have a good story for us – an upcoming event or an artist you wish to highlight.   Email gigs@lengpleng.com for further details or bail up Scoddy wherever you see him.

 

 

 

 

Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Nilimesh & Arnab mesmerising as ever at Voodoo Boulevard, 26 April 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 2 May 2024

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