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

Greetings:

Thursday night in Phnom Penh find The Two Busking Kings poolside at Villa Grange, while Ella Sann & Ya Rak are at The Velvet Room, Hugo Marcellesi is at Samai Rum Distillery and Kevin Sysyn is at Excelsior. The Extraordinary Chambers take it late at Oscar’s on the Corner.

Friday night in Phnom Penh, Miss Sarawan is at Lantern, Arome Khmer are at Craft, there’s what is listed as a sofa concert at Sarika Music School, while Mourin Terry is at Cloud and Antonio & The Playful Minds are at Ninkasi.  Head to head – see below – are Scott Bywater at Botanico and Greg Beshers at Voodoo Boulevard, while in Tuol Tom Pong Geography of the Moon are at The Tin Hat. Canadian singer-songwriter Tennyson King plays his only Phnom Penh show at Oscar’s on the Corner followed by Montra.

Saturday night in Phnom Penh find Frisco Tony & the Gangstaz of Love at Meta House, Antonio El Chico at Botanico, Nestor & Lily at Maximus Italian Kitchen, Arome Khmer at Le Moon and Ex-Pulse at Boran House.  Cardboard Lo-Fi are at The Velvet Room, Penh Pals are at Welsh Consulate [cancelled due to illness] and Geography of the Moon return to Back Street Bar.  The Extraordinary Chambers go late at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In the south, Japan Guitar Shop are with We Are Ewe at Monkey Republic in Kampot, and One Man Dan is at Old Palace Lane in Siem Reap.

Come Sunday, Scott Bywater is at Villa Grange, Geography of the Moon are at The Vine, guest host David Zdriluk takes the Sunday Sundowners open mic Tacos Kokopelli and Stu Cottom returns to Bar Oz.  Later The Extraordinary Chambers are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

Department of WTF?

Greg Beshers and Scott Bywater asked LengPleng if it would broadcast a clarification for the section of the wider Phnom Penh music community that was concerned about an alleged incident earlier this week.  It can be found here in video format.

Department of What’s New?

Check out our new photo feature: Musicians – They’re Just Like Us! at the very bottom of the page, beneath the Coming Soon section of the gig guide.

The LengPleng Feature Interview

Dynamic and delicate balancing of musics – the 20th International Music Festival Phnom Penh  

This weekend the International Music Festival Phnom Penh celebrates its 20th anniversary, with four concerts over three days of performances at Raffles Le Royal.  Way back in the very different Cambodia of 2003, Artistic Director Anton Isselhadt had the audacity and vision to establish an annual festival of classical music concerts featuring international and local artists, with the aim of bringing together Western and Eastern cultural experiences.

Even in 2003, Anton was clear on one thing.  “This was not a one-time-only thing to do.  This only makes sense if we keep doing it; the continuity is more or less the key to success.

Read the whole article here

Passing Chords – a few things you may not know about

Tennyson King is an award-winning nomadic indie folk musician from Hong Kong and Canada with a jovial stage personality. Pairing songs written in English, Mandarin and Cantonese with kick drum, electric and acoustic guitar, and Zhongruan (traditional Chinese guitar), he captivates audiences with reverberant, edgy sounds and humorous stories of life on the road. Indie folk rock infused with earthy roots, pop, and subtle psychedelic ear candy. Catch his one Phnom Penh show at Oscar’s on the Corner on Friday night.

Do you have a pet musical hate?
Not really, I try to love all elements of music and be as open as I can!

A private musical indulgence:
Listening to cheesy pop albums from the early 2000s and late 90s like S Club 7, Christina Aguilera

The year you first came to Cambodia:
2023 – this is my first time coming to Cambodia

An early music memory:
My dad putting on classical albums while I would fall asleep

The last thing you had to eat:
Dim sum in Vancouver

A country you want to visit:
Egypt

A book or movie you keep going back to:
Into the Wild

What languages do you have?
Cantonese, Chinese, English

Your primary instrument, and when you started playing it:
My primary instrument now is guitar and I started when I was 17 years old

Something people might be surprised to know about you:
I am a bit of an adrenaline junkie

You have a time machine and a magic ticket to one gig or festival in the past. What do you choose?
Red Hot Chilli Peppers at Hyde Park

A question from the last participant – Have you had a muse? Or more generally, how are you inspired?
I’m inspired by my travels, nature, the ocean, searching for ways to live more compassionately and connection with others.

Department of Mutual Support:  Friends of LengPleng

Last week we welcomed Robert Marleigh / Gone Marshall as a new Friend of LengPleng, ahead of the launch new dual artist EP, 25th Century Crooner, at the end of next month.

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

Lewis McTighe overseeing proceedings at the Originals Showcase at Back Street Bar, 22 October 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 2 November 2023

** 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:

  • Graham Cain, 9 pm, 9 November, Duplex
  • Graham Cain, 7.30 pm, 10 November, Voodoo Boulevard
  • Alli G Rockustic, 8.30 pm, 10 November, Cloud
  • Stephchella: Visa Runners, Brooke Palmer, Graham Cain plus DJ, 2 pm, 11 November, The Deck
  • Japan Guitar Shop plus Alli G & Pervez, 5 pm, 11 November, Craft
  • Cardboard Lo-Fi, 8 pm, 11 November, Sundance
  • Spring Band, 10 pm, 11 November, Oscar’s on the Corner
  • Graham Cain followed by Scott Bywater, 5 pm, 12 November, The Vine
  • David Zdriluk, 6.30 pm, 14 November, Craft
  • Scott Bywater, 6 pm, 16 November, Villa Grange
  • Coz Collective EP Launch Party, 7 pm, 16 November, Little Susie
  • Geography of the Moon, 6 pm, 17 November, Sra’Art
  • Sinville Roadshow, 6.30 pm, 17 November, Craft
  • Fallen Apples, 8 pm, 17 November, Voodoo Boulevard
  • Scapegoat Candy, 8.30 pm, 17 November, Laundry (Siem Reap)
  • Geography of the Moon, 8 pm, 18 November, The Deck
  • Punkocalypse Festival featuring Slang Poor Kings (Italy), Regin in Slumber, Doch Chkae, After God, The Wildmen, 7 pm, 18 November, X Bar (Siem Reap) – $5 entry
  • Cove Aaronoff & Frank Scarfone, 5 pm, 19 November, The Vine
  • Amok Soul, 5 pm, 19 November, New Leaf (Siem Reap)
  • Waisted Laika (China) plus Radioactive Deathmonkey, 10 pm, 19 November, Oscar’s on the Corner
  • Daisuke & Friends jam, 6.30 pm, 21 November, Craft
  • Geography of the Moon, 8.30 pm, 24 November, Laundry (Siem Reap)
  • Zeitgeist (Bangkok), 10 pm, 24 November, Oscar’s on the Corner
  • Bon Om Touk Festival featuring Sam Rocker, Scapegoat Candy, Kampot Playboys, Jam Cha!, Joe & the Jumping Jacks, Japan Guitar Shop, Geography of the Moon, 6 pm, 25 November, 60 Road Studios (Siem Reap)
  • The Sock Essentials, 7 pm, 25 November, Botanico

Musicians: They’re Just Like Us

Happy couple Virginie and Andrea enjoy a quiet moment together.

 

By Weekly Wrap