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Australian rock’n’soulers PlanB wind up their Paint It Black tour with shows on Thursday at Kep Natural and Friday and Saturday at Queenco Hotel & Casino in Sihanoukville.

In Siem Reap, 60 Road Fest Volume 2 features performances from Blue Strangers, Cecile Hinas, Frankie Teardrop Dead, The Wild Men, Sokunthea & Andrey, Vort-X, Ya & Friends and Japan Guitar Shop.  Media:  Siemreap.net  

Miserable Man (Italy) is back in Cambodia this week and commences this year’s tour at Cloud on Friday, then he’s at The Vine on Sunday.

In Phnom Penh on Thursday night The Broken Cymbal are at MY WAY, Clay George is at Lost Bar & Grill and The Extraordinary Chambers are joined by Gaby Courroux at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Kampot, Chiet Ukham is at Madi Bar.

Friday night in Phnom Penh is a big one!  Low Season Riders are at Craft, Brooke Palmer is at Botanico and students from Friend Music School are at Let It Be Cafe.  Ben Etc. (Ireland/UK) brings his solo originals to Meta House with John Memery in support.  Soselo Summer are at Noisy Chili, Shake79 are at Bat Muk Yu, Treebu are at Back Street Bar, The Stuffs are at Hometown Hangout and the Golden Era revival of Miss Sarawan is at Uniga.  Later on Montra are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  Arome Khmer are at Tara Lodge in Kep, and Graham Cain is at Madi Bar in Kampot.   In Siem Reap find Paul Mackie with Cesar, Claudio and Stephane at Bamboo Bar, Christabel at Ubuntu, Frankie Teardrop Dead at Laundry, and later on,there’s jazz manouche with Salazar Quartet at Apsara Theatre.

On Saturday in Phnom Penh The Originals Showcase at The Deck features Brooke Palmer, Rob Narciso and Ruadhan, while Rags to Rainbows get bluesy at Craft.  Vince Solomons is at Little Susie, Khmer fusion act Lakhon Luong are at Back Street Bar and Miss Sarawan is at LOLA Music Lounge, while Melissa Lesnie & Intan Andriana sing jazz at Au Marche.  Visiting Japanese metal band Defiled are joined by Nightmare A.D., Reign in Slumber and After God at Cloud, Summer Lee Carlson & Mute Speaker are at Hometown Hangout and Shake79 are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  On the coast, Arome Khmer are at Kep West, Roberto Salgado is at Les Papilles Enchantees and Mr Zee is at The Bay in Kampot.

 Looking at Sunday, Miss Sarawan & Scoddy are at Villa Grange, the Sunday Sundowners open mic is on at Tacos Kokopelli, Jazz Sauce are at Back Street Bar and The Tuesday Welders at Oscar’s on the Corner.  Oudom Khmer Trio are at Kep West.

The LengPleng Interview Part 1

It’s just magic – talking composition and recording with Metta Legita

Classically and jazz trained Metta Legita is well-known in Phnom Penh as a pianist and performer, but she is also a composer, and this Saturday will release a new single, Hop On Hop Off.  What is particularly different about this new composition is that it was recorded by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra with an ensemble of 16 musicians. Metta sat down with LengPleng this week to talk about the new piece, how it developed, and the joy of music and self-discovery.

Looking through Metta’s YouTube channel over the past couple of years you’ll find a number of solo compositions, improvisations on Chick Corea songs, duos with flautist Jennifer Bird including selections from the Cikaracak EP.  After all of that, Metta felt it was time to take some piano lessons.  “I wanted to expand my technical piano skills, and to explore contemporary styles, so I started taking lessons online with Armenian jazz pianist Vardan Ovsepian, who is based in Los Angeles.”

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The LengPleng Interview Part 2

Until the rains come – pianos and jazz at Bellini

Italian bistro Bellini, which opened almost a year ago, has recently announced its upcoming high season programme of classical and jazz gigs through until May of next year.  LengPleng sat down with pianist and entrepreneur Gabriele Faja to discuss the ideas behind the schedule.

Can you take us through the history, and how you came to be an outdoor non-wet season music venue?  “We opened Bellini in December 2023, an Italian bistro punching a bit above its weight.  Of course being a musician, a pianist, I thought, hey, let’s do some gigs.  We figured out a way to make it happen logistically – putting the stage beside the restaurant, in front of Soundskool, rolling a piano out from the showroom, setting up lights, under the stars, it’s nice.  So we put on some ad hoc recitals, some jazz, a choir, an opera night.  This year I wanted things to be more structured – all the bookings and the calendar done in advance, and now we can release the whole schedule.”

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Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Ariane Parkes of The Sock Essentials at The Vine on Sunday 24 November, 2024

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Guillermo Wheremount
LengPleng.com
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Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 28 November 2024

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