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Greetings:

The heat heralds the looming Khmer New Year and appropriately enough the gigs are starting to slow – but there’s still much to come later this month, at least in Phnom Penh, with new and developing bands taking their chances and older outfits coming back after breaks.

In Phnom Penh this Friday there’s Scotch’n’Soda (being Marianna & James) at Craft, Alab (being Gaby & Jed) at Farm To Table, Miss Sarawan at Lantern and Mikayla & Antonio at Botanico.  The Blue Souls are at Back Street Bar, The Stuffs are at LOLA Music Lounge and Brooke Palmer is at Cloud.  Later on find Geography of the Moon having a release party for their new single Sometimes at Voodoo Boulevard and AlliG & TheQuilas are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Joe & the Jumping Jacks are at Laundry.

On Saturday in the afternoon Silver & Taylor are followed by Matsamuru Fishworks at The Deck, later there’s gypsy jazz with Intan & Friends at Aquarius and Vart Van is at Botanico.  Bassac Street Festival offers up Japan Guitar Shop, Vanno and DJs, while Geography of the Moon are at Seekers Spirits and Wind-Up Mice and L’Amant Dans le Placard are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

Come Sunday, The Fallen Apples (being Mirasol & Randy) are at The Deck, Brooke Palmer is at The Vine, Cardboard Li-Fi are at Noisy Chili and the Electric Muxu Orchestra are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

Department of New Releases

Tomorrow Geography of the Moon release the first single, Sometimes, from their upcoming new album.  And please note well, tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday (US Pacific Time) – all purchase will have the full price paid through to the artist (no platform fees), so if you were waiting on purchasing music from your favourite Cambodian-based recording acts, now is the time.

Passing Chords – a few things you may not know about

Mark Doherty.   A professional musician and music educator, originally from the UK.  He is currently playing with blender, the Oscar’s on the Corner Wednesday band, and is looking to get something going in the way of jazz.

Do you have a pet musical hate?
Just showing off your chops without any musical feeling annoys me. You have to play for the music, not on top of the music.

A private musical indulgence:
I do a lot of listening and go through phases of listening to classical then straight into jazz or anything else. At the moment I’m going through a Beatles phase.

The year you first came to Cambodia:
March 16th 2023, so just over a year.

An early music memory:
Seeing Buddy Rich in the flesh in my early days of my drumming  career.

The last thing you had to eat:
A curry.

A country you want to visit:
Tanzania – to see Mt Kilimanjaro

A book or movie you keep going back to:
The Jolson Story from 1946.  I love Al Jolson.

What languages do you have?
Aside from English, a little Italian and a little Chinese having lived in China and Italy.

Your primary instrument, and when you started playing it:
Drums, started when I was 13 years old.

Something people might be surprised to know about you:
I also do some singing in the Frank Sinatra vein.

You have a time machine and a magic ticket to one gig or festival in the past. What do you choose?
1970 – to see Elvis live in Vegas.

A question from the last participant: If you could have one piece of clothing from a famous person in history, what would it be?
Anything Elvis wore, for example a piece of his leather suit from the ‘68 Comeback Special.

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Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Phil Javelle having fun with The Fender Benders at Oscar’s on the Corner, 30 March 2024

 

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Guillermo Wheremount
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Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 4 April 2024

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