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Greetings:

This weekend the annual Phnom Penh international music festival, European Music Cultures, at Raffles Le Royal, features a fin de siecle musical trilogy.  On Friday, works by Claude Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Maurice Ravel, and Erik Satie will be performed by Katy Lo Wing and Issei Sakano.  On Saturday, a song recital feaures works by Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler, Maurice Ravel, and Richard Strauss featuring baritone Martin Ng baritone and Issei Sakano.  On Sunday, a piano recital tribute to King Sisowath, with works by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, and Him Sophy, alongside traditional Cambodian folk music, with gifted young Cambodian pianist Rong Serey Vann.

Visiting Phnom Penh from Siem Reap this weekend are Acid Fuzz Trio [see our LengPleng.com article from August].  They’ll be in town for Friday, early at Khmer Funk Sky Bar then late at Oscar’s on the Corner, then at Motodop on Saturday.

Friday night in Phnom Penh sees Pocket Change joined by The Blue Souls at Motodop, John Peter at Botanico, Ex-pulse at The Tin Hat and Tola for a reopening of recently fire-damanged Hometown Hangout.   Adam Marsland is at End of the Road, Sambath Bun is Remembering Danny at Little Susie, and there’s a rock jam with Brayan Scott at Stories by Little Susie.  On the coast, Bliss Theory are at Kep Natural and Mr Zee is at 1960; in Siem Reap Rod & Chema are at The Pizza Garden.

Saturday evening in Phnom Penh find Machiko Mary & the Dr G Trio at Tape Deck, Antonio Elchico at Botanico and Drunk on Champagne are joined by Ram-FX at Noisy Chili.   Two Country Drunks are at Back Street Riverside, Christabel is at Tropico and The Blue Souls are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  On the coast Bliss Theory are at The Wave: Kep West and in Siem Reap Brooke Palmer is at Mex’d Up.

Come Sunday in Phnom Penh, Rossco & Cam are at Motodop, Scott Bywater hosts the Sunday Sundowners open mic at Tacos Kokopelli, Greg Beshers is at Hunt, and later on Shaken Spirit are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

Department of Coming Soon

We are soon to be welcoming back Scapegoat Candy to Cambodian stages, with their tour next month hitting Siem Reap on Friday 13 at Laundry, Phnom Penh on Saturday 14 at Motodop and Sunday 15 at Oscar’s on the Corner, Kampot on Wednesday 18 at Monkey Republic and then Saturday 21 at Dave Fest on Koh Rong Sanloem.  To get a taste of what they’re about, they’ve released this week a new EP, All the Angels,  on Spotify.

Also coming through next month are Australian band Del Webb Explosion (formerly known as PlanB), playing in Siem Reap on Friday 20 at Sojourner House [fundraiser for Jayavarman VII Hospital], in Phnom Penh on Saturday 21 at Oscar’s on the Corner and Sunday 22 at Motodop, in Kampot on Thursday 26 at Madi Bar and Friday 27 at Kampot River Nest and winding up on Saturday 28 at ArtBar in Kep.

For the festival-minded, Dave Fest 3.0 comes to Mpai Bai Bay on Koh Rong Sanloem from Saturday 21 to Wednesday 25 November, featuring a long list of live bands, solo performers, shows, activities and DJs.  Check out further details at davefestcambodia.com.

Department of New Video Releases 

Adam Marsland has been busy putting together his version of Mouy Meun Alai, a Cambodian standard by Sinn Sisamuth, in Khmer, with an accompanying video, now available on YouTube.  “If I’m not the very first non-Cambodian to ever sing this song, I’m certainly one of the first”, says Adam.  “It’s extremely rare for non-native speakers to learn more than one or two local songs, because the technical difficulty of the singing and the language make it a bit of a fool’s errand.  However, I am a well-known fool who likes a challenge.”

The video was shot in Phnom Penh, and features familiar landmarks including the Royal Palace, some backstreets, and local record emporium Space Four Zero.  No AI or autotune was used.

“Sinn Sisamuth is the real deal, and trying to sing in his shoes in his language is an audacious thing to do. As a foreigner singing in a difficult lingo, it’s very hard to tell whether I’m closer to ABBA or Shonen Knife. But based on the reactions from Khmer audiences so far, it seems to fly.”

Also released this week was an imaginative new video for the Ariane Parkes song The Sound of Dragonfly Wings, created by Bjorn Leonhard.

Department of Other Activities

Check out new partner restaurant guide Bongnham.com for dining suggestions near live music venues and elsewhere.

Also lordpenh.com for the world beyond live gigs.

And for reports from the gigs themselves check out NightPilot.

Also it’s Bandcamp Friday this week – what is Bandcamp Friday? – where you can support the many local musicians who use this digital music distribution platform.

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Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Felix McFadden ghouling out for Halloween with Men of Faith at Motodop on Friday 30 October 2026

 

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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 5 November 2026

 

 

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Thursday 19 November

  • Yukka (JP), Zenkimi (JP), Sam Rocker, 7 pm, Atlantis (Siem Reap)


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Thursday 26 November

  • Del Webb Explosion (AU), 5.30 pm, Madi Bar (Kampot)

 

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