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Greetings:

Thursday evening in Phnom Penh find Ng Elnarra at Villa Grange, Ella & Ya Rak at The Velvet Room and the regular open mic at Cloud; later on Stu Cottom and Kevin Sysyn are at Excelsior and The Extraordinary Chambers are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

On Friday in Phnom Penh Tacos Kokopelli (formerly Alley Cat Café) celebrate their 18th anniversary with a party with beginning with a Sundowners open mic hosted by Scott Bywater to be followed by Green Leaf Motif and Boxchords, while there’s an open air charity concert featuring Kia, Seawolf and Musica Felice at Exchange Square – note ticketed event.  Elsewhere Hugo Marcellesi is at Craft, Scott Bywater is at Botanico, Brooke Palmer is at The Tin Hat and Antonio & the Playful Minds are joined by Medha Drum Troupe at Sakaban Restaurant.  Cat Isaacs & Leandro Fonseca present theatre with music – Color Orange – at The Box Office (repeated on Saturday at 3 pm).  Also find Stu Cottom at Times Hotel and hip hop with Elevate at Cloud, and a night of alternative music at Copacabana featuring Visa Runners, Winsum Losesum, Radioactive Deathmonkey and L’Amant Dans Le Placard.  Going late at Oscar’s on the Corner is The Lark.  In Kampot, GC-Kora Duo is at KAPAL, and in Siem Reap, Angkor Classique, play jazz at Le Flore.

Saturday night in Phnom Penh The Broken Cymbal are at Botanico, Sinville Roadshow are at Sundance, Stu Cottom is at Times Hotel and later on Knocking Shop are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Kampot, Cardboard Lo-Fi at KAPAL and Chris Garcia is at The Bay, while in Siem Reap, Jam-Cha are at Star Bar.

Sunday in Phnom Penh sees David Zdriluk at Villa Grange, Carboard Lo-Fi at Noisy Chili, while the Sunday Sundowners open mic at Tacos Kokopelli will hosted by Gareth Bawden.  Stu Cottom is at Bar Oz, Wild Orchids are at Back Street Bar and Sinville Roadshow are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Giuliano Turello and Andy Luna are at Duckmart and PMAC hosts an open mic at The Steel Horse Stables.

The LengPleng Feature

We were down an alley and we had a cat – Alley Cat Café / Tacos Kokopelli celebrate 18 years

Tacos Kokopelli, formerly Alley Cat Café, this Friday celebrates its 18th birthday, quite an achievement for a hole in the wall joint still in its original 2005 location.  LengPleng sat down with co-founder Mark Eastty to talk about origins and the contribution the venue has made to the music community in Phnom Penh.

It was a very different city then.
A totally different city.  When we started out there were no other businesses in the alley, so it was pitch black.  We had a little painted sign outside with one fluorescent bulb above it, so if you looked down the alley you could kind of see a little light, and if you were intrepid enough you might go down the alley and see what was there.  But the regulars knew where to find us.

Read the whole article here

Department of Here We Go Again: Radio Oun Top 100 Songs Of All Time Poll 2023

It’s December and it’s time for the annual Top 100 poll.  Each year we ask for your nominations, and later your votes, to settle the question once and for all.

This year LengPleng and RadioOun have joined together in inviting local and local-related acts to pre-nominate the songs of theirs they would like to get behind come voting time.  Already there’s a wide range of tunes from pop and country to folk and punk and rock’n’roll.  Get yourself over to the RadioOun Facebook page to see what’s been pre-nominated (be nice if you liked the page while you’re there).  For private citizens there are few restrictions – get in there and nominate the songs you’d like to see voted for.   Nominations close 15 December, after which the voting will commence.  Once the votes have been compiled the Top 100 will be counted down on RadioOun on the afternoon of 31 December 2023.  May the best act win!

Musicians: They’re Just Like Us

Dave chops vegetables and makes fajitas

Department of Mutual Support:  Friends of LengPleng

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of the Week by special guest Amelia Kwok

Jam-Cha are joined by Conrad Keely, Gaby Courroux and Scott Bywater on Saturday 2 December at Oscar’s on the Corner.

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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 7 December 2023

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For DJs and clubs, we recommend Phnom Penh Underground

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