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

Greetings:

In Phnom Penh tonight, Thursday, check out Kim Bugo with Lisa Concepcion at Samai Rum Distillery or The Extraordinary Chambers at Oscar’s on the Corner. In Siem Reap Cecile & Simon are at Villa D and Neena & Giuliano Turello are at Fellini, while Brooke & James are at Golden Time in Kampot. 

On Friday night in Phnom Penh Tacos Kokopelli (formerly The Alley Cat) celebrates a TacoKat 17th anniversary with Joe Wrigley, Penh Pals and Joshua Chiang, while Funky Chicken are at Le Moon and PRERNA are at Prince Brewing. Son Sabor Latin Trio play Back Street Bar, find FaceSlap at Sam’s and at Oscar’s on the Corner it’s a farewell to Cambodia Country Band – see our interview with Clay George below. In Siem Reap there’s Giuliano Turello & Matua at Antonio’s Villa Hotel and Rod Tolentino at AMBAR.

Contrasting events on Saturday afternoon in Phnom Penh with a concert by Phnom Penh Junior Strings and Youth Orchestra at Phnom Penh International Institute of the Arts, while Josh & Pervez take part in a gin and tonic festival at Odom Garden.  Later on,  Intan & Friends get the jazz going at Aquarius , Arome Khmer play Craft, Mourin Terry is at Cloud, Alli G & Jedil offer a special collaboration at Prince Brewing.  Later still, Son Sabor Latin Trio are at Oscar’s on the Corner and Maki Orkestr are at Perch.  Electric Soup are at Star Bar in Siem Reap, and Ant Colloff is at Kep Natural.

Radio Oun Top 100 Songs of All Time Poll 2022

We are into the second and final week of nominations for the Radio Oun Top 100 Songs of All Time Poll.  Scroll through your playlists and pick your favourites – there’s plenty to choose from.   The first phase is Nominations – you get to choose three songs that you would like to see in the Top 100.  The next phase is voting, where you will get to vote on not only the songs you nominated but also all the other submissions.

Choose ANY three songs of all time you would like to be in our top 100. Your mate with a recording studio and a nice tune, classic rock dinosaurs, the latest thumpers or previous highly placed locals like Kampot Playboys, Sochi & Stan, Ernie Buck or Joshua Chiang are all potentially in the mix.

Public voting will decide who makes it in the list. Submissions must not contain profanity, be less than 5 minutes in length and of professional broadcast quality. If your choice is obscure feel free to include YouTube links as well so we can make sure we use the correct version etc. We reserve the right to approve submissions.

In the next round it will be down to you to cast your votes!

Nominations close 15 December, voting commences soon after. Full countdown on Radio Oun on the afternoon of 31 December 2022

Choose your nomination delivery channel:

LengPleng.com submissions page

RadioOun.com submissions page

Radio Oun Facebook page

Traveling tunes – Following the Tracks of Clay George

This Friday sees the last performance – at least for a while – of Cambodia Country Band, the Monday night resident band at Oscar’s on the Corner that has over the years built a dedicated following.  Lead singer, Canadian Clay George, sat down with Leng Pleng this week to discuss his past and his present, and where to next.

“I started playing piano when I was very young, and then decided to quit piano because I liked playing baseball better. Actually, I loved piano, but my parents – and they were great – but they bought me a Wurlitzer electric piano, 200A I think it’s called, the same as Ray Charles.  Which is great if you’re playing Ray Charles, but for practicing Mozart it doesn’t really work.”

Read the complete article here

Steve Porte Photo of the Week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long time Phnom Penh resident, chorister, and strong supporter of musical activities in the Kingdom, Margaret Bywater.  Pictured here not singing but telling stories of her initial years in Cambodia in the mid to late 1980s at a special presentation at Meta House, Wednesday 7 December, 2022.

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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 8 December 2022

** 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:

  • Blues tribute to Pancho with The Ghostboosters, 7 pm, 15 December, White Cobra Bar
  • Geography of the Moon, 8 pm, 15 December, Sundance
  • Graham Cain, 6 pm, 16 December, The Box Office
  • GOTM lyric book launch with Q&A and Geography of the Moon performance, 6.30 pm, 16 December, Meta House
  • Takeshi Band, 7 pm, 16 December, Craft
  • Arome Khmer, 8 pm, 16 December, Cloud
  • The Singing Painter, 9 pm, 16 December, Sunset Boulevard
  • Ariane Parkes & Scott Bywater, 7 pm, 17 December, Botanico
  • Japan Guitar Shop plus The Two Jacks, 7 pm, 17 December, Craft
  • The Originals, 8 pm, 17 December, The Birdcage Boutique
  • Geography of the Moon, 9 pm, 17 December, Back Street Bar
  • Sunday sessions with Virginie Bones plus Graham Cain, 5 pm, The Vine
  • Los Primos, 4 pm, 18 December, New Leaf (Siem Reap)
  • The Broken Cymbal, 7 pm, 23 December, Craft
  • Miss Sarawan, 7 pm, 24 December, Craft
  • The Extraordinary Chambers, 10 pm, 31 December, Oscar’s on the Corner
By Weekly Wrap