"It's kinda like Lakahon Bassac," I tried to explain as we took our seats, "it's a story told by singing." And heavy on the drama. With us were Sing Yang Pirom, Em Satya, Nhek Sophaleap and a host of other cartoonists for the 'Artist Evening' performance of opera 'Where Elephants ...
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I missed The Messenger Band at Meta-House, but Andy Brouwer didn't.
They've now released an (internet only?) song that talks about the growing issue of evictions in Cambodia, at http://saveboeungkak.wordpress.com.
My two cents? It may well be too late to 'save' the lake, but maybe the residents can still try to get ...
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Posted in jazz, music, Photo Wednesday on Sep 10th, 2008
'...takes my blues away.' One of the great things about living in Cambodia; little surprises like this.
Cambodian Jazz does exist - from the Khmer Fusion project to Jean-Marc Padovani.
The Korean owner probably took the name of this karaoke bar from Carole King's classic 'Jazzman', but she's not generally slotted ...
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KhmerBird has a new webzine for you to check out, including:
Heart Talk - post-production
DJ Buffy - Love and Life Chat on Love FM 97.5
The Burnt Theater
The Dark Sky
Linda Tek - a sexy Khmer model
and i have a lot in mind: reflection on Cambodian Cinema today, an review on music of ...
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So tomorrow at 7:30am SHARP internationally acclaimed Nou Hach Journal is putting on its 6th Annual Prize ceremony. Go Team!
Some blogger pals are meeting up for a sunset boat ride. Want in? Drop Tharum an email.
Finally, some new performers play at Gasolina if rock & roll is to your ...
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