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Road to Mandalay are set to rock Showbox on Friday |
Power-trio Road to
Mandalay will play an early gig
at Showbox
on Friday night. The band, fronted by the formidable Tracy
Farrell
(vocals, bass) describe
their sound as 'heavy
and alternative rock music... with
influences ranging from Blondie, Foo Fighters, Fugazi, and many
others'.
Both
Tracy and guitarist Adam
Schumacher
are from the United States, while drummer Antti
Siitonen has
a musical background in Finland. Road
to Mandalay
play original songs and have already recorded a four song demo –
listen on the band's Soundcloud
page.
Native New Yorker
Richard Pearl will bring his
Blueberry Moonboys trio
to Duplex
later
on Friday. As you will see from the 'Banjomobile'
Youtube clip below, Pearl is a consummate entertainer from the 'old
school' American
show tradition of
vaudeville and revue. His
dynamic banjo-playing will be backed at Duplex
with fiddle, guitar and bass. Expect
a very energetic
American-flavoured
program of swing, country and rock'n'roll music.
Video : Rich Pearl banjomobile
You never really know who is going to show up next on the Phnom Penh music scene. Last week, a group of students from France arrived in town and started booking shows for their eleven-piece brass band! Soundtrek Project, based at the École Centrale Paris, are currently on the Cambodian leg of a solidarity project tour which will also take them to West Africa and Mauritius. You may have already seen the Soundtrek guys rocking out at schools and venues around The Kingdom – they should be quite easy to spot! Their two-hour show comprises renditions of 'jazz, swing, metal, latino, French songs, Eastern-European songs, rock… [and more]' Check them out at Cloud in Phnom Penh this Saturday.
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Bold as brass: The Soundtrek Project – pic: Soundtrek Facebook |
Euan
Gray
will be putting aside his tenor sax on Saturday night
and
picking up the guitar for a special show with Seb
Adnot
(upright bass) and Toma
Willen
(drums) at the Bassac
Lanes group
of bars – off street 308 in Phnom Penh. The
venue has recently
been
ramping up the frequency of its live music events – which
invariably feature local
residents and their children pogo-ing together
with the
expat crowd. Euan
Gray
will also play the Black
Pearl
in Phnom Penh on Friday night – alongside
Scott Bywater and
Phil Javelle.
Thomas Schellöh is a master of the alto saxophone from Germany. Together with his singing partner Susi Brinkert, he forms Susi & The Eidelweiss – an audacious musical duo with vast experience on the 'Oktoberfest' event scene. Not ones to fade into the background, Susi and Thomas are inclined to take the audience by the scruff of the proverbial neck and lead them dancing in a conga line around the venue. Susi & The Eidelweiss will be performing at Sharky Bar this Saturday. The 'Carnival' music program will comprise of 'songs typical for Cologne, the whole city is celebrating Carnival this weekend! Mixed with international pop and rock music...'
Less
than two weeks to go before psychedelic travellers Dengue
Fever
touch down in The Kingdom, here is a cool lyric video for the
excellent track 'Cardboard Castles' from their latest album, The
Deepest Lake.
Watch this space for more information about the upcoming Dengue Fever
shows at the FCC.
Whatever you're up
to over the next few days... stay safe out there and... see you
around the traps!
JOE WRIGLEY
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