SAN JOSE (KPIX) -- A Bay Area mother and daughter are leading the way, as an explosion of new music is coming out of Cambodia after being silenced for years. Laura Mam did not set out to become a ...
You'll cry. You'll laugh. You'll dance. Despite all of the tragedy inherent to "Cambodian Rock Band," "dancing is heavily encouraged, especially at the end," says director Nelson T. Eusebio III. But ...
The story of rock music in Cambodia is like the story of a prodigy of indulgent parents that dies in a tragic accident. This is a country which had recently escaped colonialism, under the new rule of ...
Many of the old images in Bochan Huy's "Chnam Oun 16" music video are haunting — fleeting, grainy footage of workers in rural Cambodian labor camps and Phnom Penh's crumbling shops and streets, ...
As the popularity of rock 'n' roll expanded during the ’60s, that coolness reached every corner of the globe, including Cambodia. The rock 'n' roll radio airwaves enjoyed by U.S. armed forces in ...
Onstage, the band is rocking, establishing a dark, minor-key groove akin to the blues-based acid rock of the 1960s. The singer keens a mournful wail. A vibe is taking hold. But then a man takes the ...
A man who survived the murderous Khmer Rouge returns to Cambodia after 30 years away, surprising his American-born daughter, who has already traveled there to prosecute a case against one of its most ...