Orphaned at age 14 in Cambodia, Bun Loeung was forced to perform as a musician full time simply to survive. During a career that spanned continents, Loeung played every venue imaginable, from Asian ...

Back in 2009, California band Dengue Fever – fronted by sultry Cambodian singer Chhom Nimol – brought a steamy brew of Cambodian pop, surf rock and psychedelica to FSU’s Club Downunder. Like all ...

Four decades after the Cambodian genocide decimated traditional art forms in the Southeast Asian country, a nonprofit organization is working with an award-winning composer to engage new musicians in ...

The Cambodian community will ring in the new year at an outdoor celebration April 21 at the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park. Under the banner, “Rhythm of the Refugee: A Cambodian Journey of Healing,” ...

In 1921, the Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist Béla Bartók stated that “The ancient peasant music of each people is disappearing day by day, submerged beneath the waves of new cultures, so that ...

Playing live in the WBEZ studios (from left): Yim Chan thy, playing woodwinds; Lun Phanith, playing the Kse diev, a single string instrument with a gord; Nhouk Sinat, playing the stringed instrument ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Cambodian Khmer New Year is celebrated in April. The Cambodian Community is celebrating the New Year with a festival of traditional foods, music and dance. On Good ...