Sin Setsochhata, an emerging singer-songwriter from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has a deep sense of history and a profound sense of self. Her easy smile reflects the sure-handed emotion of her songs, ...

Cambodia of the 1960s and ‘70s boasted a thriving music scene. With artists combining traditional Cambodian music forms with global rock and pop influences from the United States, Europe and Latin ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Signature Theatre's 2020 production of Lauren Yee's play Cambodian Rock Band all started with a concert ticket purchased on a whim nearly a decade prior. Yee, who was a grad student at University of ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Lessons that introduce two contrasting examples of the music of the Khmer people. Students participate in active listening, discussions of ...

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 ...

“Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia,” a symphonic work by composer Him Sophy and the first major such piece to address the Khmer Rouge genocide in the country, recently was released on Entertain Impact ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A man draws a bamboo bow across a stringed instrument. The soft, tinny noise sounds like a harmonica. A young man’s fingers float across a wooden flute that sounds like a bird, ...

He and his singing partner, Ros Serey Sothea, drew from a wide range of Western and local influences. They disappeared after the Khmer Rouge seized power in 1975. By Mike Ives This article is part of ...

FRESNO — Out west of the freeways, where city and rural meet, nothing seems out of the mix: a boy chasing a flock of chickens in his frontyard, tidy tract homes, aging trailer parks, the stretching ...