NEW YORK, April 20, 2013 - Cambodian chapei dong vong (long-neck guitar) player Kong Nay performs at Asia Society, both solo and with Ben Allison on bass, Marc Ribot on guitar, and Rudy Royston on drums.
I have been listening to a ton of Rs Sereysotea's traditional stuff and i kept saying to myself, "this sounds like mekong river delta blues". And to find that there is such a thing. This is Cambodian Soul!
Les gens au bord du mékong dans l'après-midi s'allumaient d'habitude le radio de la musique Cambodian blues, chez moi dans la rue Hassakan, je les écoutais pendant mon enfance, c'était agréable de les écouter aujourd'hui , merci .
I hear shade of Gabor Zabo in Ribot's playing, but much much more self-indulgent. I noticed he shoved the mike away from his guitar when playing with Kong Nay. I couldn't hear what he was doing. I get the impression he's used to playing with himself, and that also fits my impression of him as a self-indulgent player. Anyone else out there that thinks the lyrics sound like they are about sex? That's a common blues theme right?
Sounds like Rube Lacey. But just because they play the same mixo-lydian/flat 2 scale--Rube by accident--doesn't mean their on the same cultural page, "blues"-wise.This sounds more like Chinese pastoral music
