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Sinn Sisamouth [a] (c. 1932 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s. Widely considered the "King of Khmer Music", Sisamouth, along with Ros Serey Sothea, Pen Ran, Mao Sareth, and other Cambodian artists, was part of a thriving pop music scene in Phnom Penh that blended elements of Khmer traditional music with the sounds of rhythm and blues and rock and ...
Thon and rammana. The thon and rammana (Khmer: ស្គរថូន និង ស្គររមនា; Thai: โทนรำมะนา, pronounced [tʰoːn ram.ma.naː]) are hand drums played as a pair in Khmer and Thai classical music. It consists of two drums: the thon (Khmer: ស្គរថូន; Thai: โทน), a goblet drum with a ...
Mor Lam. Mor lam is the dominant folk music of Thailand's north-eastern Isan region, which has a mainly Lao population. It has much in common with luk thung, such as its focus on the life of the rural poor. It is characterized by rapid-fire, rhythmic vocals and a funk feel to the percussion. The lead singer, also called a mor lam, is most often ...
Ros Serey Sothea (Khmer: រស់ សេរីសុទ្ធា / រស់ សិរីសុទ្ធា [ruəh serəjsotʰiə]; c. 1948 - 1977) was a Cambodian singer. She was active during the final years of the First Kingdom of Cambodia and into the Khmer Republic period. She sang in a variety of genres; romantic ballads emerged as her ...
Cambodian orchestra for royal dances at the beginning of 20th century. Cambodian Art music is highly influenced by ancient forms as well as Hindu forms. Religious dancing, many of which depict stories and ancient myths, are common in Cambodian culture. Classical Khmer music usually is divided into three parts: pin peat, phleng kar, and mahori ...
Chakhe. The chakhe (Thai: จะเข้, pronounced [tɕā.kʰêː], also spelled jakhe or ja-khe; Lao: ຈະເຂ້, pronounced [tɕā.kʰȅː]), or krapeu (Khmer: ក្រពើ; also called takhe Khmer: តាខេ, takhe, takkhe or charakhe), is a fretted floor zither or lute with three strings used in Thai and Khmer music. The Thai ...
Kantrum ( Khmer: កន្ត្រឹម, Thai: กันตรึม) is a type of folk music played by the Khmer in Isan, Thailand, living near the border with Cambodia. It is a fast, traditional dance music. In its purest form, cho-kantrum, singers, percussion and fiddles dominate the sound. A more modern form using electric instrumentation ...
This song was written before Sinn Sisamouth turned to more modern influences such as rock music, but it does reflect a certain influence through the use of the violin, a foreign instrument, not traditionally part of the Khmer orchestra. The popularity of the song caused quite a stir among the elders of Cambodia, who saw the courteous dialogue ...