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Prior to this weekend, I didn't even know that there was such a thing as 60's Cambodian rock/pop revival!  That is, until I read about DENGUE FEVER!  I was nicely surprised to see my friend from ROCK OF JAPAN at the show, but even more surprised at his thorough knowledge of 60's Cambodian pop music!   He told me that he's been following the band for a while and was excited to finally see their material live!



For me, my exposure to them was much more recent.  They're a band that I was suddenly enthralled with after reading their full page feature in Time Out NY.  The band features traditional a Cambodian Chhom Nimol singing in a traditional style in her native language, with instrumentals that are tinged with good old fashioned psychedelic rock and pop from the 60s from when US soldiers were in the neighboring country due to the Vietnam War. 



Dengue Fever threw together a refreshing show and played a lengthy set as well.  Nimol's stellar vocals were the draw, and she projected her voice clear and loud for the thousands of spectators at McCarren Park who saw them play.  Now that they played to such a big audience, I'm gonna say something that I thought I'd never say:   60's Cambodian pop is alive and well!

Check out this video of Sni Bong that I shot from the show!

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