And this suggestion back from the ODXA's Fred Waterer... Rich C
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fred Waterer <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:55 PM Subject: [ODXA] Speaking of BBC Radio 4... To: [email protected] A fascinating program is available for a few more days, perhaps the best program I have heard in some time. It looks at the music scene in Cambodia in the late 60s and early 70s, and the development of "Khmer Rock"...a fusion of traditional Cambodian music and Western Rock and Roll, which at the time blasted across the border from Vietnam via AFVN (clips included). The result is a quirky rock music, often sounding like psychedelic garage bands. I've been surfing the net all day listening to and reading about this music which until yesterday I didn't know existed. Its also sobering to listen to the music and these artists, because after April 1975 almost all of them died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, in the infamous killing fields. All for the crime of Rock and Roll...for being artists, intellectuals, free thinkers and famous in a land being driven back into the middle ages. Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields (Duration: 30 minutes) Availability: 3 days left to listen Last broadcast on Tuesday, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4. Synopsis Robin Denselow tells the story of Cambodia's rock and roll stars who emerged during the late 1960s with a new sound known as Khmer Rock. Under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, almost all these singers and musicians were killed, but they are still revered by Cambodians today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lrv50 Fred Waterer __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
