Songwriter Mai Vathana has roots that are appropriately humble given his nickname of the “Rural Poet”, which he earned by writing popular songs with a lyrical focus on melodramatic tales of romance ...

Unless one is visiting a place with a large expat Cambodian population – such as Long Beach, California – it is almost unheard of to hear a Khmer language song played during large festivals and ...

Eli Carlton-Pearson, 18, sits cross-legged on a kgray, the wooden- slat bed common in Cambodia, and wails out an improvised blues tune on his homemade guitar, fingers flashing like sparks across the ...