David Honigmann

The death of popular music in Cambodia

The vast majority of musicians who adopted 1960s rock and roll were later reviled by the Khmer Rouge and consigned to the Killing Fields, says Dee Payok

The blind chapei singer Kong Nay, who narrowly escaped execution by the Khmer Rouge. [Getty Images]

  • Away from Beloved Lover: A Musical Journey Through Cambodia

    Dee Payok

    Granta, pp. 346, £16

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