(Above: Houston Matters producer Michael Hagerty poses with Chhom Nimol, lead singer of the band Dengue Fever, and Paul Smith, the band’s drummer.)
The band recently performed in Houston in conjunction with the Asia Society, and Houston Mattersâ Michael Hagerty caught up with a couple band members who described how they found the one key element that gave them the credibility to perform Cambodian rock, both in the US and in Cambodia.
Songs Featured in This Story:
Yol Aularong – Jeas Cyclo (Ride Cyclo)
Chhom Nimol Performs A Capella in Philadelphia
Dengue Fever – Seeing Hands, from the album In The Ley Lines
Dengue Fever -Â One Thousand Tears Of A Tarantula, from the album Escape from Dragon House
Dengue Fever -Â Tooth and Nail, from the album Venus on Earth
Dengue Fever -Â Sleepwalking Through the Mekong, from the album Escape from Dragon House
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