Jazz festival brings smooth tunes to Phnom Penh

The 2016 Audi International Jazz Festival Phnom Penh, a four-day musical event that kicked off on Monday, continues tonight with a mix of Cambodian artists performing jazz numbers at the International School of Phnom Penh
By Logan Connor • Dec 14, 2016

Partyboat

Music and madness ahoy

Asia’s largest music festival at sea, It’s the Ship, ferried frenzied partygoers on a three-night bash from Singapore to Penang. Southeast Asia Globe hit the decks to meet the DJs, devotees and dancers that make up the region’s rising EDM scene
By Paul Millar • Dec 01, 2016

The business behind Southeast Asia's booming music festivals

As the owner and director of Feedback Asia and Gig Life Asia, Priya Dewan is hooked into the region’s music scene. She discusses how she has tapped into the business opportunities surrounding music festivals
By Sam Bradpiece • Nov 28, 2016

Q&A: Cambodian rock star Jimmy Kiss

Ahead of his performance at the International Jazz Festival Phnom Penh, Cambodian musician Jimmy Kiss sat down with Southeast Asia Globe to discuss his first foray into jazz and drawing inspiration from the Cambodian countryside
By Logan Connor • Nov 24, 2016

Music

Top five: Southeast Asian DJs

Meet the top talent pumping out dance tracks around the region
By Sam Bradpiece • Nov 18, 2016

DJ duo Dada Life on pillow fights, musical madness and keeping it weird

In Southeast Asia to headline It’s The Ship, the largest floating dance musical festival in the region, the pair behind one of Stockholm’s most eccentric electro house acts sat down for a chat with Southeast Asia Globe Photo: The DJs behind Dada Life pose for a photograph with celebrity David…
By Paul Millar & Logan Connor • Nov 07, 2016

How to make a living playing one of the world’s most unusual instruments

Musician and artist Alena Murang grew up immersed in the traditional music of Borneo’s Kelabit, Kenyah and Penan people. One of the first women to openly perform with and teach the sape, the 27-year-old has taken her people’s unique sounds around the world and last month released her debut EP, Flight.
By Holly Robertson • Sep 16, 2016

Business

Spotify wants to “be everywhere” in Southeast Asia

Behind the scenes at the Asia headquarters of music-streaming giant Spotify in Singapore
By David Hutt • Nov 17, 2015