Traveling through Asia's rock 'n' roll past

Fri, 01/27/2012 - 05:00 — Anonymous by Duncan ForganThe Asian rock 'n' roll
heroes of yesteryear don't get much playtime nowadays. Shiny and new
generally takes precedence over dusty relics in Asia and  reverence for past
musical glories is conspicuous by its absence. However, for anyone prepared
to do a bit of digging there's an untapped mine of melodious gold to be
discovered around the region. Here's where to find the people that helped
define Asia's rock 'n' roll past.  Cambodia: Sin Sisamouth Combining
Cambodia, the West and a little bit of James Brown. It is impossible to
overplay the importance of Sin Sisamouth. The undisputed King of Khmer music,
Sisamouth could rightly vie with James Brown for the title of the "hardest
working man in showbusiness." A frighteningly prolific polymath, Sisamouth
reportedly wrote more than 1,000 songs and was as adept at recording
Latin-style music as he was blues, folk and bossanova.read more