Brian Calvert | Oakland, California
February 11, 2012
More and more Cambodian-Americans are finding their own voice in art and music. Add to that list musician Bochan Huy, who grew up in Oakland, California, and has just released her first album, Full Monday Moon.
Singer songwriter Bochun Huy is putting an American twist on a Cambodian classic. The original song, “I Am 16,” comes from the heyday of Cambodian rock-the 1960s and 1970s, before the Khmer Rouge.
Huy’s version, though, is something entirely new. Read the rest of the article at Voice of America.
Singer songwriter Bochun Huy is putting an American twist on a Cambodian classic. The original song, “I Am 16,” comes from the heyday of Cambodian rock-the 1960s and 1970s, before the Khmer Rouge.
Huy’s version, though, is something entirely new. Read the rest of the article at Voice of America.
4 comments:
Wow I heard the whole song on her page and she messed the song up badly. I don't get how a song originated as rock to hip hoppity. Then its auto - tuned and she says chnam oun 16. As she continues she says they try to rob us? Did not make sense to me at all. Honestly I don't Bochun really intended to be a Khmer Singer or composer. Her album is mostly English and with this song its just her repeating chnam oun 16. The music is plane American. Nothing relating to Khmer music. I guess this will be the new Khmer generations. Maybe I am stuck on the old classics, but we can always evolve on the bases that made those oldies so famous.
From:
Constructive criticism
In this video, I think the Khmer sound of her singing is basic, but when she sings in English, she sound so sexy. Hope she will succeed.
Shee! She just ruin the good khmer music.
Why does she had to whore it up? Khmer Apsara must not be misrepresent. She a ABC(American-born-Cambodian), that's an automatic dumbass in true representation of her heritage and custom. What a shame.
Post a Comment