event Dengue Fever
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Dengue Fever at Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer HallGiven pop music’s tendency to fudge the facts when old or foreign sounds are appropriated, Ethan and Zac Holtzman probably could have gotten away with finding anyone from Southeast Asia to front their Cambodian-psych-rock tribute band. But instead, the L.A.-based brothers recruited an honest-to-goodness Cambodian, Chhom Nimol, who also happens to be a star singer back home. The band has gone from doing covers to writing its own material, like its 2008 full-length, Venus On Earth.Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall 4544 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL
Given pop music’s tendency to fudge the facts when old or foreign sounds are appropriated, Ethan and Zac Holtzman probably could have gotten away with finding anyone from Southeast Asia to front their Cambodian-psych-rock tribute band. But instead, the L.A.-based brothers recruited an honest-to-goodness Cambodian, Chhom Nimol, who also happens to be a star singer back home. The band has gone from doing covers to writing its own material, like its 2008 full-length, Venus On Earth.
Updated 05/31/2011