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Cahill Gregory - The Golden Voice: The Ballad Of Cambodian Rock's Lost Queen - Paperback
Cahill Gregory - The Golden Voice: The Ballad Of Cambodian Rock's Lost Queen - Paperback
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Description: The true story of beloved Cambodian singer Ros Serey Sothea whose Golden Voice helped define Cambodia's Golden Age of music until her mysterious disappearance in the killing fields of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. Developed in partnership with Sothea's family. There is a saying in Cambodia: Music is the soul of a nation. Perhaps no one embodied that spirit more than Ros Serey Sothea a young woman who would forever change the landscape of Cambodian music as the Queen with the Golden Voice. From a humble rice farmer to nationally recognized singer Sothea's success captured the hearts of the Khmer people. Throughout her career she recorded over 500 songs her signature angelic voice soaring over genres from traditional ballads to psychedelic rock and beyond. As the Cambodian civil war raged Sothea's singing career continued to flourish even when she served in the army as one of the country's first female paratroopers. After years of bloody conflict the communist Khmer Rouge seized control murdering artists and destroying their music bringing Cambodia's golden age into a dark era of silence. Sothea's fate is unknown. Ros Serey Sothea's golden voice lives on in the popular music of Cambodia to this very day. Gone but not forgotten her legacy continues to inspire. The Golden Voice tells the story of Sothea's life developed alongside the surviving family who knew her and accompanied by an interactive soundtrack.
Title: The Golden Voice: The Ballad Of Cambodian Rock's Lost Queen
Author(s): Cahill Gregory
Publisher: Humanoids Inc
Barcode: 9781643378732
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 10/10/2023
Category: Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-Fiction
Description: The true story of beloved Cambodian singer Ros Serey Sothea whose Golden Voice helped define Cambodia's Golden Age of music until her mysterious disappearance in the killing fields of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. Developed in partnership with Sothea's family. There is a saying in Cambodia: Music is the soul of a nation. Perhaps no one embodied that spirit more than Ros Serey Sothea a young woman who would forever change the landscape of Cambodian music as the Queen with the Golden Voice. From a humble rice farmer to nationally recognized singer Sothea's success captured the hearts of the Khmer people. Throughout her career she recorded over 500 songs her signature angelic voice soaring over genres from traditional ballads to psychedelic rock and beyond. As the Cambodian civil war raged Sothea's singing career continued to flourish even when she served in the army as one of the country's first female paratroopers. After years of bloody conflict the communist Khmer Rouge seized control murdering artists and destroying their music bringing Cambodia's golden age into a dark era of silence. Sothea's fate is unknown. Ros Serey Sothea's golden voice lives on in the popular music of Cambodia to this very day. Gone but not forgotten her legacy continues to inspire. The Golden Voice tells the story of Sothea's life developed alongside the surviving family who knew her and accompanied by an interactive soundtrack.
Title: The Golden Voice: The Ballad Of Cambodian Rock's Lost Queen
Author(s): Cahill Gregory
Publisher: Humanoids Inc
Barcode: 9781643378732
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 10/10/2023
Category: Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-Fiction