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- "Music in the Killing Fields: Daran Kravanh"
- Summary: Cambodian Musician Daran Kravanh says music saved his life during the Kiling Fields.
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Review of Music in the Killing Fields: Daran Kravanh
Michael Johnson
Posted on September 02, 2005 at 09:08 AM
Daran Kravanh story of surviving execution attempts by the Kmer Rouge, living alone in the forest, and prison farming in the Killing Fields, is an amazing account of one man's spirit of survival.
This piece is a history lesson written in personal and musical brush strokes, with Daran Kravanh's music carrying the piece along like a hopeful echo heard from a lonely mountain peak.
I think programmers of folk and roots music as well as radio magazine producers will enjoy Daran Kravanh's story, done as only Peabody award winning producer Dmae Rooberts can do it.