One year ago today. Tragic.





Channthy passed away in the early hours of March 20, 2018. She is greatly missed by myself, by her young family, and so many of her friends and fans who loved her.

Tonight it is just on a year since her death, myself and the CSP family will be thinking and reflecting on all that she gave us and the world she's left behind.

Channthy gave the world an incredible gift with her music but more so in the way she was, someone so open and able to connect to so many across all walks of life and backgrounds - she brought people together. Tonight I will be remembering Channthy and the incredible journey we shared alternately as lovers, as co-pilots of the Cambodian Space Project, as fellow travellers and as soul mates bound together in life through a love of music and all the life spirit that comes with this.

Channthy and I shared our extraordinary and somewhat unexpected journey with so many and during the almost ten years on the road, made great friends and we loved every bit of it! We took aboard all the inflight turbulence that comes with such a journey, and took it in our stride with lots to laugh and joke about along the way - very fun times indeed.

With her passing Channthy's life and what she achieved comes even more starkly in focus, she gave everything she had and was brave, bold and free-spirited in the way she took her Cambodian music to the world. She truly was the barefoot diva of Prey Veng province, and I thank again all of you who have been part of Channthy's story and this incredible life we have shared.

“Kak Channthy represented everything that is beautiful about Cambodia, the spirit of the oppressed and the poor. She lives on.”

– Julien Poulson''