Bluegrass in a Tuk-Tuk

A couple days ago, I came upon a really fantastic website: The Tuk-Tuk Sessions. I have no idea who is behind this project, but according to their website, "the impetus behind this (project was) born out of a desire to play music and give the world a visual tour of life in Phnom Penh. We want to capture the bustling, vibrant streets of the Penh, accompanied by equally vibrant tunes, punctuated with the mandatory horns, moto revs and slight chaos." Basically, a musical person or group is found, put in a tuk-tuk, and they jam out while driving around Phnom Penh and the whole thing is filmed in one take. Pretty neat.

To give you a sense of what it's like to commute in Phnom Penh, I wanted to share one of the videos that was born out of the project fe,aturing a really great bluegrass band here in Phnom Penh, Grass Snake Union. To make it extra special, they are covering a song by Trampled by Turtles, an excellent bluegrass band that hails from Duluth, MN! Hope you enjoy the trip and tunes.