Bhi Bhiman

• Bhiman [Redeye, 2012] A-

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Bhiman [Redeye, 2012]
In an unruffled show of assimilative will, this Sri Lankan American 29-year-old channels John Hurt and the Staple Singers into sweet, firm folksongs about injustice's cruelty and love's confusions--and is funnier about both than, as a random instance, Van Morrison. The stolid beats define the limits of his Americanization. But from the first strums of "The Guttersnipe," the melodies are universal language at its most outgoing. A-

See Also

• [NPR] Bhi Bhiman: Penetrating Melodies, Striking Vocals [2012-01-24]