Rhian Benson

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Rhian Benson is enigmatic — enigmatic because she defies categorization; enigmatic because her life and her music are framed by paradox. Complex and cerebral, Rhian’s music is simultaneously warm and soulful, empathetic and ethereal. She’s been compared to a diverse range of artists, from Jill Scott to Seal to Sade; from Enya to Lauryn Hill; Dinah Washington to Dido. Rhian’s music has been described as R&B, soul, jazz, reggae, hip-hop and world beat - and, to illustrate the paradox of Rhian in only one of a hundred ways — each of those genres apply.

Rhian - born Rhiannon Afua Benson in Ghana, West Africa - grew up surrounded by music and musicians. Her mother, from Wales in Britain - is a singer, and her father, a native of Ghana , is a guitarist. Rhian’s grandfather led an acclaimed big band in the ’50s and ’60s, her eldest uncle was a popular highlife singer - and her youngest uncle a record producer. Home for Rhian was a place of music; her childhood was immersed in the sounds of Miles Davis, Earth Wind & Fire, Ella Fitzgerald and Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti among many others.

Rhian was not meant to be a spectator, though, and her desire to become a musician coincided with a family move to India . Within weeks of arriving in New Delhi , Rhian’s passion was fully ignited: she began playing the piano, and wrote her first song when she was 9. By the time she and her family returned to Ghana , Rhian was fully engrossed in the music - both listening and creating.
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  • lovnlife

    I'm loving BE

    June 2011
  • phoebebunny

    Wow, this new album, "Hands Clean," has totally gone under the radar.

    May 2011
  • blksbeautiful

    she's so talented and so underrated

    April 2011
  • SoulJazzsterInc

    I don't think she's related to George Benson but it remains to be checked

    March 2011
  • ShaniaEve

    Very,very good!

    June 2010
  • bootsiset

    This whole album is really good.

    December 2009
  • DeeCena

    <3<3

    January 2009
  • TrinDivine

    thats my home girl Rhian

    August 2008
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