By Mike Rosati //
Bhi Bhiman with Ol Silver Tongue, Vikesh Kapoor //
The Independent – San Francisco
June 27th, 2015 //
Sri Lankan-American folk rocker Bhi Bhiman packed The Independent on a Saturday night for his Rhythm & Reason album release party last month. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Bhiman eventually migrated to Northern California to attend UC Santa Cruz before moving to SF to pursue music.
With his sidekicks — keyboardist Max Cowan, bassist Oscar Westesson and drummer Cairo McCockran — playing alongside him, Bhiman (guitar, vocals) performed a mix of both old and new songs for his adopted hometown crowd. There was even a special guest toward the end of the show as Joshua Boronkay of Oakland two-piece Ol Silver Tongue, which served as one of the evening’s two openers, joined the band for set closer “Guttersnipe”.
Setlist:
Out in the Streets
Color Pink
Eye on You
Waterboarded
Death Song
Up in Arms (solo)
Brussels
Bread & Butter
The Fool
Closer to Thee
Guttersnipe
Encore:
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley cover) (solo)
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