Bim Sherman Solid As a Rock original promo video

The late great Bim Sherman was a reggae singer gifted with a haunting, ethereal voice that reached into the very heart of his listeners. In the mid 1970s he recorded a small but perfectly formed showcase of classic roots tunes as a young struggling singer in Jamaica, He later moved to London where, as part of the postpunk reggae infatuation, he made a name for himself recording with Adrian Sherwood s OnU Sound label. He became part of various musical collectives associated with OnU Sound, such as New Age Steppers (alongside Ari Up, formerly of The Slits), Singers And Players (with Congo Ashanti Roy and the late Prince FarI ), Dub Syndicate and Justice League of Zion. He also recorded a handful of solo reggae LPs. Towards the end of his life, Bim Sherman took a whole new musical direction. He went to India and rerecorded his classic 70s roots tunes alongside a full Indian classical orchestra in Bombay, creating his masterpiece LP, the highly acclaimed Miracle. This opened Sherman up to an entire new