Born in Ghana to a British mother and Ghanaian father, Rhian Benson had a globetrotting childhood moving from her birthplace to India and eventually settling in the U.K. She began playing piano at an early age, writing her first song at age nine. It wasn't until after college that she began to take her music seriously and began performing her smooth, jazzy soul songs in small clubs in London. Eventually Benson was signed and released her first album, Gold Coast, in 2003. ~ Wade Kergan