A Malaysian Bluesman heads north towards eastern Europe and builds a life, one note at a time. In the second episode of the Life & The City podcast, hosts Aida Ahmad and Farid Wahab sit down with musician Sherman Tan, whose journey has carried him from South-East Asia’s music circuit to the snow-covered streets of Vilnius, Lithuania. Opening with a reflection on Sherman’s musical roots, the conversation traces a career spanning more than three decades. Born to a Chinese father and a Welsh-Indonesian mother, Sherman speaks about growing up between identities and how that experience drew him to the Blues — a genre grounded in honesty and emotional grit. He revisits his early days strumming a guitar during hotel happy hours, his rise through regional stages and his breakthrough moment on Lithuania’s Got Talent, where a golden buzzer propelled him into the superfinal. The episode also explores loss, survival during the Covid-19 pandemic, and his decision to stay on — eventually opening Lucille’s, an intimate Blues bar named after B.B. King’s legendary guitar. The Life & The City podcast airs fortnightly. Catch the full episode on www.youtube.com/@thestaronline/podcasts or www.thestar.com.my/metro
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