Zee Avi was born in Borneo and moved to Kuala Lumpur during her teenage years, when she began writing and singing her own material. She came into notoriety in a truly 21st-century manner: She began ...

The first single from her self-titled debut album may be called “Bitter Heart,” but Zee Avi sure sounds happy. “I wait for you, itNs been two hours now/youNre still somewhere in town,” Avi lilts in ...

The marquee-style album title is telling here: Kuala Lumpur-based strummer Zee Avi is being offered up by Jack Johnson’s Brushfire imprint as exotic vaudeville entertainment from the other side of the ...

Born and bred in Malaysia, Zee Avi's done a lot of traveling, but she now finds herself in a completely unexpected place -- on a record label. Her self-titled debut is a bit beach and a bit Billie ...

Today's Top Tune Zee Avi: ‘Good Things’ When times are tough, we like to turn to Malaysian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist Zee Avi. She reminds us that “Good Things” come ...

Zee Avi is a young singer from Malaysia who was discovered as a result of video postings on the web as KoKoKaina. Brushfire records found her, signed her and the rest will be history. Today’s Top Tune ...

Malaysian singer-songwriter Zee Avi’s big break came via a YouTube video a few years ago. That cute intro pretty much serves as the cornerstone of her music, which at turns can be too precious, too ...

Take one part Billie Holiday, two parts Doris Day, toss in a little island indie-pop and you get Zee Avi, a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Malaysia, who's just released her eponymous debut album.

Our quick, daily guide to what's going on in Portland and beyond. is one of those complicated figures whose been allowed to be complicated because he has so much talent. A lesser artist would have ...

Twenty-three-year-old Zee Avi, born Izyan Alirahman, is like a pint-sized Malaysian Ingrid Michaelson: Her folk-pop songs are spare, bittersweet and unapologetically girly, while never shying away ...

There were several steps between Zee Avi posting a song on YouTube and releasing her debut album on Jack Johnson's record label, but two years later, she now has her sophomore album ready to go, and ...

From the folky corridors of Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records comes the label’s first lady: Zee Avi. The songstress shines on her debut “Bitter Heart,” with heartrending words set to a sunny melody.