FANTASTIC NEGRITO
ONLY UK DATE ANNOUNCED
TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2017 - LONDON OSLO
FANTASTIC NEGRITO’S THE LAST DAYS OF OAKLAND NOMINATED FOR “BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM” AT THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS
“An artist of fierce originality and charisma.” The Sunday Times
Following a break out 2016 that included the release of his Grammy© nominated debut album The Last Days of Oakland, national TV appearances on hit show Empire and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and worldwide tour dates with Chris Cornell and Seattle supergroup Temple of the Dog, the Oakland blues musician Fantastic Negrito returns to the UK this February.
Negrito’s latest album has been described as "part Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On,’ part Curtis Mayfield, part Kendrick Lamar and part electrified Lead Belly" by Los Angeles radio station KPCC. His music emphasizes rawness and space. Slide guitar, drums, piano. Rather than update the Delta Blues, Fantastic Negrito leaves the original sounds of Lead Belly and Skip James intact, building bridges to a modern sound with loops and samples of his own live instruments. But the primary element that drives Fantastic Negrito’s music is uncut realness and zero concern for “pop” anything.
Tickets for Fantastic Negrito’s only UK show are onsale now and are available HERE
TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2017
LONDON OSLO