Fantastic Negrito
Guitare en scène - Saint-Julien, 3 Route des Vignes, 74160 Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Directions
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Survivant qui transforme chaque cicatrice en riff incandescent, il a traversé l’enfer et en est ressorti plus fort, réinventé sous le nom Fantastic Negrito, ce bluesman noir qui refuse les cases et crache la vérité brute d’Oakland, Californie. Sa voix rauque porte la rage et la tendresse, sa guitare hurle comme un cri primal. Riffs lourds, soul profonde, funk irrésistible : il mélange les racines du delta aux éclats du rock moderne, sans jamais perdre l’âme. Trois Grammys, des tournées mondiales, des collaborations explosives – il ne joue pas pour plaire, il joue pour guérir. À Guitare en Scène, attendez-vous à un choc viscéral, entre énergie brute, présence magnétique et blues qui cogne au cœur pour faire danser les ombres. Fantastic Negrito n’est pas seulement un artiste, c’est une force qui rappelle que la musique la plus pure peut naître sur des ruines.
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Fantastic Negrito3x GRAMMY® Award-winner Fantastic Negrito releases his highly anticipated new album, Son of a Broken Man, on October 18 2024 via his own Storefront Records. The new album sees Fantastic Negrito encapsulating his inimitable style, from hard-hitting guitar riffs to expressive ballads, with the unexpected twists that have become his trademark. It stands as one of his most personal works to date, exploring family, deception, and the human desire to hide the true self as he dives deep into the struggle between father and son. Born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, Fantastic Negrito's story is a testament to resilience and the transformative power of music. By now much has been made of Negrito’s unique story – growing up in an orthodox Muslim household, a doomed major label deal, the near-fatal car crash that permanently damaged his guitar playing hand—as well as the remarkable redemption arc that began in 2015, when he won the first-ever NPR Tiny Desk Contest. He has since earned three consecutive GRAMMY® Awards for “Best Contemporary Blues Album," and shared stages with everyone from Sturgill Simpson to Chris Cornell and Bruce Springsteen. He's collaborated in the studio with the likes of Sting, E-40, and Tank and The Bangas, performed on countless headline world tours and at festivals such as Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Newport Folk, and WOMAD, and founded the Revolution Plantation, an urban farm aimed at youth education and empowerment.