Fantastic Negrito Announces Acoustic Album 'Grandfather Courage'
Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Travis Shinn
Fantastic Negrito has shared details of a new album.
'Grandfather Courage' is an acoustic reimagining of the multi-Grammy Award-winning artist's 2022 full-length, 'White Jesus Black Problems', and is scheduled to arrive on February 3 via his own Stormfront Records.
Comprising 11 unplugged tracks, the record will include the previously unveiled reworking of Oh Betty — shared in celebration of its Grammy Award nomination in the Best American Roots Performance category — along with a new version of Highest Bidder, which offers an emotive vocal performance while dialling down the percussion of the original.
"If you want to take your mind, body, and soul on a trip, check out the reimagined recording of Highest Bidder through the lenses of my touring band," Negrito said. "At the time, I was listening to a lot of African drum patterns, and that definitely influenced this song. I'm trying to convey what I see when I walk down the street here in Oakland."
'White Jesus Black Problems' is a deep-dive into the lives of two ancestors of Fantastic Negrito, whose real name is Xavier Dphrepaulezz. It tells the true story of his seventh generation white Scottish indentured servant grandmother, Betty Gallimore, who was living in a common law marriage with his seventh generation African-American enslaved grandfather, Grandfather Courage, in the face of the racist, separatist, laws of 1750s colonial Virginia.
The California-based songwriter and musician will play UK and European shows in February.
'Grandfather Courage' tracklist:
1. Drifting Away (Acoustic)
2. Locked Down (Acoustic)
3. Highest Bidder (Acoustic)
4. They Go Low (Acoustic)
5. Nibbadip (Acoustic)
6. Oh Betty (Acoustic)
7. Man with No Name (Acoustic)
8. You Better Have a Gun (Acoustic)
9. Trudoo (Acoustic)
10. In My Head (Acoustic)
11. Virginia Soil (Acoustic)
Fantastic Negrito Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sun February 05 2023 - GLASGOW Old Fruitmarket
Mon February 06 2023 - MANCHESTER Deaf Institute
Tue February 07 2023 - LONDON Lower Third
Wed February 08 2023 - LONDON Lower Third
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