Tag Archives: Fantastic Negrito
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The 75 best albums of 2020: 10-1
The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Fiona Apple, Doves, Run The Jewels, Thurston Moore, Fantastic Negrito, Jónsi, Code Orange, Hayley Williams and Tame Impala. And so, we’ve arrived at the end of this countdown of the best 75 albums of 2020. If you haven’t yet,…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces additional performers for livestream event
“Let The Music Play On” artists Boz Scaggs, Jim Lauderdale, Fantastic Negrito, Robert Earl Keen and Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi. Illustration courtesy: Mark Urliksen. Boz Scaggs, Jim Lauderdale, Fantastic Negrito, Robert Earl Keen and Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi have been added to the lineup of Let The Music…
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REVIEW: ‘Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?’ advances Fantastic Negrito’s legacy
Fantastic Negrito, “Have You Lost Your Mind Yet.” Xavier “Fantastic Negrito” Dphrepaulezz first confirmed the title of his third album Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? on Nov. 21, 2019, just four days after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Hubei, China. Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? Fantastic…
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Fantastic Negrito and Tank and the Bangas join forces on “I’m So Happy I Cry”
Grammy-winning Oakland musician Xavier “Fantastic Negrito” Dphrepaulezz released the third single from his upcoming album Have You Lost Your Mind Yet, “I’m So Happy I Cry,” which features Tarriona “Tank” Ball of Tank and the Bangas. It’s the first collaboration by two NPR Tiny Desk Contest winners. Fantastic Negrito won…
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Fantastic Negrito on protests, growing up on the street, and the George Floyd video
Fantastic Negrito photographed in downtown Oakland on June 3, 2020. Jane Hu/STAFF. On Wednesday, June 3, Xavier Dphrepaulezz—Fantastic Negrito—sat down with RIFF editors Daniel J. Willis and Roman Gokhman to talk about the ongoing protests against police brutality in Oakland and around the world. From his studio, he told…
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Tuesday Tracks on a Monday: Your Weekly New Music Discovery – June 1
Clockwise from top left: DUCKWRTH, Jawny, Jackie Hayes, VALE, Fantastic Negrito, Jucee Froot and Sea Girls. We’re running this column a day early. It’s not called Monday Tracks. Tomorrow, much of the music industry will take the day off to protest the unlawful murder of George Floyd with “Blackout…
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Oakland Athletics to host a Fantastic Negrito concert for 510 Day
Celebrating the East Bay the Town way. Tomorrow. A’s x @BukueOne x @MusicNegrito. 5pm PT. https://t.co/sQHZoks8UF #510Day pic.twitter.com/xtp9HIS2VM — Oakland A's (@Athletics) May 10, 2020 In recent years the Athletics have celebrated the city of Oakland every May 10 in honor of the region’s 510 area code. This year, coronavirus…
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Interview: Fantastic Negrito on finding peace with fan-sourced COVID-19 video for “Chocolate Samurai”
Fantastic Negrito performs at the UC Theatre in Berkeley on Oct. 14, 2017. Karen Goldman/STAFF. Two-time Grammy winner Fantastic Negrito is spending the quarantine with his fans. Not literally, of course. The musician, whose name is Xavier Dphrepaulezz, put out a call to his fans to send in videos…
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ALBUM REVIEW: DJ Shadow and friends appraise ‘Our Pathetic Age’
Under that moniker DJ Shadow, Joshua Paul Davis in 1996 gave sample-based music one of its first hit albums with Endtroducing. He transcended the established norms of ‘90s hip-hop by incorporating elements of ambient music, electronica and “sampledelia.” Davis found more common ground with U.K. trip-hop than West Coast G-funk—which might…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins sharp on final day
Emmylou Harris performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 6, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. SAN FRANCISCO — Everything one could ask for from a music festival in Golden Gate Park was on display Sunday, as the 19th annual incarnation of Hardly Strictly…
