3x Grammy-Winner Fantastic Negrito Releases New Album, "Son of a Broken Man" Today

FANTASTIC NEGRITO RELEASES HIS MOST PERSONAL ALBUM THUS FAR SON OF A BROKEN MAN OUT TODAY - STREAM/PURCHASE

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3x GRAMMY® Award-winner Fantastic Negrito releases his new album, Son of a Broken Man (Storefront Records) today. The new album sees Fantastic Negrito encapsulating the inimitable elements of his celebrated body of work to date, from hard-hitting distorted guitar riffs to melodic and expressive ballads, all fueled by the unexpected twists that have become his trademark. The album stands as perhaps Fantastic Negrito’s most personal thus far, exploring family, deception, and the human desire to hide the true self as he dives deep into one of the oldest conflicts in human history, the struggle between father and son. Beginning at a young age, Negrito was served untruths by his father. A made-up last name, a fabricated ancestry, and a fake Somali accent. Why lie? Why create this false narrative? Those are the questions Negrito had to ask himself and the questions that lie at the heart of Son of a Broken Man. STREAM/PURCHASE SON OF A BROKEN MAN Son of a Broken Man was first heralded in early September with the premiere of two album highlights, “California Loner” and “Runaway From You.” These were followed by the siongs, "I Hope Somebody's Loving You," and "Crooked Road." A stark and beautiful official music video for the rare ballad, "I Hope Somebody’s Loving You" was released last week. "This video encapsulates the feeling of desolation and loneliness that the song conveys," says Fantastic Negrito. "It can be a lonely world out there." WATCH "I HOPE SOMEBODY'S LOVING YOU" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO LISTEN TO “I HOPE SOMEBODY’S LOVING YOU” LISTEN TO “CROOKED ROAD”   LISTEN TO “CALIFORNIA LONER” LISTEN TO “RUNAWAY FROM YOU” The album was preceded earlier this summer by “Undefeated Eyes,” a deeply soulful collaboration with 17x GRAMMY Award-winning® legend Sting. Recorded in 2020 at Fantastic Negrito’s West Oakland studio, just days before COVID lockdown policies went into effect, the track is joined by an official music video co-starring the two iconic artists, filmed last month in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, and streaming now on YouTube.   LISTEN TO “UNDEFEATED EYES (FEAT. STING)” WATCH “UNDEFEATED EYES (FEAT. STING)” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO # # # FANTASTIC NEGRITO SON OF A BROKEN MAN (Storefront Records) Release Date: October 18, 2024

Tracklist: First To Betray Me (Interlude) Runaway From You Skirty Hope Somebody’s Loving You God Damn Biscuit Living With Strangers Life With Zollie (Zollie-Land) (Interlude) Devil In My Pocket Crooked Road Feeling Like A Loner My Only Friend Is You The Children Are Waiting (Interlude) This Little Light Of Mine Son Of A Broken Man

# # #   Fantastic Negrito will be celebrating the impending arrival of Son of a Broken Man with a truly epic international tour schedule. Having just performed a triumphant album-release show at New York City’s Sony Hall, he will be making stops across South America, the UK, and Europe through late November. In addition, Fantastic Negrito will make a top-billed home state festival appearance at the inaugural DeFord Bailey Legacy Festival, honoring the harmonica virtuoso’s impactful legacy as the first Black star of the Grand Ole Opry and set for Berkeley, CA’s Freight & Salvage on Sunday, December 15. For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.fantasticnegrito.com/tour. FANTASTIC NEGRITO - WORLD TOUR 2024   OCTOBER 24 – São Paulo, Brazil – Cine Joia 25 – Santiago, Chile – Club Chocolate 26 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Vorterix 29 – London, United Kingdom – Islington Assembly Hall 30 – Gloucester, United Kingdom – Gloucester Guildhall 31 – Manchester, United Kingdom – The Blues Kitchen Manchester   NOVEMBER 3 – Oberhausen, Germany – Hotelik Gdanska 5 – Berlin, Germany – Quasimodo 6 – Hamburg, Germany – Nochtspeicher 7 – Copenhagen, Denmark - Beta 10 – Oslo, Norway – Parkteatret Scene 11 – Malmö, Sweden – Plan B 13 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg 14 – Gent, Belgium – Muziekclub Wintercircus 15 – Paris, France – La Cigale 18 – Villeurbanne, France – Transbordeur 20 – Barcelona, Spain – La Nau 21 – Valencia, Spain – 16 Toneladas 22 – Madrid, Spain – Sala Cool 25 – Lisbon, Portugal – LAV   DECEMBER 15 – Berkeley, CA – DeFord Bailey Legacy Festival @ Freight & Salvage   # # #   ABOUT FANTASTIC NEGRITO: Born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, the story of Fantastic Negrito is a testament to the transformative power of music and the importance of resilience. By now much has been made of Negrito’s unique story – his early years growing up in an orthodox Muslim household, the doomed major label deal that turned him off of the music industry altogether, 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. In the years that followed, Negrito would go on to take home three consecutive GRAMMY® Awards for “Best Contemporary Blues Album,” share stages with everyone from Sturgill Simpson to Chris Cornell to Bruce Springsteen, collaborate in the studio with the likes of Sting, E-40, and Tank and the Bangas, perform on countless worldwide headline tours and at such festivals as Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Newport Folk, and Byron Bay Blues, and found the Revolution Plantation, an urban farm aimed at youth education and empowerment. Fantastic Negrito’s fifth studio album, 2022’s White Jesus Black Problems, marked the acclaimed first release on his own Storefront Records label. 2023 saw the release of Grandfather Courage, an acoustic reimagining of White Jesus Black Problems recorded with his touring band and hailed by PopMatters as “a compelling, affecting work of acoustic blues and roots music, speaking to the deep currents of blues as an American art form.” CONNECT WITH FANTASTIC NEGRITO WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TIKTOK | TWITTER | YOUTUBE