Fantastic Negrito is celebrating his second consecutive Grammy Award triumph after his acclaimed 2018 album, Please Don’t Be Dead, received the ‘Best Contemporary Blues Album’ trophy at the ceremonies in Los Angeles at the weekend.
Please Don’t Be Dead: Deluxe Version, an expanded edition of the award-winning LP, is available now for streaming and download via Cooking Vinyl and Blackball Universe.
“It’s even sweeter the second time,” said Fantastic Negrito. “I feel like there’s a growing movement in roots music — people going back to the source — and it’s an honour to be a part of that.”
Last week saw the release of the music video for ‘A Boy Named Andrew’ as well as an interview with Esquire about his “forays into fashion, the style icons who made him, and the pieces that still move him.”
WATCH ‘THE DUFFLER’
WATCH ‘PLASTIC HAMBURGERS’
WATCH ‘A BOY NAMED ANDREW’
What’s more, Please Don’t Be Dead: Deluxe Version features previously unreleased acoustic versions of five album highlights including ‘The Duffler’ and the powerful ‘Dark Windows (Acoustic)’, released as a single last September to coincide with the annual National Suicide Prevention Week.
Long hailed for his electrifying live performances, Fantastic Negrito is currently in the midst of an epic world tour, with dates scheduled through the summer. Highlights include much-anticipated visits to South America, Australia, Europe, and the United Kingdom, as well as numerous festival appearances including Black Deer Festival, Kent, in June. For complete details, updates, and ticket information, please visit fantasticnegrito.com/pages/tour.
Fantastic Negrito has spent much of the past two years on the road, including sold out headline shows, stage-stealing festival performances, and a series of North American and European tours supporting his great fan, the late Chris Cornell, as well as Cornell’s legendary supergroup Temple of the Dog. 2018 highlights included major market headline shows (such as the Please Don’t Be Dead release event at San Francisco’s historic Fillmore), dates supporting Sturgill Simpson, sets at such festivals as Arroyo Seco Weekend, Newport Folk Festival, and AFROPUNK FEST, and a spectacular full band performance and interview on CBS This Morning: Saturday, streaming HERE.