Nandi Lily Bushell born 28 April 2010 is a South African-born British musician, singer, songwriter, and social media personality. She became known for her drumming skill by posting cover versions of popular rock songs to her YouTube and Instagram accounts, and her online drum battle with Dave Grohl received international coverage in 2020. By age ten, Bushell’s videos had earned the attention of musicians including Grohl, Lenny Kravitz, Anderson .Paak, and Questlove, and led to numerous television appearances.
Bushell was the youngest artist featured on the cover of Modern Drummer magazine and is the first-ever musician-in-residence at Cartoon Network. She has performed with Kravitz and in concert with Grohl’s band Foo Fighters, and was a featured guest at the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II in London.
Bushell has been writing and recording her own music since age ten. Three of those songs, in which she performs all parts, were offered as singles ahead of her first EP, Into the Abyss, set for 2023. Its first single, “The Shadows”, was released in September 2022.
The song was inspired by Bill Withers’ and Grover Washington, Jr.’s love song of the same title. Smith’s version samples and incorporates lyrics from the original. Instead of love between a couple, “Just the Two of Us” focuses on the relationship between a father and son.
Bowie wrote this song to his newborn son Duncan Jones. The song was a pastiche of early 1970’s Neil Young because Bowie was listening to a Neil Young record at home on 30 May 1971 when he got the news of the arrival of his son.
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I had some trouble finding your blog – the link from the Music Moves Me linky led to a WordPress sign in page? At any rate, I managed to find it and absolutely loved Nandi Bushell, especially the first video. Thank you for joining up with us! Alana ramblinwitham
Thanks, Alana. I realized I entered the wrong link too late. Could not fix out 🙂
Marina,
I fixed your URL on the Linky Tools party. Any time goofs are made when adding your link, feel free to add the right one and I’ll delete the one that doesn’t work. 😉 I’m so happy you decided to join the 4M party. There are so many talented young musicians out there publishing themselves on social media. It’ll be interesting to see how their careers will unfold. Will Smith is probably the only rapper that I can tolerate. I haven’t heard this David Bowie song. It was nice to listen to. 🙂 Have a boogietastic week, my dear!
Thank you so much, Cathy! I’ll see if I can fix the link….