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Nandi Bushell has shared her new single ‘The Shadows’, which the 12-year-old musician wrote for her father – you can listen to the song below.The Ipswich multi-instrumentalist, who performed at the Taylor Hawkins tribute show at Wembley Stadium earlier this month, penned the song for her dad while he was battling health issues earlier this year.“Early in 2022 my Dad fell into a depression as his autoimmune disease worsened. It was a difficult time for our family,” Bushell explained about the origin of the song.

Nandi Bushell has performed a rock medley at the O2 Arena in front of 20,000 people – watch footage from the performance below.Recently, Bushell performed at the O2 Arena as part of the Young Voices youth choir tour, which played to a total of 600,000 attendees across the UK. Backed by the choir and a house band, Bushell performed a medley that consisted of classics from The Who, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Nirvana and many others.This past weekend, Bushell uploaded a clip of her performance onto YouTube, titled ‘The Greatest Rock Medley Ever!’.The medley kicked off with The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, before transitioning to The Killers‘ ‘Somebody Told Me’.

Nandi Bushell got to perform with Queen guitarist Brian May in her first TV acting role – check out their performance below.Bushell is appearing in the BBC children’s comedy series Andy and the Band, which sees a fictional band called Andy and the Odd Socks embark on adventures around Planet Rock.“Planet Rock is in distress due to a lack of pure, honest rock music coming from Earth,” reads the BBC’s description. The Godfather of Rock (May) is concerned, but his Goddaughter Emerald (Bushell) beats him to the punch and sets off for Earth.”The series concludes with a Battle Of The Bands competition in which Bushell and May team up.

Nandi Bushell, the 13-year-old drummer who gained fame for her impressive drum covers, has released a new video of her playing along to Slipknot’s ‘Psychosocial’.The video, posted on her YouTube channel on October 31, shows Bushell dressed up as a devil as she launches into an enthusiastic cover of the 2008 metal anthem. “Being a Slipknot #maggot is not just for #halloween but for #life!”, Bushell wrote in the video description.Bushell, who shot to viral fame for her online drum battles with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, has been playing drums since she was five years old and has posted hundreds of videos of her covering songs by various artists including Nirvana, Metallica and Queen.

Nandi Bushell has shared a new video of her covering Adele‘s ‘Easy On Me’, in which she sings and plays the piano.The new cover from the young musician – who shot to viral fame for her online drum battles with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl – is the first video she’s shared of her singing and playing piano simultaneously.“Please, go easy [on] me,” she captioned the video. “This is the first time I am posting a video of me singing and playing piano at the same time. I really hope you all like it.

Nandi Bushell and her family have announced their plans to open their own music school in her hometown of Ipswich.The musical prodigy gained fame by uploading popular drumming covers and other instrumental renditions of iconic songs. These videos have led to her performing on stage with the Foo Fighters and Lenny Kravitz before, this year, being featured in the latest series of Rebel Girls Rock books in honour of International Women’s Month.It has been reported that Bushell, her family and the family of her drumming tutor Ashley Howard are all involved in the opening of the Stairways Music School.

Nandi Bushell has paid tribute to her “hero” Meg White in a new drum cover of one of The White Stripes’ biggest songs.Bushell, now 12, has been sharing her impressive cover versions – played on drums, guitar and more – on her YouTube channel since she was eight.Her latest cover sees her take on The White Stripes’ ‘Seven Nation Army’, using the rendition as an opportunity to show her support for White. The drummer has become the subject of much debate in recent days following journalist Lachlan Markay calling her “terrible” on Twitter.Bushell’s cover video features footage of the young musician drumming along to the single on a drum kit adorned with hearts and White’s first name. It also includes older footage of Bushell playing the track for the first time, accompanied by her dad on guitar.#MegWhite is my #Hero.

Nandi Bushell has dropped another drum cover, declaring this one as “the most difficult cover [she] has ever made”.This time the young prodigy covered Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Juan Tizol’s percussion-heavy ‘Caravan’. The jazz-y cover took Bushell three months to learn, and then a week to film.“First I needed to learn new techniques, then memorise all the sheet music,” she said.

Nandi Bushell has shared a new cover online, playing the jazz saxophone on a version of a New Orleans Rhythm Kings song.The young musician became an internet sensation in 2020 after posting videos of herself drumming along to songs by a number of artists including the Foo Fighters. Since then, she has gone on to meet her heroes and even performed live with the Foos.Bushell also has a penchant for jazz, covering ‘Mr P.C.’ by John Coltrane last year, and has now shared a version of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings’ ‘Tin Roof Blues’.In the video description, Bushell described how she was inspired to pick up the saxophone by Lisa Simpson, who famously plays it in the opening credits to The Simpsons.“Go with me on this!” she asked fans.

emotional performance below. Taylor Hawkins' 16-year-old son, Shane, does his father proud as he sits behind the kit for @FooFighters' performance of "My Hero."#FooFighters #TaylorHawkinsTributepic.twitter.com/PU705CpO2RThroughout the night, Foo Fighters brought out a slew of musical guests who all played special tribute to Hawkins, including a rotating assortment of drummers each performing various Foo Fighters songs, including Travis Barker and yet another teenager, Nandi Bushell, who famously challenged (and beat) Dave Grohl in a viral drum-off.

Tom Morello has praised the guitar playing of a 10-year-old boy called Ludovick Tshiswaka after watching him play.The Rage Against The Machine guitarist took to Twitter to praise the youngster, who is a Brazilian-Congolese musician and producer whose cover videos on Instagram and YouTube help to showcase his skills.Morello said of the clips that they were “some of the best guitar playing” he’s heard recently.Morello said: “Well that’s some of the best guitar playing I’ve witnessed in quite some time,” he said, quote-tweeting a clip of Tshiswaka  playing some jazz over a backing track.Well that’s some of the best guitar playing I’ve witnessed in quite some time https://t.co/Fy41xp7Csh— Tom Morello (@tmorello) July 29, 2022Morello has previously shown his support for ten-year-old drumming sensation Nandi Bushell who jammed with him and his son Roman.Last year, Nandi shared a video of her playing drums alongside the pair. In the clip, Morello and his son can be seen playing guitar.“Jamming with legendary #guitarist @tommorello (from @rageagainstthemachine / #audioslave) and his #incredible son, Roman,” wrote Nandi on Instagram.“We have written an #Epic song together (not the one you hear in our sweet improvisational jam).

Nandi Bushell has shared a cover of the John Coltrane classic, ‘Mr. P.C.’.READ MORE: 11-year-old drummer Nandi Bushell’s greatest cover songsAfter mastering many of rock’s biggest hits, Bushell is now trying her hand at jazz, picking up a guitar, bass, drums and saxophone for the classic Coltrane composition.“Next stop on my Musical Quest! #Jazz,” Bushell wrote on Twitter, sharing a clip of her cover. “This is my interpretation of ‘Mr P.C.’ by @John Coltrane – I am going out of my comfort zone learning a new grip, traditional grip, on drums.”She continued: “I have to retrain my brain.

Nandi Bushell has shared a guitar cover of Jimi Hendrix‘s 1967 track ‘Little Wing’ – you can watch it below.The 11-year-old child prodigy’s take on the song, which you can view below, follows her recent covers of Rush’s ‘Tom Sawyer’, Billie Eilish‘s ‘Happier Than Ever’, Tool’s ‘Forty Six & 2’, ‘Gimme Shelter’ by The Rolling Stones, ‘Numb’ by Linkin Park, ‘Duality’ by Slipknot, and a rollicking cover of Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon‘s new collaboration, ‘Bad Habits“Peace, Love and Respect! This is #littlewing by #jimihendrix, one of my favourite #hendrix tunes,” Bushell wrote on Twitter, sharing a clip of her cover. “I have spent this week relaxing, off school, and jamming my #fender #guitar To all #peace #love and #respect.”You can check out Bushell’s cover of ‘Little Wings’ below:Peace, Love and Respect! This is #littlewing by #jimihendrix, one of my favourite #hendrix tunes.

Nandi Bushell has delivered a rollicking cover of Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon‘s recent collaboration, ‘Bad Habits’ – watch it below.The 11-year-old child prodigy’s take on the song, which you can view below, follows her recent covers of Rush’s ‘Tom Sawyer’, Billie Eilish‘s ‘Happier Than Ever’, Tool’s ‘Forty Six & 2’, ‘Gimme Shelter’ by The Rolling Stones, ‘Numb’ by Linkin Park and ‘Duality’ by Slipknot.“I am #LOVING the collaboration between @edsheeran and @bmthofficial!” Bushell wrote on Twitter, sharing a clip of her cover.

Nandi Bushell, Julien Baker and more have teamed up with an Afghan charity on a new single, ‘God Help Us All.’ Listen to it below.The musicians have teamed up with The Miraculous Love Kids, a non-profit organisation that teaches music to young Afghan girls, to cover Morello’s Nightwatchmen song.The organisation was recently forced to stop its programme after the Taliban took over government control in Afghanistan six months ago. The song aims to raise awareness of the plight of girls in the country since the Taliban’s re-emergence.The founder and director of Miraculous Love Kids, Lanny Cordola said: “It has been a hellish past six months trying to evacuate and relocate the girls and their families.“Tom Morello’s soul hymn perfectly encapsulates this feeling,” he continued.

Nandi Bushell has shared an impressive cover of Rush‘s classic track ‘Tom Sawyer’.The 11-year-old child prodigy’s take on the song, which you can view below, follows her recent covers of Billie Eilish‘s ‘Happier Than Ever‘, Tool’s ‘Forty Six & 2’, ‘Gimme Shelter‘ by The Rolling Stones, ‘Numb‘ by Linkin Park and ‘Duality‘ by Slipknot.“This one is for you Professor [Neil] Peart,” Bushell wrote. “I wanted to try a @rush song that would really challenge me.

Nandi Bushell has shared another impressive cover, this time putting a bombastic, fill-heavy spin on ‘Happier Than Ever’ by Billie Eilish.The title track from her recent second album, ‘Happier Than Ever’ marked a striking departure from the sonics Eilish cut her teeth on – it’s bold and grandiose, growing from a soothing acoustic ballad into a soaring, theatrical anthem.Bushell adds a wealth of character to its climax, meeting the wailing electric guitars with a suitably explosive drum

Nandi Bushell has shared a cover of Tool‘s 1996 single ‘Forty Six & 2’.The cover, shared yesterday (December 13) to Bushell’s YouTube channel, marks the first time she has attempted to play one of the band’s songs on drums.

Nandi Bushell has racked up another high-profile collaboration – watch her drum battle with Queen‘s Roger Taylor below.The 11-year old musician – who has previously performed with the likes of Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, and has covered songs by Nirvana, Linkin Park, Slipknot and Muse – linked up with Taylor in a new video on her YouTube channel.“To actually get to play with Mr. Taylor.

Nandi Bushell has paid tribute to late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts with a multi-instrumental performance of the band’s ‘Gimme Shelter’.The 11-year old musician – who has previously performed with the likes of Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, and has covered songs by Nirvana, Linkin Park, Slipknot and Muse – shared the cover on YouTube last week.In the six-minute-plus clip, Bushell plays drums, electric guitar, keys, alternative percussion, and saxophone , and she

Nandi Bushell has lent her skills to a new Cartoon Network advert – you can check out the video below.The 11-year old musician – who’s previously performed with the likes of Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders – appears in the TV station’s ‘Redraw Your World’ commercial, in which the animated and real-world collide.Bushell is seen drumming along to ‘Drawsticks’ – a song written and produced by composers Brian and Melissa – as she travels around the city.

Dave Grohl has praised the young musician Nandi Bushell, saying that watching her play drums is “the true meaning of rock’n’roll”.Grohl and Bushell took part in a virtual drum battle in November 2020 after setting one another musical challenges online during last year’s coronavirus lockdown.Grohl invited Bushell to join Foo Fighters on stage in LA back in August, where she played drums with the band on their set-closer ‘Everlong’.Speaking to Rolling Stone in a new interview, Grohl was asked

Nandi Bushell and Roman Morello have released ‘The Children Will Rise Up!’, a song dedicated to enacting change amid the climate emergency.Bushell, an accomplished child musician who became known last year for challenging Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl to jam battles over lockdown, wrote the song with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello‘s son, Roman.The pair, aged 11 and 10 respectively, wrote the song together to empower young people to push for more action to fight climate change.An

Ringo Starr has linked up with a slew of famous drummers, as well as drumming prodigy Nandi Bushell, to perform a cover of The Beatles‘ classic ‘Come Together’.The cover was performed as part of WhyHunger’s ‘Drum Together’ campaign, aiming to end world hunger by providing, per the non-profit’s website, “critical resources to support grassroots movements and fuel community solutions rooted in social, environmental, racial and economic justice.”Alongside Starr and Bushell, other notable drummers

Nandi Bushell has jammed with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello and his son Roman.In a new post on Instagram, Nandi shared a video of her playing drums alongside the pair. In the clip, Morello and his son can be seen playing guitar.“Jamming with legendary #guitarist @tommorello (from @rageagainstthemachine / #audioslave) and his #incredible son, Roman,” wrote Nandi on Instagram.“We have written an #Epic song together (not the one you hear in our sweet improvisational jam).

Nandi Bushell has reflected on her recent live appearance with the Foo Fighters.Bushell became an internet sensation last year after posting videos of herself drumming along to songs by a number of artists, including the Foos.It culminated with Bushell taking part in a remote virtual drum-off with Foos frontman Dave Grohl last November, in which Grohl conceded defeat. Prior to that, across lockdown, the pair took part in a series of back-and-forth musical challenges issued to one another.Last

Nandi Bushell has finally met Foo Fighters in person – and performed with them live.Bushell became an internet sensation last year after posting videos of herself drumming along to songs by a number of artists, including the Foos.It culminated with Bushell taking part in a remote virtual drum-off with Foos frontman Dave Grohl last November, in which Grohl conceded defeat. Prior to that, across lockdown, the pair took part in a series of back-and-forth musical challenges issued to one

Nandi Bushell has shared a video of her interviewing Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, following her jam session with him last week.The Arctic Monkey visited Bushell at her home on Saturday (June 26), with the young musician teasing an interview and jam on her Instagram page.During the chat – which Bushell said was her first time conducting an interview – the two drummers discussed their top five favourite bands, the hardest drum beat they can play and more.When Helders selected ‘Brainstorm’

Nandi Bushell has shared the second part of her recent jam session with Arctic Monkeys‘ Matt Helders, doubling up on drums for a rendition of ‘Brianstorm’.Earlier this week, Bushell shared a video of the pair performing ‘I Bet That You Look Good On The Dance Floor’, revealing that more clips from their session would soon be released.In addition to ‘Brianstorm’, a performance of the band’s track ‘R U Mine’ is on the way.

Arctic Monkeys‘ Matt Helders joined 11-year-old musical prodigy Nandi Bushell for an in-person jam session, with the pair taking on a number of Helders’ band’s classics.The duo took on three songs, ‘I Bet That You Look Good On The Dance Floor’, ‘Brianstorm’ and ‘R U Mine’, with the first available to view below and the rest coming soon.Bushell also revealed that she’s filmed an interview with Helders, and that the two also played an improvisational session which will soon be revealed.A post

Nandi Bushell and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders have recorded a “jam” together, the young musician has revealed.The 11-year-old drummer became a viral sensation after posting a video of her covering Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’ in November 2019.Since then, she has engaged in a drum battle with Dave Grohl and received praise from Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Queens Of The Stone Age, Royal Blood and more.Now, Helders has paid Bushell a visit at her home to record what the child star has

Nandi Bushell has shared her latest cover in the form of an impressive take on Linkin Park‘s ‘Numb’ – watch it below.The 11-year-old drummer, who discovered Linkin Park for the first time this past week, played the track wearing a white vest and bead necklace.“I discovered @linkinpark week!” she tweeted yesterday (June 12). “So many great songs! So this is #numetal! I like the keyboards and the DJ scratching.“#chesterbennington had such an incredible voice.

Nandi Bushell has shared her latest cover in the form of a relentless take on Slipknot‘s ‘Duality’.The drummer, who recently turned 11, played the track wearing a specially-made mask, modelled after Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg.“It’s true, one of my favourite bands so far is Slipknot,” Bushell said. ​“I love drumming with double pedals. It’s so satisfying!“Both Jay [Weinberg] and Joey Jordison are awesome drummers.

Pixies have given their approval of Nandi Bushell‘s take on their classic song ‘Where Is My Mind?’ – you can watch her cover version below.Bushell shared her cover of the band’s 1988 song, which featured on their debut studio album ‘Surfer Rosa’, on Monday (April 5).“I was listening to ‘Bellyache’ by Billie Eilish and the chorus reminded me of the Pixies song ‘Where Is My Mind?’,” Nandi Bushell wrote in the accompanying description.

Nandi Bushell has received one of Matt Bellamy‘s signature Manson MBM‑1 guitars after impressing with a recent cover of Muse‘s ‘Plug In Bellamy’.The 10-year-old Suffolk musician won praise after posting the cover online earlier this month, with Muse commenting that she had “absolutely killed it”. Now, they’ve rewarded her efforts with a brand new guitar – as well as a personal note from Bellamy himself.​”Hi Nandi, love the new covers,” Bellamy wrote in an accompanying letter.

Dave Grohl and his 10-year-old musical rival Nandi Bushell have planned to write a new song together.The duo agreed on it over an adorable video call organised by the New York Times, which was posted yesterday (November 9) on Bushell’s YouTube channel. It was the first time Grohl and Bushell had met and spoken in real time, after their series of back-and-forth musical challenges issued to each other.“I can’t believe I’m talking to you.