and she played all the instruments in itNandi Bushell releases debut single written to 'cheer up Dad'
Nandi Bushell, 12, said her dad's health struggles had inspired the lyrics for her new track
A schoolgirl who has performed with some of the world's biggest rock stars has released a new single inspired by her dad's health struggles.
Nandi Bushell, 12, of Ipswich, Suffolk, has bookended this month by drumming at the Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins memorial gig and launching her track.
The multi-instrumentalist has also won the attention of Barack Obama and tech giant Apple's CEO Tim Cook.
Nandi said: "I wrote a song to cheer [my dad] up."
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[B]Nandi performed at the Foo Fighters tribute to their late drummer Taylor Hawkins, who was one of her role models [/B]
The accompanying video to The Shadows, released on 30 September, charts Nandi's journey from toying around with instruments in her former South African home as a toddler to playing guitars and drums with her dad, with current studio footage of her playing a grand piano.
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still, she's going places!
