![]() ![]() Instruments included didgeridoos, slide guitars, stomp boxes, djembe drums, slit drums, and the harmonica. Rather than inviting guest artists to join him on the record, Rudd performed all the instrumentation for the album alone with only a few overdubs. In 2004, Rudd released Solace, his first album to be distributed by a major label- Universal Music Australia. It's about the next day and that's why I called it the 12th of September. No one could really do anything about it. All of a sudden there was an attack and there was these people who were equally as toxic that were going to retaliate. That's what the song's about, the world waiting. Rudd wrote the song 12 September, which would feature on his first studio album To Let, about the day after the attacks. Rudd felt "spun out" watching the American media coverage, including graphic imagery of the destruction of the World Trade Center. Rudd was in Canada when the September 11 attacks happened. His music first took him overseas when he traveled to Whistler, British Columbia-Rudd was in a band and would play each night after a day of snowboarding. He drew inspiration from artists such as Leo Kottke, Ben Harper, Natalie Merchant and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, as well as music from diverse sources such as Hawaiian and Native American music. Career 1998–2002: Early career to debut studio album īefore launching his solo career, Rudd began playing music as part of the band 'Xavier and the Hum'. He lived in villages around the country for nine months, returning to Australia at age 19. Immediately after finishing school, Rudd traveled to Fiji. Īs a child, Xavier Rudd sold recycled wood through his own furniture business. He also played saxophone and clarinet as a child. While primary school–aged, Rudd used his mother's vacuum cleaner as a makeshift didgeridoo and began playing his brother's guitar. ![]() Rudd showed a keen interest in music growing up in a family of seven children. Rudd is of Aboriginal, Irish and Scottish heritage, furthermore mentioning having Wurundjeri ancestry, and that one of his great grandmothers was an Aboriginal Australian, and her child (Rudd's paternal grandmother) was taken away from her. One of his grandmothers was from an Irish potato-growing family and grew up in Colac, Victoria. His maternal grandfather was Dutch, born in Tilburg, a town in the Netherlands, before migrating to Australia. ![]() He attended St Joseph's College, Geelong. Xavier Rudd grew up in Jan Juc, near Torquay, Victoria. 2.6 2015: Rudd joins with the United Nations.2.4 2008–2011: From Dark Shades of Blue to collaboration with Izintaba.2.2 2003–2005: Solace to Food in the Belly.2.1 1998–2002: Early career to debut studio album.Tickets to Xavier's tour are now on sale. 'Jan Juc Moon' is scheduled for release 25 March, 2022. "Plenty of laughs and good times to finish off a weird year and shine some light into an otherwise serious track." "It was a classic day collaborating with J-MILLA, who is just a massive big ball of sunshine and local Kabi Kabi dancers. "After a shaky start with a cancellation due to COVID we managed to all get together and film the video for 'Ball And Chain', Xavier says. Released last month, the current single for 'Jan Juc Moon' is the powerful and socially conscious track 'Ball And Chain', which features emerging artist J-MILLA.Ī music video has now been released. I'm proud of what we captured and I'm excited to share the rest of it." "Working on this record has been an insightful journey over this past couple of years during a crazy time in the world. The tour news is accompanied by the news Xavier's tenth studio album 'Jan Juc Moon' will land next month. "We're gonna hit many different regional Australian towns and capital cities." "Super excited to announce my new album tour will begin on home soil," Xavier says. The 33-date journey will encompass every state and territory as well as travelling to a host of regional centres. Currently in the middle of a number of festival dates (Summersalt, Sunset Sounds and Bluesfest), Australian roots musical shaman, Xavier Rudd will embark on a massive headline tour of his own, running from late May to end of July. ![]()
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