Guitar and stompbox aside, it’s Rudd’s didgeridoo talents that make his music equally magnetic.
I don’t find it hard at all, or found it something I had to practice a lot.” “I can sort of separate my body rhythmically, so it just flows for me. “My left leg goes to my right hand- my body rhythmically goes to the opposite side, which means I can rest my guitar on my right leg and I can change pedals with my right leg, but I can keep rhythm longer with my left,” he explains. With his relentless use of guitar and the stomp-box that he pounds vigorously with his own bare feet, there is plenty of multi-tasking abound. “My first instrument was my voice and I fiddled on a bunch of things.”įor Rudd, 26, “fiddling” has transgressed into proficiency. “I always kind of fiddled on stuff, and taught myself everything I do,” says Xavier Rudd on the phone from his native Australia. But after listening to this bleach blonde-haired multi-instrumentalist, it’s impossible not to take Xavier Rudd quite seriously. He actually keeps himself so encircled on stage by slide and acoustic guitars, didgeridoos, harmonicas, drums, stompboxes and anything else he can pound, play or pluck, that he looks like a coin-dropping carnival act. Well, maybe a few is a bit of an understatement.
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With latest singles ‘ Stoney Creek’ and ‘ We Deserve To Dream’ amassing over 12 million streams and gaining momentum, plus his album and international tour on the horizon, Xavier Rudd is ready to continue his journey as one of the more unique musical success stories of the past 20 years.Xavier Rudd has been known to dabble around with a few instruments.
Over the last 20 years he has built a hugely loyal audience across the globe, resulting in streams into the hundreds of millions (timeless acoustic keynote ‘ Follow The Sun‘ alone has 178 million views on Spotify) and live audiences in the tens of thousands, including a sold out Red Rocks amphitheatre in the US and O2 Forum Kentish Town in the UK. Either way the road is long, challenges are set in stone, the human spirit can be remarkable,” Xavier explains.Īcoustic guitar in hand, engulfed by an ever more complex scaffold of didgeridoos, percussion and various eclectic instruments, Xavier cut an utterly unique and compelling figure as the world warmed to his first indie albums of the early 2000s. For some that weight is much heavier than others. “We all carry the weight of our history and of the plight of our ancestors as we make our way in this world.
The track speaks of the fierce human spirit that continues to survive regardless of its weighty challenges, and resonates now more than ever. ‘Ball and Chain’ paces like a panther with its anthemic chorus and relentless percussive drive, integrating piano and yidaki (didgeridoo) in Xavier’s inimitable style. A prolific live performer, Xavier will be in the UK this September, playing shows in Bristol, Nottingham, Manchester and London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. The news comes accompanied by the LP’s third single ‘Ball and Chain’, out today featuring rising North Territory raper J-MILLA. Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd today announces his forthcoming album Jan Juc Moon, out 25th March via Virgin Records.
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