![]() Rudd, in trademark bare feet enters the stage along a support band of accomplished musicians from around the globe (Fijian drummer, Ethiopian bassist), to open with the hauntingly beautiful ‘Creancient’. The stage boasted an impressive array of instruments for this accomplished multi-talented musician, including an elaborately miked yidaki (didgeridoo), blues harmonica, percussion, guitars and stomp box. The multi-instrumental Australian singer and songwriter is doing an exclusive Australian tour of similar small venues before setting out on a 2018 world tour to launch the release of Storm Boy, due out next month, his ninth studio album.Īt a well-priced $65 ticket price, the show sold out in under an hour, and the packed venue buzzed with delighted fans. Love and Rodrigo y Gabriela.Arriving at the Factory in inner-city Marrickville, the vibe was a feeling of anticipation in the air for the many excited Xavier Rudd fans taking this rare opportunity to see him play such an intimate venue. as well as touring with Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, Ben Harper, G. Building a strong reputation on his live performances, he has traveled the world playing festivals such as Bonnaroo Music Festival, Lowlands, Rock Werchter, The High Sierra, Wakarusa, etc. Releasing his debut ‘To Let’ in 2002 to local acclaim, Xavier’s weaving of native music into his folk music helped reintroduce Australians to the sounds and stories of the land’s original owners while revealing an entirely new sound to the rest of the world. By incorporating aboriginal chants into the fabric of the title track, Xavier constructs an epic goosebump-inducing song that soars in otherworldly bliss, cathartically crashing into a whispered hush. The lead-off track, “Follow the Sun” ebbs and flows hypnotically, with a lilting guitar line and a flitting harmonica that propels you forward in a breezy haze. ![]() Accompanied by a plaintive harmonica and acoustic guitar, “Comfortable In My Skin” sets the breezy tone that hearkens Chuck Ragan in a more contemplative mode or what Bob Dylan would have sounded like if he surfed. ![]() Not afraid to kick off an album with didgeridoo, rain forest sounds, and aboriginal chanting like he does with opening track “Lioness Eye”, his fearlessness in experimentally incorporating indigenous sounds and rhythms is rarely, if ever, seen in pop music. Crossing cultural lines from the modern world to that of the Aborigines, Rudd continues his journey to become one of Australia’s most iconic voices today with the release of his seventh album (and first for SideOneDummy) ‘Sprit Bird’ on June 5, 2012.Ī performer who truly lives to the natural beat of the world, Rudd fuses hypnotic ceremonial rhythms into tender and breezy folk songs, creating a vibe and tone that is unmistakably earthy and excitingly expansive. For singer/songwriter/multi- instrumentalist Xavier Rudd, connecting land and heart isn’t a matter of conscious art but a humble understanding that everything before us will remain long after we are gone. Sometimes, the most unique and special sounds are the most organic. ![]()
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