The band's sound was reggae at heart, but also encompassed a wide range of global sounds under its musical umbrella. Xavier Rudd & the United Nations was an international nonet whose members hail from Europe, Indonesia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. After touring, Rudd began, quite by chance, to assemble a full-scale band for his next project. It entered Australia's ARIA charts at number two. Rudd scaled things back for 2102's Spirit Bird on Side One Dummy, choosing to record solo again. His 2010 album, Koonyum Sun, was recorded with his new band Izintaba, featuring the South African rhythm section of bassist Tio Moloantoa and percussionist Andile Nqubezelo. He released the similarly themed Dark Shades of Blue the following year. The album, while continuing his blues and roots mix of folk, reggae, rock, and world music, reflects this in its themes. His touring behind 2007's White Moth was his first to be entirely carbon-neutral. As a child, he sold recycled wood from his grandfather's workshop. Rudd has been an environmentally concerned musician throughout his life. Released by Anti in North America, the album was certified platinum in Australia. The same year brought the release of Food in the Belly, a studio album recorded in Vancouver, which saw guest artists including Beth Preston, Harry Manx, and the Vancouver Children's Choir. Another live album, Good Spirit, was recorded at three Australian gigs and released in 2005. It debuted in the Top 20 of the ARIA charts and attained platinum sales.Īttracting more attention, he toured with Jack Johnson, as well as G. The independently released album was his first to be distributed by Universal, which gave him a larger audience. Solace contained his cover of Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry" and the single "Let Me Be," which he still performs at concerts. His next studio album, 2004's Solace, attempted to capture his live sound by eschewing guest artists - Rudd played all the instruments with few overdubs. His first studio album, To Let, followed a year later on his own Salt X Records.Ģ003 saw another independently released document of his stage performances in Live at the Grid. The first document of his performances, Live in Canada, was recorded in 2001 and helped spread the word. During his travels, Rudd developed an affinity for Canada, where he enjoys dual citizenship from his first marriage. He honed his performing and songwriting skills while busking there for nine months. Immediately after graduating, he traveled to Fiji. He attended St Joseph's College, Geelong for secondary school. He could never focus on just one instrument instead he found ways to combine them. While growing up in Torquay and Bell's Beach in Victoria, he also learned to play guitar, clarinet, and saxophone as well as surf. While in primary school, he learned the circular breathing technique required to play didgeridoo after liberating a vacuum cleaner hose from his mother's machine. He is of Aboriginal, Irish, and Scottish heritage. Rudd was born in Jan Juc Moon near Toquay in 1978, one of seven children. In 2022, he issued the double-length Jan Juc Moon for Salt X/Virgin. 2015's Nanna was performed by his international nonet the United Nations, and mixed by legendary reggae engineer Errol Brown 2017's Storm Boy for Nettwerk, marked a return to his folk-roots sound. He employed electronic textures and backdrops on 2012's Spirit Bird. Between 2005's Food in the Belly and 2010's Koonyum Sun, his albums appeared on the North American Anti- label.
He released Solace, a studio offering, in 2004. He often performs solo, surrounded by three didgeridoos in front, a guitar on his lap, a stomp box under his bare feet, and an assortment of drums, percussion instruments, banjos, harmonicas, bells, and a bass all rest nearby. From To Let, his debut album in 2002, he combined a deep love for the environment, humanity, and surfing with an obsession for blues and international roots music from Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, and the tropics. Xavier Rudd is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Australia.
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