![]() ![]() The song White Moth was written about a moth that followed Rudd's son Joaquin for several hours on his mother's 30th birthday. The recording was made in May 2004 at Bowen Island, part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Rudd recorded Food in the Belly in mid-2004 whilst on break from an extensive North American tour. In his live show, Rudd came to be renowned for his 'one-man band' performances. 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, Rudd sold recycled wood through his own furniture business. He also played saxophone and clarinet as a child. While in primary school, 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. Several of Rudd's songs incorporate socially conscious themes, such as spirituality, humanity, environmentalism and the rights of Indigenous Australians. Tickets are available via Rudd (born ) is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. Rudd, who was recently added, along with a few other acts, to the lineup for this year’s All Points West. will even be getting a festival appearance from Mr. this summer, resulting in what will be one long ass tour. Now included in the Australian musician’s upcoming itinerary in support of last year’s Dark Shades of Blue will be dates at venues all across the U.S. It turns out that Xavier Rudd won’t just be playing casinos and the country of Canada when he kicks off his summer tour later this month. ![]()
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