While it may be subtle, Rudd has continually striven to re-invent himself with almost every album, while staying true to his favoured blues and roots genre.Īnd just in case anyone was wondering, Rudd is exactly how you think he would be polite, easy going and just a fucking cool dude. In recent times, however, with different fashions and phases coming and going, roots-folk doesn’t quite have the same hype surrounding it that it may have had earlier this decade, which is a shame as Xavier Rudd’s music is stronger than ever (last year’s performance at Falls Festival was especially monolithic). Kids loved his easy-on-the-ears dreadlock-folk-surf tunes, the oldies loved his political and environmental conscious and those that hadn’t seen him just enjoyed the spectacle of seeing one little man make such a big noise. When we listened to the recording again, it was as if we had captured a bit of magic, especially the last night, thus I’m so happy to share now what I feel was the best live recording of my career up to this point.At one stage a few years ago, Xavier Rudd was firmly positioned at the top end of almost every festival he was invited to attend. There was a very strong energy those nights. I never thought about it, but yes you could say so. We had the opportunity to record last two nights in Utrecht and I thought it would be a good idea especially for us as a point of reference, documenting where we were.Īnd plus you have ties to Holland through your grandfather. There was a special spark, the energy was enormous and it felt a really strong positive feeling from the crowd. The tour in Europe was sold all and we were very electrified. Yes, it’s like a retrospective of my work. The release of this live album was very important, it is a very different record than others. It is when we are most at peace and harmony that we really laugh the most. If you mean what makes me happy, I would be being with my friends around a fire on the beach. I really enjoyed South Africa, for example. I think I can always find places that I would like. I find beauty and harmony in so many different places. You travel so much, is there a place you have a special connection to? I’m active, I love listening the sounds of the land. I like be outside, to sit by a fire, surf, run, swim. I don’t particularly like being surrounded by people. When I’m not on tour I like to live like any other normal person who lives on the beach: I surf and I relax. I live near the sea there it’s very quiet. How do you live while you are at home in your village? All my experiences form the journey of my music. It’s like a physical, emotional and spiritual travel journal. Each of my albums, every song I write comes from within, from what I live through. Where or from whom do you get inspiration? I would say when I was about ten, but I’ve always been drawn to music, or rather, that it was the music that found me. Writing songs is a part of me, it is essential. And in a way, that is still what I do: I put to music that which I live, no more no less. As a child I didn’t know how to write songs, I simply invented melodies in which I sang about things that were happening to me. The local music in your country and your origins are important to you. Here, he tells us about his inspiration, his grandfather, and his laughs on the beach. In mid-April, 2017, he returned to Europe with the extraordinary live concert album, recorded in Holland last May 2016 at the historic TivoliVredenburg, the emblematic show of a sold out European tour, and in mid-June takes to the Italian stage again on three dates. Over the course of recording eight studio albums, this young versatile instrumentalist has excited audiences with his organic sound that has already earned him several awards and mentions. His music and his optimistic vision of the world intertwine seamlessly and his sound is profoundly influenced by this humanistic point of view. He was born in Torquay, Australia to an Aboriginal father and half Irish, half Dutch mother. A believer in the idea that “things that are meant to be, will be,” Xavier Rudd has a deep gaze, tattooed arms, and blond hair. He is a born surfer, a convinced vegetarian and an activist for human rights and for the preservation of the planet. He’s always barefoot, he can play more instruments than he has fingers with which to count them, including didgeridoo, guitar, harmonica and Aztec drum.
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