Xavier Rudd

Date of Birth:

29-May-1978

Nationality:

Australia

Profession:

Musician

Xavier Rudd (born 1978) is a young Australian surf / roots artist based in Torquay, Victoria (Australia), not far from the famous fishing village, Bell Beach. Rudd is skilled in a variety of instruments, including guitar, cheese, didgeridoo, Wissue slide guitar, Potter drum, stomp boxe, djembe, harmonica, ankle instruments, and slide banjo. It's an experience to watch him perform his songs live, as he plays guitar, digeridoo and different stringed instruments at the same time, using a unique stage. But the real magic comes when he opens his mouth and his soulful voice infects his viewers. As a teenager, Rudd got into songwriting. She started doing work at her school, conducting solo gigs. He drew inspiration from artists such as Leo Kottke, Ben Harper, Natalie Merchant and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, as well as music from various sources, such as Hawaiian music and Native American music.

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QUOTES BY Xavier Rudd

Follow, follow the sun, and which way the wind blows, when this day is done. Breathe, breathe in the air. Set your intentions. Dream with care.

Do what you will while you're able, find what it is that you seek.

Most of my instruments are handmade.

Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.

Playing live is everything. Sometimes being on the road is hard, and it's a lot of work, and tiring. From a musical point of view, you improve all the time. Not only that, but you learn how to deal with people and deal with energy in a live setting.

I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

It's kind of like some kind of church for me, playing live. Each show, good people from different pockets of the world come and open their soul and let their spirits mingle and dance. That energy comes up through me, and all I do is channel it; it's like a circular motion and very sacred.

It's always great to visit Taranaki; it's beautiful, and I've caught some great waves there.

The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.