Xavier Rudd
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Rudd’s music is compassionate and always manages to render emotion in his fans. His songs include stories of the mistreatment of the indigenous people of his homeland; they tell of humanity, spirituality or the environment. The songs are written and sung with compassion and they urge the celebration of life.
Rudd is skilled with a variety of instruments, include guitar, shaker, didgeridoo, Weissenborn slide guitar, Tongue drum, stomp boxe, djembe, harmonica, ankle bells, and slide banjo. It’s an experience to watch him perform his songs live, as he plays the guitar, digeridoo and various percussion instruments simultaneously, using a unique stage setup. But the real magic comes when he opens his mouth and his soulful voice spills upon his audience.
Rudd recalls that when he was 10, his dad took him to see Paul Simon’s Graceland tour. “I remember seeing it and knowing that that was what I was gonna do,” he says. “I had no doubt. It sort of made sense, because I’d always lived in my head, in this world of song that was my own little secret. But to see that show and that whole thing happening, I sort of felt comfortable as a human, and thought.” He learned to play the digeridoo, the 50,000-year-old wooden trumpet of the Aboriginal people, by practising on a vacuum cleaner pipe.
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No Woman No Cry
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Shelter
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Chances
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Green Spandex
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Silence
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Shoutbox
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uni_saurus wrote:
amazing! I saw him live the other day!
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dsbum wrote:
One of the best live show i've been to all year! Amazing!
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hydrogyrum wrote:
Went to his Canada Day concert last night....AMAZING!!!
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dseireparamaum wrote:
man he is amazing!!!!!!i need to get me more of his cd's! :) peace you might like this artist,please listen www.last.fm/music/Connor+Shaw
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jansenpeter wrote:
Your da bomb, Xavier!
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linklaterawake wrote:
this guys is worth traveling to see woot chicago!!!!
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se-renity wrote:
beachboy making country music - funny contrast
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GregCano wrote:
Wow, just discovering his music with Dark Shades of Blue...it's amazing. I'm surprised there's nothing from this record here. The song Shiver for exemple is awesome.
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t3hvanil4intel wrote:
This dude doesn't like shoes.
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pom_pon wrote:
Yeah, and this new album is so cool and awesome.. Good work Xavier ; ]
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Mil3s wrote:
OMg...new album by Xavier out now ..http://www.last.fm/user/Mil3s
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DavidBN wrote:
yeah!
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hotjamale wrote:
xavier rudd = brilliant. This music needs to be heard by more people.
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natashakozaily wrote:
Hey! Just finished my Demo CD! Check it out! http://www.last.fm/music/Natasha+Kozaily Thanks!
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moniecd wrote:
bestt music ever. nothing can even come close. soooo chill.
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HighwayChile89 wrote:
one of my friends gave me a album called dark shades of blue from a guy called xavier rudd... never heard about him before... it blowed my head away! can't compare it to anything!
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areyouok wrote:
amazing. like nothing else. missing piece of soul.
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hillsblockview wrote:
I am convinced this can heal people
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zz-eon wrote:
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Skelmo wrote:
Dark Shades of Blue, the album, but especially the song, is AWESOME!
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Jul
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Xavier Rudd
Métropolis, Montreal QC, Canada
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Xavier Rudd
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, Canada
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Xavier Rudd
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, Canada
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James Looker photo exhibition "Life on the Road with Xavier Rudd"
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