Xavier Rudd

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Xavier Rudd
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Rudd performing in 2008
Background information
Born (1978-05-29) 29 May 1978 (age 46)
Origin Torquay, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • multi-instrumentalist
Instruments
Years active2000–present
Labels
Website www.xavierrudd.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Xavier Rudd (born 29 May 1978) is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. Several of Rudd's songs incorporate socially conscious themes, such as spirituality, humanity, environmentalism and the rights of Indigenous Australians.

Contents

Early life

Xavier Rudd grew up in Jan Juc, [1] near Torquay, Victoria. [2] He attended St Joseph's College, Geelong. [3] His maternal grandfather was Dutch, born in Tilburg, a town in the Netherlands, before migrating to Australia. [4] One of his grandmothers was from an Irish potato-growing family and grew up in Colac, Victoria. [5] Rudd claims to be of Aboriginal, Irish and Scottish heritage, [2] [6] furthermore mentioning being of Wurundjeri ancestry, [7] and that one of his great grandmothers was an Aboriginal Australian, and her child (Rudd's paternal grandmother) was taken away from her. [8]

Rudd showed a keen interest in music growing up in a family of seven children. [9] [10] While in primary school, Rudd used his mother's vacuum cleaner as a makeshift didgeridoo and began playing his brother's guitar. [11] He also played saxophone and clarinet as a child. [12] [13]

As a child, Rudd sold recycled wood through his own furniture business. [14] Immediately after finishing school, Rudd traveled to Fiji. He lived in villages around the country for nine months, returning to Australia at age 19. [9]

Career

1998–2002: early career to debut studio album

Before launching his solo career, Rudd began playing music as part of the band 'Xavier and the Hum'. 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. [15] [16] 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. [17]

Rudd was in Canada when the September 11 attacks happened. [18] Rudd felt "spun out" watching the American media coverage, including graphic imagery of the destruction of the World Trade Center. Rudd wrote the song 12 September, which would feature on his first studio album To Let, about the day after the attacks. In 2006, discussing the song, Rudd said:

That's what the song's about, the world waiting. All of a sudden there was an attack and there was these people who were equally as toxic that were going to retaliate. No one could really do anything about it. It's about the next day and that's why I called it the 12th of September. [18]

2003–2005: Solace to Food in the Belly

Xavier Rudd (2010) Xavier Rudd.jpg
Xavier Rudd (2010)

In 2004, Rudd released Solace, his first album to be distributed by a major label—Universal Music Australia. 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. Instruments included didgeridoos, slide guitars, stomp boxes, djembe drums, slit drums, and the harmonica. [9] In his live show, Rudd came to be renowned for his 'one-man band' performances. [19]

Rudd recorded Food in the Belly in mid-2004 whilst on break from an extensive North American tour. The recording was made in May 2004 at Bowen Island, part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. [19] [20]

2007: White Moth

The song White Moth was written about a moth that followed Rudd's son Joaquin for several hours on his mother's 30th birthday. Rudd thought it was the spirit of his then wife's grandmother. [21] Rudd and his family were holidaying to celebrate the occasion on an island off Sri Lanka. [22] [23]

In 2007, Rudd partnered with Clif Bar's GreenNotes program to create the "Better People Campaign". [24] The campaign was about expressing gratitude to the people in the world taking steps to make positive change. [25]

2008–2011: Dark Shades of Blue to collaboration with Izintaba

"Black Water" the first track on Rudd's 2008 album Dark Shades of Blue was named after one of Lutken-Rudd's paintings. [11] The album saw Rudd introduce a heavier sound, using electric guitars in place of acoustic guitars and creating darker more somber tones. [26] He recorded with Dave Tolley, a percussionist drummer, who he had previously collaborated with for White Moth and Food in the Belly. [27]

Reflecting on Dark Shades of Blue, Rudd told media he felt the heavier sound was a "precursor for things that might come... I feel like my music is ahead of me all the time". [28] Rudd was referring to his and Lutken's divorce, which was finalised in 2009.

After the failure of his marriage, Rudd was supported in his grief and recovery by new South African bandmates, bassist Tio Moloantoa and percussionist Andile Nqubezelo. Rudd had met Moloantoa and Nqubezelo performing at the 2008 Wiesen Nuke Festival. [29] Rudd described his connection with Moloantoa and Nqubezelo as musical, spiritual and emotional—"I feel like they were sent to me", he said. [30]

In 2010 Rudd bought 20 hectares of property at Koonyum Range, Mullumbimby, the location was the inspiration for the name of the album Rudd would release with Moloantoa and Nqubezelo, Koonyum Sun. [31] The album moved away from the heavier sound of Dark Shades of Blue to a more up-beat style. [32]

2012: Spirit Bird

In 2011, Rudd underwent emergency back surgery, [33] to repair three herniated disks, bone spurs and nerve damage. [34] Rudd wrote the track Comfortable in My Skin, on his 2012 album Spirit Bird, when he was suffering from major nerve pain before his surgery. [35] In its entirety, the album sampled 30 species of Australian birds. [36]

The song Spirit Bird came about after an encounter Rudd had with a red-tailed black cockatoo in the Kimberley. The encounter coincided with Rudd experiencing a powerful rush of imagery and emotion. [37]

A lot of that [album] grew out of me giving myself to that country up in the Kimberley and that country gave it back to me... I'd been on a bit of a journey and Spirit Bird represents that. [38]

2015: Rudd joins with the United Nations

Nanna, the 2015 album Rudd released in collaboration with the United Nations, champions cultural understanding and condemns racism and intolerance. [39] To record the album, Rudd and the United Nations worked with producer Errol Brown. [40] In an interview published in The Aspen Times, Rudd shared that Nanna had given him a chance to focus on his vocal performance. He said that he had never really liked his voice before and vocals were often little more than an afterthought, but by 2016 was embracing it. [41]

The song "Shame" on Nanna was inspired by conversations about racism surrounding AFL player Adam Goodes, an Aboriginal football player who was repeatedly booed at matches. [42] [43] [44] Rudd had previously declared his support for Goodes addressing the AFL Players' Association 2014 Season Launch. [45] At the time of writing the song "Creancient" for the album, Rudd was working with a Shaman in Peru. He participated in several ceremonies, including one that involved vomiting and experiencing hallucinations and another involving mud bathing. Rudd described the song as something that flowed out of him over a week while he felt like he was outside of himself, looking at his ego from a distance. [8]

In late 2015, Rudd was forced to cut his North American tour for Nanna short to have disc replacement and fusion surgery in his lower back, having experienced chronic pain over several months. [46]

In November 2015, Rudd's song "Let Me Be" featured in an Australian TV commercial promoting KFC, a large fast food restaurant chain specialising in factory farmed [47] fried chicken. [48] [49] Many fans used social media to complain about the inclusion of the song on the commercial. [50] [51] [52] PETA responded that they hoped that Rudd had not approved the use of his music for the advertising. [53]

2021: new deal and Jan Juc Moon

In April 2021, it was announced Rudd had signed with newly rebranded Virgin Music Australia. [54] On 17 June 2021, Rudd released "Stoney Creek", the lead single from his forthcoming tenth studio album. [55]

In January 2022, Rudd released "Ball and Chain", the third single from his tenth studio album, Jan Juc Moon. [56]

Rudd won the 2022 Environmental Music Prize for the 2021 single "Stoney Creek".

In July 2023, Rudd released the single "Road Trippin'". [57]

Personal life

Rudd often likes to spend time in the Australian bush in his 4WD Toyota Landcruiser, championing the traditional Aboriginal Australian way of life. [38] [58] His songs include stories of the mistreatment of the Indigenous people of his homeland. [10] Rudd has taken part in several Aboriginal ceremonies. [59] In 2003, he says he was adopted into the Dhuwa mob (one of two moieties of the Yolngu people) in northeast Arnhem Land. [11] [60] He has also spent time with people from several North American indigenous groups—the Cree, Mohawk and Iroquois. [61]

Rudd is a keen surfer, having started when he was five or six years old, [62] and says at times surfing inspires his music. [63] [64] He also enjoys snowboarding, one of the few activities he wears shoes for. [65]

Rudd grew up in a Catholic family. When asked about his religious beliefs, Rudd has said "I'm not religious in the sense that I don't believe in a God and I don't follow the tenets of organised churches, but I believe in nature and everything that surrounds me: I love Earth, the sun, the sea and animals. Music is my only church." [66]

Family

Rudd was formerly married to Marci Lutken, an artist from Canada. They met when she was backpacking in Fitzroy, Victoria, in 1999. [11] After getting pregnant, the two married, and eventually they had two sons. [18] Rudd obtained Canadian dual citizenship. [67] The marriage ended in 2009. [28] [68]

Rudd is married [69] to Ashley Freeman-Rudd, an Australian former model, and dancer [70] and holistic wellness trainer. They were married in a Byron Bay wedding ceremony [71] and now live in the Shire of Noosa with their two children. [72]

Vegetarianism

View of Harris Ranch--the beef farm that inspired Rudd to change his diet and become a vegetarian Cows on ranch.jpg
View of Harris Ranch—the beef farm that inspired Rudd to change his diet and become a vegetarian

Rudd became a vegetarian after passing Harris Ranch, [73] California's largest factory farm, during a United States tour. [74] [18] Rudd described in an interview with PETA how the experience made him change his diet, saying:

[The animals] stood crammed together on this piece of land. They could hardly move as the area was too small for all those animals. Plus, they'd already eaten or trampled down the grass and all the feces were just left there. They were standing in their own waste and—what I found worse—even had to eat it because the workers didn't offer them anything else. I asked the driver about it and he said, "Well, that's California's biggest beef producer." I could still smell it after we had driven for another 30 kilometers. That was when I knew it was the right choice to go vegetarian.

Rudd was nominated for PETA's annual "World's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity" award in 2007. [75] In 2008, PETA named him sexiest Australian male vegetarian. [76]

Activism and causes

In February 2009, Rudd performed at a public rally in opposition to residential development in Torquay. [77]

Rudd received the 'Rock the Boat Award' in 2009 for his support of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. [78] Rudd is friends with Canadian environmentalist Paul Watson, who founded Sea Shepherd. [79] In January 2010, Rudd was one of the last passengers aboard Sea Shepherd ship Ady Gil , days before it sank after a collision with the MV Shōnan Maru 2 Japanese whaling security vessel. [80]

In 2012, Rudd was outspoken against Colin Barnett's plan to open up the Kimberley to mining operations. [79] He joined the Save the Kimberley movement to save James Price Point. [81] [82]

Working with volunteer organisations Surf for Life and Waves of Hope, Rudd worked alongside other volunteers to build a high school in northern Nicaragua in late 2013. [83] [84]

In 2014, Rudd performed at the Bentley (unrelated to the car company of the same name) anti-gas blockade campsite, [85] in support of the Lock the Gate Alliance. [86] He had previously travelled to the Doubtful Creek coal-seam gas test drilling site in February 2013 to voice his concerns about the gas drilling, saying: "Our government is hopeless, ruthless and toxic in terms of protecting our land." [87] The protestor's actions at the Bentley Blockade, where they blocked the delivery of oil- and gas-drilling equipment for weeks, led the New South Wales Government to suspend Metgasco's drilling licence. [88] [89]

In 2015, Rudd was criticised for selling the rights to his song "Let me Be" to the multi-national company KFC, well known for their factory-farmed chicken, in a television advertisement. The advertising campaign was widely criticised by fans, and the absence of a response or explanation by Rudd served to undermine his integrity relative to his activism. [90]

Live performances

Rudd has become a known name at music festivals worldwide including the Bonnaroo Music Festival, the High Sierra Music Festival (2004 and 2007) and the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival (2005), moe.down (2003), Summer Sonic, Lowlands, Rock Werchter, and others. He has toured with artists including Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, Ben Harper, Good Old War, G. Love & Special Sauce, and Rodrigo y Gabriela. [91]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[92] 		BEL
[93] 		NLD
[94] 		SWI
[95]
To Let ————
Solace
  • Released: 28 March 2004
  • Label: Salt. X, Universal Music Australia
  • Formats: CD
13———
Food in the Belly
  • Released: 28 October 2005
  • Label: Salt. X, Universal Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
169756—
White Moth
  • Released: 2 June 2007
  • Label: Salt. X, Universal Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
6———
Dark Shades of Blue
  • Released: 16 August 2008
  • Label: Salt. X, Universal Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
594——
Koonyum Sun (with Izintaba)
  • Released: 19 April 2010
  • Label: Salt. X, Universal Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
6———
Spirit Bird
  • Released: 8 June 2012
  • Label: Salt. X, Universal Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
21193885
Nanna (with The United Nations)
  • Released: 17 March 2015
  • Label: Salt. X
  • Formats: CD, DD
8108—74
Storm Boy
  • Released: 25 May 2018
  • Label: Salt. X
  • Formats: CD, DD, vinyl
6359231
Jan Juc Moon
  • Released: 25 March 2022 [98]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, DD, vinyl
6
[99] 		46—49

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[100]
Live in Canada
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Xavier Rudd
  • Formats: CD
—
Live at the Grid
  • Released: December 2002
  • Label: Salt. X Records Ltd.
  • Formats: CD
—
Good Spirit
  • Released: April 2005
  • Label: Salt. X Records Ltd.
  • Formats: CD
29
Live Bonnaroo 11 June 2005
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Salt. X Records Ltd.
  • Formats: DD
—
Live Bonnaroo 16 June 2007
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Salt. X Records Ltd.
  • Formats: DD
—
Live in Brussels [102]
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Salt. X Records Ltd.
  • Formats: DD
—
Live at the Melbourne Zoo(with Bobby Alu) [103]
  • Released: 15 February 2014
  • Label: Salt. X Records Ltd.
  • Formats: CD
—
Live in the Netherlands [104]
  • Released: 24 February 2017
  • Label: Salt. X Records Ltd.
  • Formats: DD, CD
24

EPs

List of EPs, with selected details
TitleDetails
Freedom Sessions
  • Scheduled: 29 March 2024 [105]
  • Label: Salt.X Records

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's independent music sector.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012 [106] Spirit BirdBest Independent Blues and Roots AlbumNominated

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2013 "Follow the Sun"Song of the YearShortlisted [107]
2019 "Walk Away"Song of the YearShortlisted [108]
2022 "Stoney Creek"Most Performed Blues and Roots WorkNominated [109]
2023 "We Deserve to Dream"Most Performed Blues and Roots WorkWon [110]
[111]

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Rudd has been nominated for five awards.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2004 Solace Breakthrough Artist – Album Nominated
Best Blues and Roots Album Nominated
2006 Food in the BellyBest Blues and Roots AlbumNominated
2007 White MothBest Blues and Roots AlbumNominated
2010 Koonyum Sun Best World Music Album Nominated

Environmental Music Prize

The Environmental Music Prize is a quest to find a theme song to inspire action on climate and conservation. It commenced in 2022. [112]

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2023"Stoney Creek"Environmental Music PrizeWon [113] [114]

National Indigenous Music Awards

The National Indigenous Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises the achievements of Indigenous Australians in music. The award ceremony commenced in 2004. Electric Fields have won one award from four nominations.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2022 "Ball and Chain" (featuring J-Milla)Song of the YearNominated [115] [116]

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