Xavier Rudd
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One of the Australian music industry's all-time greats, Xavier Rudd has enjoyed continued success across a career that spans more than 20 years, touching lives worldwide with his unique and uplifting music. Beginning with 2002's definitive album To Let, fans were immediately drawn to Xavier's incredible talents as a multi-instrumentalist and to his commitment to social and environmental activism. Over the years, his impressive live shows have evolved from full band and trio performances to his current internationally recognised one-man band showcase, the most intricate set-up of his career to date.
Xavier released his EP Freedom Sessions in 2024, featuring…
MoreOne of the Australian music industry's all-time greats, Xavier Rudd has enjoyed continued success across a career that spans more than 20 years, touching lives worldwide with his unique and uplifting music. Beginning with 2002's definitive album To Let, fans were immediately drawn to Xavier's incredible talents as a multi-instrumentalist and to his commitment to social and environmental activism. Over the years, his impressive live shows have evolved from full band and trio performances to his current internationally recognised one-man band showcase, the most intricate set-up of his career to date.
Xavier released his EP Freedom Sessions in 2024, featuring tracks such as "Moments," "Road Trippin,'" and "World Order (parts 1 and 2)," which also has an official music video featuring Xavier. The EP showcases new levels of complexity in his music, and the resulting live performances mesmerise audiences as he seamlessly weaves multiple instruments with complex live looping and immersive soundscapes.
In the past three years, Xavier has achieved many more significant milestones, including the 2022 release of his critically acclaimed 10th studio album Jan Jun Moon, which earned him an Australian APRA Award. He also received first place in the Environmental Music Prize for his song "Stoney Creek," donating the $20,000 prize money to four grassroots environmental rights organisations. Xavier has performed at major festivals both in Australia and internationally in this time, including Glastonbury (UK), Pinkpop (Netherlands), Rock Werchter (Belgium), Esperanzah (France) and the Byron Bay Blues Festival (AUS). He recently returned from two enormously successful back-to-back summer tours in North America and Europe, where his career remains on a steep upward trajectory.
Xavier will be touring Australia with Freedom Sessions in Spring 2024 and again in April 2025, and is ecstatic to be performing at Blues Fest for such an important finale in the Australian festival scene.
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