Overall, it's a rather solid package - great sound, great writing and great musicianship. The fast ones get you fired up, these are the cryptic lyric ones, they must be more about the energy than the message. They are good ones to cleanse your mind and soul to. The slow songs slow you down, make you think. Some songs sound good all the time, and since they are really well written, they are always enjoyable to listen to. and I find a lot of the time I'm not in the right mood. Personally, I like these better than the world stuff.Įvery song on here is a good listen, you just have to been in a certain mood for some of them. He also sings about personal highs and lows, stories and a dedication to his baby son. the sort of things roots musicians and fans are into. When they are obvious, some topics are world issues and the environment. and some I have no clue what he is on about. Some ambience and of course the Jimi Hendrix cover/adaptation. The beautiful ballads Little Chief and Where Do We Fit? And even some energetic roots-dance in To Let. Tense staccato in The 12th Of September and 9 Times A Day. The quick slides of Conceal Me and Centeral Avenue, tribal influenced Light The Shade, Timber And Wood and the first half of Introduction. He covers a lot of musical territory while keeping under the general "roots" banner. Not only that, he can somehow bust out a few quick vocal sounds while playing the didge. After all that, I think his best talent is being able to play multiple instruments/sing at the same time, I have a bootleg in which he is playing Didgeridoo, Guitar and Stompbox all at once, it is mad. There are no individual strong points, I guess all are about equal. Lastly, he is also a dab hand on percussion, pulling off some cool polyrhythms. His didgeridoo playing is rather decent, it's not something I hear in music often, so I cant be sure, but it still sounds pretty good. he has a good clean voice, it's a bit smoky at times, and a bit fragile too, but he can and will put a bit of force into it if he wants to. On most of the songs he's playing a lap steel guitar which has quite a soft and warm sound, so theres not quite of the percussiveness of a normal guitar string being picked. not much as fast or technical as John Butler for those wondering about comparisons. He can play guitar rather well, but doesn't get too technical, so. You can see who else plays, and what they play here, along with the lyrics.įor an idea of his sound. Even so, he wrote everything except the last track of course, and he plays most of the music on here. On the cd however, he has some help with drums, bass, cello and backup vocals. From Australia, Xavier Rudd is a one man live musical performance force: playing didgeridoo, stomp box, percussion, acoustic and lap steel guitars and also singing.
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