XAVIER RUDD Koonyum Sun

IN-STORES TUESDAY APRIL 20, 2010

XAVIER RUDD
Koonyum Sun
www.xavierrudd.com
Dist: Fontana North

Much like the ascending Koonyum Sun ushers in a new day in New South Wales, the record of the same name by world son Xavier Rudd carries a similar aura of refreshment, of rebirth. From 2002’s To Let, his first studio album, through to 2007’s White Moth, Rudd gradually refined his globally-influenced collage of world music – a matchless mixture of reggae, funk, blues, folk, and nearly every other sort of song with the ability to stimulate people’s spirits. Now the latest album Koonyum Sun marks a fresh, new musical and spiritual awakening for Rudd, perhaps most notably as it’s his first with bassist Tio Moloantoa and percussionist Andile Nqubezelo under the unified banner of Xavier Rudd & Inzintaba. Though the trio has been performing together for many months, Koonyum Sun is their first collaborative collection of songs – a triangle of influence that carries a piece of each individual member, yet keeps them all connected.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Sky to Ground
2. Set Me Free
3. Fresh Green Freedom
4. Reasons We Were Blessed
5. Love Comes & Goes – (live)
6. Soften the Blow
7. Koonyum Sun
8. Time to Smile
9. Woman Dreaming
10. Breeze
11. Yandi
12. Bleed
13. Badimo