Artist description Randy Graves is a multi-instrumentalist from San Diego, CA, who has been called one of the finest didgeridoo players on the scene today. His music is a mixture of several cultural influences, along with contemporary music from the west, from 20th century "classical" composition to progressive rock.

Music Style World Fusion

Musical Influences Australian Aboriginal music, Japanese music, harmonic singing, progressive rock

Similar Artists didgeridoo, didjeridu, yidaki, David Hudson, Stephen Kent, Trance Mission, Outback, Adam Plack, Dr. Didj, Yothu Yindi, Warumpi Band, Alan Dargin, Charlie McMahon, Gondwanaland, Didgeridoo, Didjeridu

Artist History Since starting to play the didgeridoo in 1993, while a music composition student at UC San Diego, Randy has become known as one of the west's great up and coming didge artists, having performed on the same stage as didge greats such as Stephen Kent, David Blanasi, Mark Atkins and Janawirri Yiparrka. He has also visited with master yidaki maker Djalu Gurruwiwi and others in Aboriginal Australia. With the San Diego band Didginus, he recorded 2 cds and performed everywhere from supermarkets to concert halls. He has 2 solo cds, "Whirlwind" & "Didgital," and is in the studio recording new material right now. He appears on several other recordings, including the compilation cd "Didgeridoo USA" and the collaborative performance project "The History of Martial Dance."

Group Members Randy Graves- didgeridoo, guitar, koto, voice, keyboards, percussion, etc.

Instruments didgeridoo, koto, guitar, voice, keyboards, percussion

Albums Whirlwind, Didgital

Press Reviews "The sound of the didj drew me in the first time I heard it. But the first time I heard {Randy} play I began to understand actually how wide the spectrum of didj playing actually is." -- "Randy Graves handily mastered the didgeridoo, an Australian aboriginal horn that consists only of a long tube taller than the musician. It's the kind of instrument that people often use just to show how enlightened they are about non-Western musical traditions, but in the context of this piece it seemed as much at home as the flute..." -- "I never expected such agressive and cool playing... Randy blew me away." -- "... Randy Graves' performances on the didgeridoo call to mind the voices of souls in paradise, beyond the touch of both harm and earthly delight."

Location San Diego, CA - USA

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