Bobby Alu is a Samoan-Australian musician and singer-songwriter.[3]
Alu's mother is from Falealili [de], Samoa, and his father is from Australia.[4][5]
He began learning ukelele at age six, and has played drums professionally with Xavier Rudd.[1] Bobby Alu has released four studio albums since 2010.
Career
Bobby Alu released his eponymous debut album in 2010, and his second album Take It Slow (produced by Paulie Bromley[6]) in 2013.[3]
In 2019 Alu released his third album, Flow, which The Australian called "upbeat and uplifting",[7][2] and which Australian radio station Double J included on their list of the 50 best albums of 2019.[8]
During the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 Alu regularly sang with his mother Foloi. Together they recorded an EP of folk songs sung in Samoan, which was released as Samoa Silasila in 2022.[9]
Keep It Tropical, Alu's fourth album, was released in May 2024.[10] It was described by Songlines magazine as "nothing too demanding, just a finger-tapping sway in a sun-drenched musical hammock."[1] The album charted at #3 on the ARIAAustralian Albums Chart.[11]
