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Rufus Wainwright

Bio

Rufus Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck (New York, 1973) to Kate and Loudon Wainwright, both folk singers and musicians. Rufus was raised in Canada by his mother and became interested in Opera, a passion that influenced his artistic production.

In 1996, he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, and together with music producer Jon Brion, he started to work on his debut album Rufus Wainwright (1998). The album was positively received by critics, so much that Wainwright was described as «a talent too great to miss out on» by music journalist Robert Christgau, while Rolling Stone nominated him Best New Artist of the year 1998.

His second album, Poses, was published in 2001 and received exceptional reviews. The album was written during Wainwright’s six-month-long stay at the Chelsea Hotel in New York and pulled away from the autobiographical elements of the first album to focus on other people’s stories. For Poses, he won at the GLAAD Media Awards (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) for best album, which was also certified gold

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Rufus Wainwright

Biography

Folkocracy is Rufus Wainwright revisiting his roots, of childhood summers spent at folk festivals and watching his famous family on stage. But it’s also the sound of an artist in the present, flanked by an incredible array of guests, using all he has learnt from conquering pop to make music worthy of awards.

It was during 2021’s Grammys ceremony that the idea for an album of folk reinventions came to Rufus. Nominated for his return to pop record Unfollow The Rules, he sat through countless folk and Americana categories and felt a pang for the past. “I was already contemplating an album of covers,” says Rufus. “Initially I thought I’d choose big pop songs, make them into my style and have a huge hit record. Haha!

“But the older I get, the more I appreciate how valuable my folk knowledge is, to have had it ingrained in me as a child. I have a big birthday coming up. What better way to celebrate than singing some of the songs that shaped me with some of the artists I most admire?

“I’ve shied away from folk in the past, preferring the worlds of opera an

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Rufus Wainwright

Canadian-American singer-songwriter (born 1973)

Not to be confused with director Rupert Wainwright.

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer.^[7] He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson.

Wainwright's self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album, Poses, was released in June 2001. Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums, Want One (2003) and Want Two (2004), were repackaged as the double albumWant in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album, Release the Stars, and his first live album, Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall.

His second live album, Milwaukee at Last!!!, was released in 2009, followed by the studio albums All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010) and Out of the Game (2012). The double album Prima Donna (2015) was