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	Rufus Wainwright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child).
		He released the self-titled Rufus Wainwright album in the spring of 1998; the record received much critical acclaim, and was recognized by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the best albums of the year.
		Wainwright is an avid opera fan, and the influences on his music are evident, as well as his love of Schubert's 'Lieder'.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rufus_Wainwright (2775 words)

	The Observer \| OMM \| Interview: Rufus Wainwright
		Rufus Wainwright, lauded by his peers as the most extraordinary songwriter of his generation, used his tortured relationship with his famous family to feed his muse, and took so much methamphetamine that he went temporarily blind.
		Rufus Wainwright sees himself in some senses as the true heir to Verdi, clinging on to his every operatic note as if for dear life, violins swirling as he unpacks his heart, mixing American songbook verve with raw self-revelation.
		Wainwright says his earliest memory is seeing his mother loading the U-haul trailer in which she left his father and took Rufus and baby sister Martha from New York to live in Canada.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /omm/story/0,13887,1416032,00.html (2964 words)

	Rufus Wainwright & McGarrigles
		Rufus, who rocked from side to side on the stool, was barely audible, which somehow seemed admirable in that he clearly knew how and when to take a back seat and had no prima donna tendencies, although I doubt any of us would have minded if his voice was underscoring everyone else’s at all times.
		Rufus, his only instrument on this number being his incomparable voice and his ‘thigh drums,’ which he beat with an unstoppable rhythm, reduced his contribution to barely a hum, reinforcing the message that this show was a joint effort where Rufus never sought to be the centre of attention.
		Rufus then introduced ‘the fantastic Martha Wainwright’ who shed her cocky persona for a moment to curtsy coyly to the audience, and then he introduced his Aunt Anna, who was now on guitar, and his mum Kate.
	www.aboutlastnight.org.uk /RufusWainwrightMay04.htm (8315 words)

	Rufus Wainwright News
		Eclectic pop singer Rufus Wainwright bridged musical generations on Wednesday with a daring re-creation of Judy Garland's legendary 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall.
		Wainwright's album is intensely personal Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright is taking the unusual step of re-issuing his album Want One just six months after its first release.
		Montreal native Rufus Wainwright is honoring his muse, performer Judy Garland, with two reproductions of her fabled 1961 comeback performance.
	www.topix.net /who/rufus-wainwright (699 words)

	Amazon.com: Rufus Wainwright: Music: Rufus Wainwright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rufus Wainwright is quite an anomaly--but, then again, he's the son of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle.
		Wainwright has been compared to Randy Newman for his piano-based orchestral sense, but unlike Newman, he rarely turns those poppy conventions against themselves: he's always sentimental and sincere about the fluff he explores.
		Yes, Rufus was eccentric and somewhat original, he had the family pedigree to back it all up genetically, but this debut CD was nowhere near the great white hope it was being written up as.
	www.amazon.com /Rufus-Wainwright/dp/B000007SFM (1577 words)

	Rufus Wainwright - New Music - Peoplesound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		All tracks were written by Rufus Wainwright and like its predecessor the new album was produced by Marius De Vries and was recorded in London and New York.
		Rufus Wainwright spent much of 2004 in the UK cementing his reputation as both a thrilling live performer and a recording artist on the verge of widespread public recognition.
		Rufus has a small role as a musician in the new Martin Scorcese film, 'The Aviator' and can also be seen in the forthcoming Merchant Ivory movie, 'The Heights'.
	www.peoplesound.com /artist/rufus_wainwright (563 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Rufus Wainwright: Music: Rufus Wainwright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rufus Wainwright, scion of acerbic singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright and Canadian songstress Kate McGarrigle, may share a nasal vocaldrawl with his father, but the songs here are closer to Brian Wilson, Randy Newman or Harry Nilsson than Loudon or Kate.
		Wainwright's debut finds him exercising considerable harmonic and compositional chops in the service of a vision that's closer in spirit to some of the eccentric, decidedly non-rock singer-songwriters of the early '70s (like those mentioned above) than anything current.
		I have a home-taped cassette of Rufus singing 3 of the songs featured on this album and even though the recording quality is rubbish, I always loved his voice and admired his piano playing.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Rufus-Wainwright/dp/B000007SFM (1032 words)

	Rufus Wainwright: Poses (2001): Reviews
		While there's certainly nothing on Poses so riveting as to signify a rock revolution, there's something to be said for the virtue of a simple crooner operating at the top of his game.
		But his well thought out arrangements are only the finishing touches on songs that would have held up even if he was given little more than a guitar and a pocket tape recorder to work with.
		Rufus has come through once again with a fabulous new set of songs.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/wainwrightrufus/poses (638 words)

	Judy Garland he's not ... but oh, how he tries - Newsday.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rufus Wainwright recently recorded a song called "Gay Messiah," but with his two-night stint at Carnegie Hall reprising Judy Garland's famous 1961 concert there, he has probably become one.
		Like Garland, Wainwright comes from a family of entertainers (his father is wry songsmith Loudon Wainwright III, his mother folksinger Kate McGarrigle) and he's had bouts with depression and controlled substances.
		A few songs later, his sister, Martha Wainwright, neatly upstaged him with her quirky but mesmerizing version of "Stormy Weather." Her standing ovation wasn't the first of the night, but this one was different: The crowd seemed virtually yanked to its feet.
	newsday.com /entertainment/music/ny-etrufus0616,0,1783490.story?... (470 words)

	Rufus Wainwright - dublin - music
		Rufus Wainwright was born in 1973, the son of folk music legends, Loudin Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle.
		Wainwright was raised by his mother in Montreal and began studying piano at the age of six.
		Wainwright came out as a homosexual in his teens and developed a fascination for opera, Edith Piaf and Judy Garland.
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	Celebrities
		One of the most promising singer/songwriters his generation has seen, Rufus Wainwright may be new to listeners, but he's been around.
		Rufus began playing piano at the age of six and later decided to become a professional musician, penning several Canadian film soundtrack cuts in his teens and performing with his mother, Kate McGarrigle, of the McGarrigle Sisters.
		Rufus Wainwright is not to be missed live, particularly for fans seeking a gay singer whose music defies categories.
	home.planetout.com /entertainment/starstruck/2000/04/wainwright.html (586 words)

	rufuswainwright.page
		Rufus will be on Last Call with Carson Daly May 23rd at 1:35am ET: Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
		Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and right now, a lot of people are staring at Rufus Wainwright.
		Sitting behind a piano onstage at New York's Bowery Ballroom, this tall young man in a right white shirt and tie, his hair like a raffish lion, his bone structure positively Olympian....
	www.geocities.com /stefiswan/rufuswainwright.html (153 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Wainwright, Rufus
		Wainwright cites Al Jolson, Edith Piaf, and Nina Simone as artists who were among his early inspirations.
		Born July 22, 1973 in Rhinebeck, New York, Rufus Wainwright grew up in Montreal, where his mother made her home after his parents separated when he was three and subsequently divorced.
		Wainwright's second album, Poses (2001), showed him maturing as a musician and was well received by both critics and his fans, among whom are many teen-age girls who enjoy his romantic love songs, as well as gay men, who are attracted to his boyish good looks and who flock to his concerts.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/wainwright_r.html (1323 words)

	Rock On The Net: Rufus Wainwright
		Rufus Wainwright was born July 22, 1973 to parents Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle of the McGarrigle Sisters and raised in Canada.
		Rufus was honest about his homosexuality since his teens, and was began to get musical recognition by 1990 when he was nominated for a Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year.
		Rufus could be heard on the soundtrack for
	www.rockonthenet.com /artists-w/rufuswainwright.htm (465 words)

	Rufus Wainwright Tickets - Cheap Rufus Wainwright Concert Shows Tickets At Onlineseats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rufus Wainright's mother, singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle, brought him up listening to opera and jazz, as well as the folk-pop she was writing at home.
		Wainwright collaborated on the track with Alex Gifford, whose credentials as a studio maverick were well established on Propellerheads' DECKSANDRUMSANDROCKANDROLL (1998).
		Wainwright spent most of 1996-97 in the studio recording a prodigious amount of material with producers Jon Brion and Pierre Marchand.
	www.onlineseats.com /rufus-wainwright-tickets/index.asp (1067 words)

	Rufus Wainwright - Want Two : album review
		Wainwright has always been frank and open about his homosexuality but this is his most explicit song yet.
		Wainwright's mother, aunt and equally talented sister Martha all crop up on the evocative Hometown Waltz, the imagery of "antique shops and alcoholic homosexuals" in the family's hometown of Montreal being accompanied by an atmospheric accordion riff.
		It may, as Wainwright says, contain the "weird stuff", but anyone who wants to be challenged and inspired by an exceptional artist will be thrilled.
	www.musicomh.com /albums3/rufus-wainwright.htm (665 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Want Two: Music: Rufus Wainwright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A wild card songwriter with a familial pedigree and an ever-expanding cult retinue, the raffish but assiduous Rufus Wainwright--outré, gay and sage--is not one to shy away from invigorating his songs with a lurid theatrical honesty.
		Picking up where Want One left off, Rufus Wainwright's Want Two is a deeply introspective, sometimes kinky and often personally critical set of mini-operettas that ruminate on his various relationships, drug abuse, and image in the media.
		Rufus writes complicated emotional music with many layers and drawing on his own intense personal experiences.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Want-Two-Rufus-Wainwright/dp/B0007TURAW (1072 words)

	Rufus Wainwright
		Wainwright explains that he would come in with a song and the two would put down a click track with scratch vocals and either a guitar or a piano.
		Wainwright and deVries worked in seven studios: Looking Glass, The Maid's Room, Loho and Bearsville in New York, The Strongroom and Angel in London, and the Record Plant in Los Angeles.
		Wainwright's vocals were recorded with a Neumann U67 through a Neve pre into a LA-2A followed by a Distressor — both set for moderate gain reduction.
	mixonline.com /recording/interviews/audio_rufus_wainwright/index.html (1456 words)

	Ink 19 :: Rufus Wainwright
		Although he may be trying to simplify things in his private life, his latest record is full of the same extravagantly lush mini pop-operas we've come to expect.
		Wainwright's sister Martha, mom Kate, The Band's Levon Helm and guitarist Charlie Sexton all contribute.
		Wainwright takes a solo piano turn on "Pretty Things" and hops over to the Fender Rhodes for "Vicious World." The title track is a nice acoustic ballad as well, with Wainwright offering, "I don't want...
	www.ink19.com /issues/december2003/musicReviews/musicW/rufusWainwright.html (410 words)

	BBC - Manchester - Entertainment - Rufus Wainwright at the Lowry - 9/10
		Slick, serene, suave one moment, babbling, giggling, camping the next, Rufus Wainwright is the most comfortably unrehearsed frontman I have ever seen.
		Finally, after three encores, Rufus was enrobed in white, and teleported back to his home planet, to regale his people with tales of the night he wooed the town of Aaron.
		Rufus is brilliant,, and so is Cillian Murphy(Aaron, lol) and i loved 28 days later.
	www.bbc.co.uk /manchester/content/articles/2005/04/15/140405_rufus_wainwright_live_feature.shtml (509 words)

	umusic.ca :: Rufus Wainwright
		Rufus Wainwright's Want Two is the companion album to his critically acclaimed 2003 album Want One.
		In Want One, Wainwright is dressed as a knight complete with armor to signify these battles while Want Two has Wainwright dressed as a woman.
		In the song Wainwright says, "I'm Mozart and I'm mean and have an upper hand with my sister who I tell she's going to need more than just her musicality to get by.
	umusic.ca /rufuswainwright/index.php (1320 words)

	Rufus Wainwright - Biography - AOL Music
		A singer/songwriter whose lush, theatrical pop harked back to the traditions of Tin Pan Alley, cabaret and even opera, Rufus Wainwright was born in 1973; the son of folk music luminaries Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, his parents divorced while he was a child, and he was raised by his mother in Montreal.
		Becoming a fixture on the Montreal club circuit, Wainwright soon cut a series of demos with producer Pierre Marchand; Loudon Wainwright III then passed a copy of the tape to friend Van Dyke Parks, who in turn handed it on to DreamWorks exec Lenny Waronker.
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	VH1.com : Rufus Wainwright - Urge Music Downloads
		Rufus Wainwright writes tunes about Manhattan thoroughfares like 14th Street, sucks in his cheeks during photo shoots, and has a great tailor.
		The 30 year-old Wainwright is just a bit out of step with his time: he writes songs that feature snatches of Ravel's "Bolero" and lyrics about being unable to dance to Britney Spears' music.
		The newly clean Wainwright went to rehab for his addictions, and his music confronts his demons head-on - including those induced by family.
	www.vh1.com /artists/interview/1485348/02262004/wainwright_rufus.jhtml (1477 words)

	Amazon.ca: Wainwright Rufus:Want One: Music: Rufus Wainwright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I first fell in love with Rufus Wainwright on his second album, "Poses." I recently purchased his first and third albums, and "Want One" is by far my favorite.
		I recently bought "Want One" by Rufus Wainwright and after a few listens, I was absolutely addicted.
		Wainwright has extraordinary talent and his musical style is completely unique.
	www.amazon.ca /Wainwright-RufusWant-One-Rufus/dp/B0000C7PSW (804 words)

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