Last night Carnegie Hall hosted the biggest assortment of megastars this side of the Orpheum for a (RED)NIGHTS charity show, benefiting the Global Fund's efforts against the African AIDS epidemic. The night was billed as "Hal Willner Presents: An Evening... CONTINUE READING ANTONY, BONO, COURTNEY, SCARLETT, RUFUS & FRIENDS @ CARNEGIE HALL, NYC 10/4/09»
Posted on October 5, 2009 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Alberta Cross | Bono | Courtney Love | David Bowie | Fred Armisen | Gavin Friday | Jim White | Lady Gaga | Laurie Anderson | Lou Reed | Lydia Lunch | Rufus Wainwright | Scarlett Johansson | Shane MacGowan | U2
You know when your parents are like, "What is that garbage you're listening to?" and turn down your Soulja Boy CD and try to turn you to on to some Bob Seger shit from before you were born? Parents are... CONTINUE READING ROSANNE CASH ENLISTS TWEEDY, SPRINGSTEEN, COSTELLO FOR COVERS LP»
Posted on August 28, 2009 (6 comments)
Tags: Bruce Springsteen | Elvis Costello | Jeff Tweedy | Johnny Cash | Rosanne Cash | Rufus Wainwright | Sharon Van Etten
Even though Rufus Wainwright's chased some muses that've pulled him off my playlist since the early triumphs of his debut through Want One (and especially Poses), I can't help but love him for being a slave to that restless creative... CONTINUE READING RUFUS WAINWRIGHT DEBUTS OPERA, BEARD»
Posted on July 13, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Loudon Wainwright III | Rufus Wainwright
Lots of artists you enjoy are covering lots of other artists you enjoy for another tribute album organized by and benefitting War Child, the "network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war." The pairings... CONTINUE READING TV ON THE RADIO, HOT CHIP, BECK SHOW SOME COVER LOVE FOR THE NEW WAR CHILD COMPILATION »
Posted on January 12, 2009 (18 comments)
Tags: Beck | Duffy | Elbow | Estelle | Franz Ferdinand | Hot Chip | Lily Allen | Mick Jones | Peaches | Rufus Wainwright | Scissor Sisters | The Hold Steady | The Kooks | The Like | The National | TV On The Radio | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Last night Elton John returned to Broadway to perform his classic 1973 double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road start to finish. The event benefited a number of AIDS charitable organizations (tickets ranged from $250 to $2,500) and featured an all-star... CONTINUE READING ELTON JOHN REVISITS YELLOW BRICK ROAD WITH RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, JAKE SHEARS, BEN FOLDS»
Posted on October 21, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Death Cab For Cutie | Elton John | Jake Shears | Rufus Wainwright | Scissor Sisters
The Met bailed on Rufus's opera because they didn't like his French, but the Brits don't seem to mind: Prima Donna, Wainwright's aptly titled debut operatic effort, will run at Manchester's Palace Theatre on five nights in July of 2009.... CONTINUE READING RUFUS WAINWRIGHT'S OPERA TO GET A MANCHESTER PREMIERE»
Posted on October 9, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Jenny Lewis | Rufus Wainwright
The piano man had begun work on his first ever opera, but he's composing it in French, and his would-be commissioners at the Met and Lincoln Center prefer their new operas in English. That's why he's looking to find it... CONTINUE READING RUFUS WAINWRIGHT PULLS HIS OPERA FROM THE MET BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO PARDON HIS FRENCH»
Posted on August 29, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Elvis Perkins | Rufus Wainwright | SXSW
We've got nothing but love for Wainrofolo, even though we're not sure exactly where his original stuff's headed these days (Poses is, understandably, a tough one to follow although Want One rather brilliant in its luster and bombast). So of... CONTINUE READING NEW LIVE RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - "ZING! WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART" (JUDY GARLAND COVER, LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM)»
Posted on November 9, 2007 (2 comments)
Tags: Judy Garland | Rufus Wainwright
Last seen warming up his pipes at the Stripes show, Rufus Wainwright does some celeb spotting of his own during off-stage hours. Ruf talked to SPIN about being out and about in show biz...“If they stay in the closet, they’re... CONTINUE READING RUFUS WAINWRIGHT SPOTS ANDERSON COOPER AT THE GAY GYM»
Posted on June 27, 2007 (12 comments)
Tags: Anderson Cooper | Rufus Wainwright
Wainrofolo doesn't get political too often. On his America-fatigued "Going To A Town," Rufus the Baptist mixed Christian imagery with his States-based depression, but there's no real discussion of laying down the law in "Rules And Regulations." Here, the White... CONTINUE READING NEW RUFUS WAINWRIGHT VIDEO - "RULES AND REGULATIONS"»
Posted on June 22, 2007 in (14 comments)
Tags: Beach House | Clogs | My Brightest Diamond | Rufus Wainwright
Wainrofolo's five-night residency at the Gramercy in NYC this week is the first of his show stints in the city that we've missed in years -- probably a mix of seeing him do too many covers at Carnegie recently (Judy... CONTINUE READING RUFUS RELEASES THE STARS ON ROLLINS»
Posted on June 8, 2007 (18 comments)
Tags: Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright somehow manages to be simultaneously the most debauched, celeb name-dropping man-about-town we know and the most prolific songwriter this side of a string section from Ryan Adams. So while he's giving quotes to Sienna Miller and Amy Poehler... CONTINUE READING NEW LINDA THOMPSON (FEAT. ANTONY) - "BEAUTY"»
Posted on May 30, 2007 in (3 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Linda Thompson | Rufus Wainwright
Legendary vid director Sophie Muller (with a resumé too deep to detail, including Björk, No Doubt, the Raconteurs, Blur, the Cure) sets the man who penned "Gay Messiah" as a matinee idol in his own right throughout the first clip... CONTINUE READING NEW RUFUS WAINWRIGHT VIDEO - "GOING TO A TOWN"»
Posted on April 18, 2007 in (2 comments)
Tags: Rufus Wainwright
Following the slip of first single "Going To A Town," Rufus Wainwright has made available for streaming bits of two more tracks from his forthcoming album: the horn-y "Rules & Regulations," as well as the May-released record's title track, "Release... CONTINUE READING RUFUS RELEASES CLIPS OF STARS, TOUR DATES»
Posted on April 10, 2007 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Rufus Wainwright
Rufus fans finally have something to hear from the prolific piano man's forthcoming, fifth full-length Release The Stars. The Wants saw Wainrofalo (that's Wainwright + Janeane Garofalo, nickname coined during a classic Late World With Zach interview we wish we... CONTINUE READING NEW RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - "GOING TO A TOWN"»
Posted on April 5, 2007 (8 comments)
Tags: Martha Wainwright | Rufus Wainwright
Our favorite Wainwright is nearing the release date of his fifth full-length Release The Stars, one that he promises to be "less personal in terms of my own struggles," a sharp turn for the otherwise candidly autobiographical crooner. So instead... CONTINUE READING RUFUS IMAGINES THAT B. FLO TASTES LIKE CHIPS»
Posted on March 12, 2007 (16 comments)
Tags: Rufus Wainwright | The Killers
What would disappoint an avid NYC high-culture music buff more: that we've only been to Carnegie Hall twice in the past year? Or that both times were to see Rufus Wainwright? Well it's true, we don't get down to Ravel... CONTINUE READING RUFUS WAINWRIGHT & FRIENDS @ CARNEGIE HALL, NYC 12/13/06»
Posted on December 18, 2006 in (12 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Jimmy Fallon | Laurie Anderson | Lou Reed | Martha Wainwright | Rufus Wainwright
Cartoons! The kids in TBS took this and turned it into the animated clip for the Xmas classic you see below. Yeah, Taking Back Sunday ain't our thing, but as Rufus said last night at Carnegie (btw -- Lou Reed... CONTINUE READING TAKING BACK SUNDAY'S 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS»
Posted on December 14, 2006 in (2 comments)
Tags: Rufus Wainwright | Taking Back Sunday
When Rufus Wainwright took over Carnegie Hall for two nights a few months back to recreate Judy Garland's classic concert of 1961, it was both an homage to her influence and an attempt to be be taken seriously as one... CONTINUE READING RUFUS ON OTHER PEOPLE'S TUNES»
Posted on October 24, 2006 (32 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Rufus Wainwright
This track comes from Plague Songs, an album commissioned by the arts organization Artangel and comprising contributions from stalwarts and Stereogum faves including Stephin Merritt, Brian Eno (and Robert Wyatt), and Rufus Wainwright. Each artist was asked to pen a... CONTINUE READING NEW RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - "KATONAH (THE DEATH OF THE FIRSTBORN)"»
Posted on September 28, 2006 in (9 comments)
Tags: Rufus Wainwright
This one's for Cara... Rufus Wainwright - "Spotlight On Christmas" (via Aural Fixations)... CONTINUE READING RUFUS CHRISTMAS MP3»
Posted on December 17, 2003 (10 comments)
Tags: Rufus Wainwright
