At the end of the month, Starbucks imprint Hear Music and Concord will release Holidays Rule, a holiday songs collection featuring a bunch of standards performed by the likes of the Shins, Paul…   Read Story »

Rufus, who is a hero, puts a little too much acting into his head movements during his line reads on this Funny Or Die sketch, but this is a minor quibble in light of hearing the vaunted Wainwright…   Read Story »

Rufus Wainwright dropped by Conan last night to play "Out Of The Game," the title track to his latest. What those shoes, Margiela? Watch the performance below. Out Of The Game is out now on…   Read Story »

In the Black Cab Sessions video series, we see long, unbroken takes of musicians playing acoustic versions of their songs while sitting in old-school London taxis. The latest entry has Rufus…   Read Story »

The slick and supple "Out Of The Game" is the title track from Rufus Wainwright's forthcoming Mark Ronson-produced LP, and accordingly, Rufus has pulled out the stops for its video. Herein you'll…   Read Story »

Rufus Wainwright enlisted producer-to-the-stars Mark Ronson to man the boards for Out Of The Game, his forthcoming solo album. And two days ago, we posted the operatically lovely first single…   Read Story »

Mark Ronson's producing the forthcoming Rufus record Out Of The Game, a 12-song set featuring cameos from Nick Zinner, Sean Lennon, Nels Cline, Thomas Doveman Bartlett, and sister Martha. Rufus has…   Read Story »

On last night's episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Rufush Wainwright sang "Minuit, Chrétiens," the French version of the Christmas song "O Holy Night," with the Roots backing him up in a…   Read Story »

Progress Report: The mercurial singer/songwriter chats about his new Mark Ronson-produced album, Out Of The Game. Since releasing his debut album back in 1998, Rufus Wainwright has proven himself…   Read Story »

The legendary French singer/libertine Serge Gainsbourg is a man worth honoring, and a new tribute album called From Lulu To Gainsbourg does just that. Gainsbourg's son Lulu put together the tribute…   Read Story »