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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »