From the opening crescendo of “Trouble in Paradise,” Rufus Wainwright stalks through his latest album Unfollow the Rules with leonine grace and confidence. The album is his first pop album since 2012, though Wainwright has been busy, staging two operas […]
Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, & Martha Wainwrig
Hour by hour as the polling places of each state closed across the country from east to west, the speakers of my television seemed to grow larger and louder as fanfares of trumpets and timpani reported the results and announced […]
Rufus Wainwright at the Kent Stage
On a cold Sunday night with few people walking the streets of downtown Manhattan, a sold out audience were cozy and warm inside the City Winery for Sloan Wainwright’s annual holiday bash. Fronting a solid band led by guitarist Stephen Murphy, who has […]
Spend enough time channeling Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall, as Rufus Wainwright did during a series of 2006 concert dates, and you too may find yourself making the most florid album of your career as a result. And if you’re […]
