Rufus Wainwright
Although Rufus Wainwright is the son of singer-songwriters Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle, since the 1990s he has firmly established his own musical presence. Though he's an introspective troubadour, he looks back beyond the folk and rock influences of his parents to the golden age of pop songwriting à la Cole Porter and the Gershwins. His keening, diva-manqué vocals and elegantly melodic compositions are as far from "rock" as any pop-based music can be. If he has any antecedents in the pop world, they would be similarly quirky L.A. songwriters of a previous era such as Van Dyke Parks (who co-produced Wainwright's debut album) and Randy Newman. His open homosexuality has endeared him to many in the gay community.
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Albums
- (2009) Hallelujah
- (2007) Going To A Town
- (2007) Release The Stars
- (2007) Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
- (2004) Waiting For A Want (EP)
- (2003) Want One
- (2002) Poses
- (1998) Rufus Wainwright
- (1900) Want Two
Top Tracks
- Across The Universe
- Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
- California
- I Don't Know What It Is
- Poses
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Comments
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ca_born_n_raisd on 2007-06-19 14:14:25.450:
Where have you been all my life? FYI Gershwin is a favorite of mine... never stop making music!