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Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter.
Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister Martha Wainwright, mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family. His song I’m Running, which he performed in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (in which he also played a minor character), was nominated for the 1988 Genie Award for Best Original Song and earned him a nomination for the 1990 Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist.
He lived in Montreal with his mother for most of his childhood and briefly attended McGill University, where he studied both classical and ‘rock’ piano. Some of his songs feature his mastery of French. Wainwright still maintains a residence in Canada.
He came out as gay while still a teen.
Wainwright became interested in opera throughout his adolescent years (for instance, his track
Barcelona features lyrics of Giuseppe Verdi). He also became an enthusiast of such performers as Édith Piaf, Al Jolson and Judy Garland.
After having been a fixture on the Montreal club circuit, Wainwright cut a series of demo tapes, one of which found itself in the hands of DreamWorks executive Lenny Waronker. The label signed him and he released the self-titled Rufus Wainwright album in the spring of 1998.
Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister Martha Wainwright, mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family. His song I’m Running, which he performed in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (in which he also played a minor character), was nominated for the 1988 Genie Award for Best Original Song and earned him a nomination for the 1990 Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist.
He lived in Montreal with his mother for most of his childhood and briefly attended McGill University, where he studied both classical and ‘rock’ piano. Some of his songs feature his mastery of French. Wainwright still maintains a residence in Canada.
He came out as gay while still a teen.
Wainwright became interested in opera throughout his adolescent years (for instance, his track
Barcelona features lyrics of Giuseppe Verdi). He also became an enthusiast of such performers as Édith Piaf, Al Jolson and Judy Garland.After having been a fixture on the Montreal club circuit, Wainwright cut a series of demo tapes, one of which found itself in the hands of DreamWorks executive Lenny Waronker. The label signed him and he released the self-titled Rufus Wainwright album in the spring of 1998.
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Greek Song
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Aardvarked wrote:
Grey gardens is my favourite I think
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tenwords wrote:
the art teacher became my favorite after i saw rufus live =)
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DotsDisconnect wrote:
they? i think the art teacher and vibrate dominate.
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arairiow wrote:
They are so great here http://isound.be/Search/?bg=/music/Rufus+Wainwright
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Kurarisa wrote:
Sometimes I'll listen to him all day but take off the scrobbling so that my last.fm doesn't explode of overload, haha
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tenwords wrote:
it is, isn't it? we should all put "cigarettes and chocolate milk" on repeat for the next week.
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fakehead wrote:
it is embarrassing how far ahead "hallelujah" is over anything else.
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BeckaRawr wrote:
i love cigarettes and chocolate milk, i love how lazy his vioce is until he really gets into it
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dunaforever wrote:
Rufus, you are the best songwriter for me!
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arrivee wrote:
my first musical love, always. <3
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Markelder wrote:
Man, he's got an awesome voice!
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cicchi wrote:
jesus, rufus: you're something between Jeff Buckley and Michael Bubble!
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martin_timide wrote:
yesterday was your birdhday, so i wish you rufus many happy returns of the day!!! delayed but sincere thanks:* kisses, i love you!!!
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jamieleto wrote:
he is lovely.
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brenda1222 wrote:
"the art teacher" is my favorite song.
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rakshasa07 wrote:
If you hate the new last.fm's version. JOIN! http://www.last.fm/group/Bring+back+the+old+Last.fm
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tenwords wrote:
tramways, that's exactly my point. i prefer buckley's anyway. i love rufus as a songwriter as well, so i'd rather see one of his songs up there.
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HauntedBanana wrote:
I totally agree with tramways, yet Halleujah is in general a beautiful song. I always sing it in the shower XD
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metalefa wrote:
emocion, couldn't agree more. Doesn't matter that he's gay, that I'm in a relationship, whatever. He's only the one I love. Tee-hee. He's gorgeus!
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stanley_roads wrote:
we wuv Wufus on Wainy days!
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Ottawa Folk Festival
Britannia Park, Ottawa, Canada
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16
Rufus Wainwright
The Egg, Albany, United States
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Aug
17
Ottawa Folk Festiv
Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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