This is a track from Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets, a studio album by Rufus Wainwright featuring adaptations of a selection of William Shakespeare's sonnets. The tribute record commemorates the 400th anniversary of the great bard's death. Sonnet 29 is part of a collection of 154 Shakespeare sonnets, which were first published in 1609. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man; the last 28 to a woman. In Sonnet 29, the depressed speaker bemoans his status as an outcast and failure but feels better upon thinking of his beloved. This was the first of Shake… read more
This is a track from Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets, a studio album by Rufus Wainwright featuring adaptations of a selection of William Sha… read more
This is a track from Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets, a studio album by Rufus Wainwright featuring adaptations of a selection of William Shakespeare's sonnets. The tribute … read more
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and 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 A-Runnin', which he performed in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (in which he also played a minor character), was nominated for the 1989… read more
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate…read more
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a chil… read more