Born: Rhinebeck, NY, 1973
Years Active: 1990-2009
Influenced by: Van Dyke Parks, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Queen, Loudon Wainwright III, Freddie Mercury
Genre: Rock & Alternative
Biography: A singer/songwriter whose lush, theatrical pop harked back to the traditions of Tin Pan Alley, cabaret, and even opera, ...
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Nov 06 2009 9:00AM
by Steve Baltin
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News, New Music, Exclusive
Spinner: Last month, Rufus Wainwright, who recently released the CD/DVD 'Live in Milwaukee,' took part in Gavin Friday's 50th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall. It was quite the extravagant affair and Wainwright found himself on stage at times with ... Read moreNov 05 2009 4:30AM
by Spinner Staff
Filed under: The Hit List
Spinner: Covering a Beatles song is like taking up residence in the Great Pyramid: The foundation is unshakable, but anything you bring along for decoration is bound to lower the property value. Of the thousands of artists who have tried, only a few have made ... Read moreOct 09 2009 9:00AM
by Adam Horne
Filed under: Potent Quotables
Spinner: "There are all these amazing pictures of her looking at me all googly eyed ... Thank God I'm gay, or I might not be here right now!" --Rufus Wainwright After dueting with Scarlett Johansson at his recent Carnegie Hall appearance in New York ... Read more
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11/06/09
Rufus Wainwright Happy With His Level of Fame Last month, Rufus Wainwright , who recentl...
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11/06/09
Thurston Moore and Rufus Wainwright Contribute Works to Art Show The talents of Sonic Yo...
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10/20/09
Rufus Wainwright Unveils Christmas Gig Guests + More Rufus Wainwright has unveiled some ...
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10/08/09
Rufus Wainwright Composes Opera + More Rufus Wainwright has composed the score and writt...
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10/03/09
Moto Boy Revs Engines, Recalls Rufus Wainwright at Pop Montreal In fact, The fey Swede's...
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11/06/09
Milwaukee At Last!!! [Live] by Rufus Wainwright
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11/06/09
Thurston Moore and Rufus Wainwright Contribute Works to Art Show The talents of Sonic Yo...
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11/04/09
Talent, not just pedigree, drives Rufus Wainwright Born with an idiosyncratic folk-music...
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10/26/09
Art in brief: Rufus Wainwright postpones S.F. Symphony gig, Duncan Sheik fills in. Singe...
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10/20/09
Rufus Wainwright Unveils Christmas Gig Guests + More Rufus Wainwright has unveiled some ...
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10/08/09
Rufus Wainwright Composes Opera + More Rufus Wainwright has composed the score and writt...
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10/03/09
Moto Boy Revs Engines, Recalls Rufus Wainwright at Pop Montreal In fact, The fey Swede's...
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09/28/09
Rosanne Cash Sings Her Father's 'List': Featuring duets with Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright and more
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09/23/09
Exclusive: Stream Rufus Wainwright's Entire New Album Here! Affectionately referred to b...
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09/21/09
Rufus Wainwright re-creates Oz Martin Scorsese once called Rufus Wainwright a "one-man G...
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09/19/09
Sean Daly's take? Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright is something special I have a huge ...
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg FL
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07/13/09
Rufus Wainwright Debuts Opera, Beard Even though Rufus Wainwright's chased some muses th...
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07/11/09
Rufus Wainwright Weeps as Spineless Soprano Battles to Find Voice: Review There were tea...
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03/31/09
Rufus Wainwright's debut opera to have North American premiere in Toronto Rufus Wainwrig...
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03/15/09
Rufus Wainwright - Want Two Rufus Wainwright makes an impression immediately in his albu...
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02/19/09
Rufus Wainwright Books Wacky Shows Does Rufus Wainwright ever just play a show at a club?
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01/14/09
Spectacle: Elvis Costello With Rufus Wainwright (Episode 7) (Sound Affects) I tried not ...
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12/15/08
Rufus Wainwright Doesn't Support Gay Marriage Gay singer Rufus Wainwright refuses to joi...
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12/09/08
Win a chance to see Rufus Wainwright & Family! Win a chance to see Rufus Wainwright & Fa...
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12/06/08
Newsmakers: Rufus Wainwright In fact, it's really the Kate McGarrigle Christmas Show. ...
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12/05/08
Rufus Wainwright Talks Family Christmas Show, Opera Spending the holidays with your fami...
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11/17/08
Cat Power, Jarvis Cocker, Antony, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright Join Marianne Faithfull on Covers Album
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11/13/08
Lou Reed, Jenny Lewis, She & Him, Rufus Wainwright, Bill Clinton to Guest on Elvis Costello's Talk Show
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10/22/08
Rufus Wainwright scaling back the sonics Rufus Wainwright is planning to scale back the ...
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10/21/08
Elton John Revisits Yellow Brick Road With Rufus Wainwright, Jake Shears, Ben Folds Last...
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10/09/08
Rufus Wainwright's Opera To Get A Manchester Premiere Rufus Wainwright's Opera To Get A ...
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08/30/08
Rufus Wainwright's Opera Shelved Singer/Songwriter Rufus Wainwright 's opera debut has b...
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08/29/08
Rufus Wainwright Pulls His Opera From The Met Because They Refuse To Pardon His French T...
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11/06/09
Rufus Wainwright Happy With His Level of Fame Last month, Rufus Wainwright , who recentl...
Spinner
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11/06/09
Thurston Moore and Rufus Wainwright Contribute Works to Art Show The talents of Sonic Yo...
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10/20/09
Rufus Wainwright Unveils Christmas Gig Guests + More Rufus Wainwright has unveiled some ...
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10/08/09
Rufus Wainwright Composes Opera + More Rufus Wainwright has composed the score and writt...
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10/06/09
Podcast: Hear Lou Barlow, Fanfarlo, Rufus Wainwright and much more Several sweet release...
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10/06/09
Rufus Wainwright Performs at Ali Forney Center Benefit Rufus Wainwright performed at the...
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10/04/09
tickets still available for Bono Antony Courtney Love Scarlett Johannsson Lydia Lunch Rufus Wainwright show
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10/03/09
Moto Boy Revs Engines, Recalls Rufus Wainwright at Pop Montreal In fact, The fey Swede's...
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10/02/09
Rufus Wainwright on Duetting With Johansson at (RED) Benefit, “Milwaukee” Live Disc and Next LP
Rock and Roll Daily
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09/30/09
Rufus Wainwright released a live CD, played Highline Ballroom w/ Loudon & has some benefit shows coming up
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09/29/09
Quick Beat: Britney, Chromeo, Rufus Wainwright, GLEE, Royksopp, Empire of the Sun, Tegan & Sara, Nelly Furtado
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09/25/09
Rufus Wainwright to Perform at LGBT Youth Fundraiser Canadian crooner Rufus Wainwright i...
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09/23/09
Exclusive: Stream Rufus Wainwright's Entire New Album Here! Affectionately referred to b...
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09/15/09
a new Hal Willner / Gavin Friday show @ Carnegie w/ Antony, Bono, The Edge, Scarlett Johansson, Courtney Love, Rufus Wainwright & MANY OTHERS!
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08/17/09
Incoming: Gaslight Anthem, Dethklok, Bone Thugs, Rufus Wainwright It's been nearly a yea...
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07/07/09
A Candy Q&A: Rufus Wainwright chats about his new opera He has performed an entire Judy ...
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06/08/09
Rufus Wainwright Does ‘Interview’ Magazine The always fabulous Rufus Wainwright is featu...
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05/21/09
Radio Free MP3: Black Joe Lewis, Gretchen Phillips, Jenny Owen Youngs, Kicksville, Rufus Wainwright
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03/20/09
Rufus Wainwright's Opera, Premiering This Summer! After being turned away from the Metro...
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03/12/09
Rufus Wainwright's BlackoutSabbath w/ special guest David Byrne @ City Winery, NYC - pics
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02/17/09
New shows: A7X & Buckcherry, Rufus Wainwright, Lil Wayne Tickets, starting at $54, go on...
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02/17/09
Rufus Wainwright, Dee Snider, NYU academics & others playing for science @ Highline Ballroom
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02/06/09
Rufus Wainwright's 2009 Blackoutsabbath concert details, pics from the 2008 McGarrigle Christmas Hour, other dates
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01/13/09
Video: Elvis Costello Interviews Rufus Wainwright Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright was...
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12/15/08
Rufus Wainwright Doesn't Support Gay Marriage Gay singer Rufus Wainwright refuses to joi...
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12/11/08
Catching the holiday spirit with Rufus Wainwright Last night I gave the Converse a rest,...
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12/08/08
Rufus Wainwright on Casting Lou Reed as the Grinch and Being Stalked By Amy Winehouse It...
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12/04/08
shows @ City Winery (Philip Glass, Rufus Wainwright, etc) upcoming 2008-2009 events @ Ci...
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10/17/08
Rufus Wainwright at State Theatre From his comment about being thristy from eating too m...
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08/30/08
Rufus Wainwright's Opera Shelved Singer/Songwriter Rufus Wainwright 's opera debut has b...
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