Rufus Wainwright 2004-08-07
Live @ Rehearsal Hall, New York, NY
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Baroque-pop singer-songwriter and Montreal native Rufus Wainwright performs before a delighted audience in Bravo!?s state of the art Rehearsal Hall demonstrating his unique sound -- a dramatic piano-driven ?popera.?
As the son of esteemed folk music luminaries Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, Wainwright -- like his peers Sean Lennon, Jakob Dylan and Emma Townshend -- had to overcome the initial criticism of being just another second-generation artist. But in 1998, his eponymous self-titled debut album proved that he was an exceptional songwriter in his own right, inspiring Rolling Stone to name him Best New Artist. Wainwright likewise garnered Top 10 Album Of The Year honors in the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, New Yorker, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, and earned a 1999 Juno Award for Best Alternative Album.
With influences as diverse as Al Jolson, Edith Piaf, Brian Wilson, Giuseppi Verdi and Tin Pan Alley's George Gershwin and Cole Porter, Wainwright?s gift for evocative melodies and world-weary voice has earned him praise from critics and an
As the son of esteemed folk music luminaries Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, Wainwright -- like his peers Sean Lennon, Jakob Dylan and Emma Townshend -- had to overcome the initial criticism of being just another second-generation artist. But in 1998, his eponymous self-titled debut album proved that he was an exceptional songwriter in his own right, inspiring Rolling Stone to name him Best New Artist. Wainwright likewise garnered Top 10 Album Of The Year honors in the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, New Yorker, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, and earned a 1999 Juno Award for Best Alternative Album.
With influences as diverse as Al Jolson, Edith Piaf, Brian Wilson, Giuseppi Verdi and Tin Pan Alley's George Gershwin and Cole Porter, Wainwright?s gift for evocative melodies and world-weary voice has earned him praise from critics and an
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