Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus Wainwright
Portrait of Wainwright by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2010
Born
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright

(1973-07-22) July 22, 1973 (age 50)
Spouse
(m. 2012)
Children1
Parent(s)Loudon Wainwright III
Kate McGarrigle
RelativesMartha Wainwright (sister)
Lucy Wainwright Roche (half-sister)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • guitar
Years active1988–present
Labels
Websiterufuswainwright.com

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and composer.[6] He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson.

Wainwright's self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album, Poses, was released in June 2001. Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums, Want One (2003) and Want Two (2004), were repackaged as the double album Want in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album, Release the Stars, and his first live album, Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall. His second live album, Milwaukee at Last!!!, was released in 2009, followed by the studio albums All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010) and Out of the Game (2012). The double album Prima Donna (2015) was a recording of his opera of the same name. His ninth studio album, Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets (2016), featured nine adaptions of Shakespeare's sonnets. Rufus' 10th studio album, Unfollow the Rules, was released on July 20, 2020. His 11th, Folkocracy, was released on June 2, 2023.

Wainwright is the son of musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and the older brother of singer Martha Wainwright.

Life and career

Early years

Wainwright was born in

Wainwright identified as gay while a teenager.[13] In 1999, he told Rolling Stone that his father recognized his homosexuality early on. "We'd drive around in the car, he'd play "Heart of Glass" and I'd sort of mouth the words, pretend to be Blondie. Just a sign of many other things to come as well."[14] Wainwright later said in another interview that his parents "could not even handle me being gay. We never talked about it really."[15]

Wainwright became interested in opera during his adolescent years, and the genre strongly influences his music. (For instance, the song "Barcelona" features lyrics from the libretto of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Macbeth.) During this time, he became interested in Édith Piaf, Al Jolson, and Judy Garland. As a youth he trained at Interlochen Arts Camp, studying classical music.[16]

At age 14, Wainwright was sexually assaulted in London's Hyde Park after picking up a man at a bar.[15] In an interview years later, he described the event: "I said I wanted to go to the park and see where this big concert was going on. I thought it was going to be a romantic walk in the park, but he raped me and robbed me afterwards and tried to strangle me".[17] Wainwright states that he survived only by pretending to be an epileptic and faking a seizure.[18] He has been reported to have stated that he remained celibate for five or seven years after the incident, and eventually became promiscuous.[13][15][17][18]

Rise to fame, debut album

Throughout the summer of 1995, Wainwright played weekly shows at Cafe Sarajevo in Montreal.[19] Eventually, he cut a series of demo tapes produced by Pierre Marchand, who later produced Wainwright's second album Poses.[20] The resulting tapes impressed Wainwright's father Loudon, who passed them on to family friend and musician Van Dyke Parks. Parks then in turn sent the recordings to DreamWorks Records executive Lenny Waronker, who signed Wainwright to the label in 1996.[20]

The singer moved to New York City in 1996, performing regularly at

Club Fez. He relocated to Los Angeles that year and began his first studio album, 1998's Rufus Wainwright. Waronker paired Wainwright with producer Jon Brion
, and the two spent most of 1996 and 1997 making the record. Wainwright recorded 56 songs in total, on 62 rolls of tape. The sessions cost $700,000.

Wainwright's self-titled debut received critical acclaim;

Wainwright toured with

Gap commercial directed by Phil Harder, performing Frank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?".[26] In March 1999, Wainwright began a headlining tour in Hoboken, New Jersey.[27]

Poses and struggle with addiction

Wainwright lived in the Chelsea Hotel in New York City for six months, during which he wrote most of his second album. On June 5, 2001, Wainwright's second album, Poses, was released to critical acclaim but limited sales. The album ranked No. 117 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[24][28] Poses won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Album and a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album, and was nominated by the Juno Awards for Best Songwriter ("Poses" / "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" / "Grey Gardens").[12][29] From 2001 to 2004, he toured with Tori Amos, Sting, Ben Folds, and Guster, as well as headlining the 2001 and 2002 tour in support of the album.

Wainwright became addicted to

Antony and the Johnsons for Zaldy's spring 2003 collection, and experienced recurring hallucinations of his father throughout. He decided after that he "was either going to rehab or I was going to live with my father. I knew I needed an asshole to yell at me, and I felt he fitted the bill." He subsequently spent a month in a rehab facility in Minnesota.[31]

Want albums

Wainwright in concert in Chicago

In 2003, Rufus released the full-length album

Antony and the Johnsons' I am a Bird Now and Burt Bacharach's At This Time
.

Want One and Want Two were repackaged as Want for a November 2005 release to coincide with the beginning of a British tour. This version of Want One contains two extra songs: "Es Muß Sein" and "Velvet Curtain Rag". The Want package in the UK has two bonus tracks: "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" (a Leonard Cohen cover) and "In With the Ladies", which replace "Coeur de parisienne – Reprise d'Arletty" and "Quand vous mourez de nos amours" from 2004's augmented edition.

Release the Stars and Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall

Wainwright's fifth studio album,

Joan Wasser, Julianna Raye, Larry Mullins (also known as Toby Dammit), and actress Siân Phillips.[33] It reached No.2 on the UK Albums Chart, and debuted at No.23 on the Billboard 200. The first single, "Going to a Town", was released on April 3, 2007, in the iTunes Music Store. The second single released was "Rules and Regulations", and the third single was a 500-copy (12" vinyl) release of "Tiergarten
", a one-track EP with the Supermayer remix of Tiergarten, which was released exclusively through iTunes and 7digital on October 29.

Two music videos were released for the album: "Going to a Town", directed by Sophie Muller, and "Rules and Regulations", directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos and styled by J.W. Anderson. Release the Stars was certified gold in the UK. The accompanying world tour saw Wainwright visit North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, ending on February 14, 2008, with a concert at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

On June 10, 2006,

Blackoutsabbath and Prima Donna

Wainwright in 2008

Wainwright created the concept of Blackoutsabbath in early 2008. In an attempt to become more environmentally conscious, participants are asked to live "off the grid" as much as possible on a designated date by unplugging appliances, walking or cycling for transportation, turning out lights and decreasing energy usage in any other ways possible.

As the sun sets on the evening of Blackoutsabbath, participants write ways they can contribute to the Earth's well-being throughout the rest of the year. Annual benefit concerts take place to raise awareness of the cause. Special guests performing at the concert included Joan Wasser, Jenni Muldaur, and friend and fellow singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson.[39] The organization's official site contains updates about the program and contains links to various tools, green products and services, studies, and groups that promote energy conservation and environmental protection.[40]

In December 2008 Rufus performed alongside his sister, Martha Wainwright, and mother, Kate McGarrigle, as well as many more of his family at the Knitting Factory in downtown Manhattan. Joined by other artists such as Emmylou Harris, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, the cast performed original and traditional Christmas-themed songs. In November 2009 Revelation Films released the concert on DVD.[41]

Following his 2007–2008 tour, Wainwright began writing his first opera,

Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera in June 2011.[49]

All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu and birth of daughter

Wainwright and his husband, German arts administrator Jörn Weisbrodt, in 2010.

In November 2009, Wainwright announced that he had finished recording his sixth studio album, and was calling it All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu.[50] The album was released on March 23 in Canada, April 5 in the UK and April 20 in the US, with the first single "Who Are You New York?".[51]

In December 2009, Wainwright appeared with sister Martha Wainwright and mother Kate McGarrigle at the Royal Albert Hall in London, raising $55,000 for the Kate McGarrigle Fund, which was established in 2008 to raise awareness of sarcoma, a rare cancer that affects connective tissue such as bone, muscle, nerves, and cartilage. It was the last performance made by his mother before her death in January 2010.

In late 2010 Wainwright became engaged to his partner Jörn Weisbrodt.[52] The couple moved to Toronto, Ontario, in early 2012 after Weisbrodt was named artistic director of Toronto's annual Luminato festival.[53]

In 2011, Wainwright announced the birth of his first child, with childhood friend Lorca Cohen, daughter of Leonard Cohen.[54]

In July 2011 a 19-disc box set called House of Rufus containing all his studio and live recordings as well as previously unreleased material was released.[55]

Out of the Game and marriage

Wainwright recorded his seventh studio album with producer Mark Ronson. He described the new songs as more "danceable" than his previous material.[56] The album, titled Out of the Game, was released in late April 2012 in the UK and Canada and in early May in the US.[57][58]

On August 23, 2012, Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt married in Montauk, New York. Artist Justin Vivian Bond officiated.[59]

Second opera

His second opera, called

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, before its premiere.[61]

Prima Donna's revival

In 2015, Wainwright launched a new version of his first opera, accompanied by a film directed by Francesco Vezzoli, featuring Cindy Sherman as the Prima Donna.[62] The finale was shot in Paris during spring 2015 and produced by Petite Maison Production,[63] before it premiered in Athens[64] in September.

Unfollow the Rules

Almost a year after releasing the stand-alone single

"You Ain't Big", was released in early June.[68] On July 10, Rufus Wainwright's 10th studio album, Unfollow the Rules, was released. The album was met with a warm reception upon release and has amassed mostly positive critic reviews, with an aggregate score of 82 on Metacritic, which is his highest score on the site equal only to his 2001 LP Poses.[69]

Folkocracy and BBC Proms

On March 7, 2023, Wainwright announced his eleventh studio album, Folkocracy, would be released in June 2023. He said, "This album is almost like a recorded birthday party and birthday present to myself. I just invited all the singers that I greatly admire and always wanted to sing with."[70][71] On the same day, Wainwright released "Down in the Willow Garden", which features Brandi Carlile.[72] On March 24, 2023, Wainwright released the single "Dear World", a piano ballad about healing the world.[73]

On September 5, 2023, Wainwright appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in the BBC Proms, performing songs from his albums Want One and Want Two specially arranged for the BBC Concert Orchestra, with conductor Sarah Hicks.[74]

Artistry

In addition to his

popera" (pop opera) or "baroque pop". Many of his compositions are densely packed amalgams of strings, horns, operatic choruses, and ragtime rhythms, with a warm vocal timbre.[78]

He often performs with his sister, Martha Wainwright, on backup vocals. Despite critical acclaim, Wainwright has experienced limited commercial success in the United States, although the release of Release the Stars saw increased media attention there, as did the associated 2007 U.S. tour.[79]

Themes

Wainwright's work contains several recurring themes: opera, literature, pop culture, politics, and love (often unrequited love). "Foolish Love" and "Danny Boy" are about a crush he once had on a straight man.[80] Other songs address full-blown love and the consequences of falling out of love ("This Love Affair", "Leaving for Paris", and "Peach Trees"). Wainwright also sings about his family relationships. "Beauty Mark", "Little Sister" and "Martha", and "Dinner at Eight" address, respectively, his experiences with his mother, sisters, and father. Several songs deal with his experiences with addiction ("Go Or Go Ahead" and "I Don't Know What It Is").[citation needed]

The song "Matinee Idol" was written about River Phoenix.[81] "Memphis Skyline" is a tribute to the late singer Jeff Buckley, whom he met briefly in the 1990s when Wainwright was an up-and-coming act. By this time, Buckley had already released his first album Grace, and was well on his way to stardom. The two met several months prior to Buckley's drowning, during a gig by Wainwright. The song references "Hallelujah", a Leonard Cohen song covered by Buckley (and later by Wainwright).[82] "Nobody's Off the Hook" is written to close friend and fellow musician Teddy Thompson.[83]

Legacy

Wainwright and his music have influenced several artists in the music industry. They include Katy Perry,[84] Olly Alexander of Years & Years,[85] Liv Bruce of Pwr Bttm,[86] and Kimbra.[87]

In Nick Hornby's book Slam, the child born to the young protagonists gets called "Rufus" because his mother listened to Rufus Wainwright while recovering from the ordeal of giving birth.[88]

Personal life

Wainwright, a gay man,[89] married German art administrator Jörn Weisbrodt on August 23, 2012.[90] Wainwright has a daughter, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen, born February 2, 2011, conceived via sperm donation by Wainwright to photographer and antique dealer Lorca Cohen, daughter of Leonard Cohen. She lives with her mother.[91]

Political views

Wainwright identifies as "a complete libertarian" and stated in 2008, "I don't think any government should encroach on what goes on in the bedroom at all."[92]

In April 2010, Wainwright came out publicly in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States because he wanted to marry Weisbrodt. Wainwright stated, "I wasn't a huge gay marriage supporter before I met Jörn because I love the whole old-school promiscuous Oscar Wilde freak show of what 'being gay' once was. But since meeting Jörn that all changed."[93]

Wainwright has publicly opposed 45th US President Donald Trump, addressing him in the music video for his song "Sword of Damocles" in 2018[94] and stating "It's impossible to minimise the ineptitude and pure evil of the Trump administration" in a 2020 interview with NME.[95]

Work in film, television, and theatre

Wainwright at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006

Wainwright has appeared in the films

Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" plays during the closing credits of the film The History Boys. He is seen in the Denys Arcand film Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres), performing two arias.[35]

The

McGarrigle sisters
featuring Rufus and Martha.

In February 2005, the

Pennsylvania Ballet premiered a ballet by Matthew Neenan that was set to Wainwright's music.[97] The Pennsylvania Ballet has performed the work (titled 11:11) several times, including during an eponymous program in June 2006.[98] It has been an audience favorite,[98] although critical reviews have been mixed.[99]

Stephen Petronio commissioned Wainwright to write a score for his dance production BLOOM, which was performed at Joyce Theater in New York in April 2006. For the lyrics, the two selected poems by Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, and Petronio arranged for the Young People's Choir of New York to sing them.[100]

In May 2006, Wainwright was one of three guests (along with

BBC 6 Music, and released as a CD (Concrete
) in October 2006.

In June 2007, Wainwright was a part of the multi-artist

the MisShapes, and Erasure. Profits went to the Human Rights Campaign. In August 2007, Wainwright said that he considered it a "great honor" to perform on the gay rights tour.[101]

Wainwright continued to tour during 2007 and embraced forms of expression not usually part of mainstream American music concerts. These included dressing in red lipstick and stiletto heeled shoes to perform Judy Garland songs, and expressing his concerns against the current U.S. political situation. His performances were critically acclaimed.[102]

In April 2009, Wainwright worked with the Berliner Ensemble and the avant-garde director Robert Wilson, who hired Wainwright to supply the music for a joint staging of Shakespeares Sonette based on Shakespeare's sonnets.[103]


In June 2012, Wainwright released a comedy video on the Funny or Die website, giving his interpretation of a number of jingles from chewing gum commercials.[104] Also in 2012, Wainwright wrote and sang "Metaphorical Blanket" in the film Any Day Now.

In December 2023, Wainwright performed Hushabye Mountain from the 1968 movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on the primetime CBS special Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic.[105]

In March 2024 a new adaptation of John Cassavetes's Opening Night, for which Wainwright wrote the music and lyrics (with book by Ivo van Hove) will open at the Gielgud Theatre in London.[106][107]

Discography

Studio albums

Tours

Headlining

Co-headlining

Opening act

Awards and nominations

Rufus Wainwright won two

Juno Awards for Best Alternative Album, one in 1999 for Rufus Wainwright and one in 2002 for Poses.[108]

At the age of 15, in 1989, he was nominated for a

Genie Award for Best Original Song.[109] A year later he received a nomination for a Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist.[108] He was also nominated for a BRIT Award for Best International Male Artist in 2008[110] and a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2009 and 2020.[111]

Further reading

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