Tag: Rufus Wainwright

Live – Cambridge Folk Festival 2023

Another summer, another Cambridge Folk Festival set in the neatly contained grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall Park, Cambridge. A full weekend of music, talks, workshops and general merriment begins with gusto on the Thursday evening. Opening Stage 2 for the…

Album | Rufus Wainwright – Unfollow the Rules

The world works in mysterious ways. Despite not releasing a studio album since 2012’s Out of the Game, Rufus Wainwright has hardly been work-shy. His involvement in writing and producing two pieces of operatic work, alongside reciting and performing Shakespeare…

FFS Advent Calendar Door Eight | Rufus Wainwright and Sharon Van Etten – Baby It’s Cold Outside

Two of the most gorgeously languorous voices combine to make this utterly dreamy version of Baby It’s Cold Outside. The song was part of compilation record Christmas Rules, which was released last year and also featured Andrew Bird, The Civil Wars…

Album | Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game

Rufus Wainwright’s seventh studio album, released a full fourteen years after his first, shows an artist who’s swapped addictions to crystal meth and chocolate milk for healthier appetites: fatherhood and a desire to make fully-fledged ‘danceable’ pop music, to name but…

News | Rufus Wainwright announces autumn UK Tour

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Rufus Wainwright has announced dates for an upcoming UK tour of his new album Out of the Game (due for release 23rd April), his first tour with the band since 2008’s Release the Stars tour. The album, produced by Mark…

Live | Rufus and Loudon Wainwright at the Royal Opera House

Central to the Royal Opera House’s opulent setting, three words oversee the gilded balconies and small red aisles. HOUSE OF RUFUS. They refer only in part to the similarly-titled nineteen-disc boxset Rufus Wainwright released earlier this month, but more than…

Live: Teddy Thompson @ Black Box, Belfast – 25/01/11

The Black Box is a dedicated arts venue in the heart of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter and tonight it’s packed for one the most keenly anticipated shows of the Out to Lunch Festival. Even though it’s a school night the beers…