Today's feature includes discussion of: Gay Marriage Christmas Lou Reed Enjoy the full article here. His next gig is this Wednesday @ Carnegie Hall. MP3: Rufus Wainwright & Ben Folds - Careless Whisper (Live)
Got any sound engineers or Beatles fanatics on your holiday shopping list? I think I stumbled upon the perfect gift for them. Recording The Beatles is a definitive exploration of how the recording of each Beatles' album took shape. "Years of research and extensive interviews with the group's former engineers and technicians shed new light on those classic sessions. With a detailed look at every piece of studio gear used, full explanations of effects and recording processes, and an inside look at how specific songs were recorded." The 113 x 113 hardcover consists [...]
The nominations for the 51st annual Grammy Awards were announced at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, with MBC's British contingent gaining a hatful of nominations. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss continue to impress, and will compete in five categories: - Album of the year (for 'Raising Sand') - Record of the year (for 'Please Read The Letter') - Best contemporary folk/Americana album (for 'Raising Sand') - Best pop collaboration with vocals (for 'Rich Woman') - Best country collaboration with vocals (for 'Killing The Blues') [...]
The 2009 GRAMMY Award nominations were announced this morning and the list is full of surprises. In a good way! The usually he stuffy GRAMMY Academy got some of the categories and nominees totally right this year, showing that they are keeping up with the times. I'm mostly excited about worthy nominations for Janelle Monae, Sam Sparro, Robyn, Cyndi Lauper, Rufus Wainwright, Kenna and Kylie Minogue. This year might also be a break-through year for Adele who is up for multiple nominations, including Song of the Year. Adele , Leona Lewis , [...]
There are two posts of mine that get hits just about every day and I'm quite sure the folks who reach them are very disappointed when they read them. The first is one that comes via any number of variations of the search term "fucking party." It leads them to a post I called "Bloody Great Big Fucking Party," which is from Nov. 2006 and refers to how happy I was that the severely conservative Republican Senator from my state at the time, Rick Santorum, had [...]
Beautiful tortured man, he of bold gesture and absurdly prodigious talent, who can resist Rufus Wainwright? Who else can get away with lyrics such as these: I have suffered shipwreck against your dark brown eyes/I have run aground against your broken down smile/Believe me when I tell you I have no place left to roam/But to go where the wild flowers grow .... And make us think, not of some lonely teenager writing bad poetry in his small cramped room smelling of smeg and socks (good lord, did I [...]
Det her er et af de tracks, som virker underligt tiltalende på én. Tracket er bygget op omkring en bevarelse af den originale sangs elementer de første 2 minutter og 40 sekunder, hvorefter Supermayer lader sin minimale indflydelse spille indover, de resterende 11 minutter. Rufus Wainwright - Tiergarten (Supermayer Remix) (download) Bonus: Moonbeam - You Can Hear Them (download)
In this cold and rainy time of the year I would rather stay in bed all day, under a warm and cosy duvet with a cup of tea in my hand, in a room that smells of vanilla scented candles, and listen to some music, than go out in the chilly weather. I made a playlist that is suitable for that exact occasion: Fleet Foxes - Meadowlarks The Coral - Jacqueline [...]
'Easy Come, Easy Go' is the 22nd album from Marianne Faithfull and was recorded in December 2007 in NYC at the famous Sear Sound recording studio . It's the third album of Marianne's to be produced by Hal Willner (the others being 'Strange Weather' and 'Blazing Away'). Marianne Faithfull on amazon.co.uk Marianne Faithfull on amazon.com Marianne and Hal have been close friends since they met, back in 1982, and have worked together [...]
Teddy Thompson & Rufus Wainwright: King of the Road [ Purchase ] No week full of kings and queens would be complete without the "King of the Road". Unfortunately, at the moment the Roger Miller original eludes me, but this cover is pretty great, and it definitely fills the void. This version of the song was featured on the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack, and you can't go wrong with such a classic song when you get artists like Rufus and Teddy with their excellent music pedigrees (Teddy being the [...]
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You may have assumed that I had run out of prolific thoughts after my first eight back in May , but you'd be wrong. Here: 1) I used to love watching MTV, but I’m now old enough where it’s really difficult to watch. It’s like trying to hold in a fart while you’re peeing. You can do it, but there’s discomfort. 2) I’m sorry to say my Corona boycott ended last weekend. I was put in a situation where people I didn’t know very well were buying me Coronas like it was Renee [...]
Expected to appear on 12/10 @ Carnegie Hall: Kate McGarrigle Anna McGarrigle Jimmy Fallon Laurie Anderson Lou Reed Emmylou Harris Teddy Thompson Kami Thompson Linda Thompson Justin Bond Sloan Wainwright Tix go on sale 11/5 thru TM. MP3: Rufus Wainwright & Ben Folds - Careless Whisper (Live)
As busy as life can be when you're writing a Broadway musical, Rufus Wainwright has still found enough free time to remind us just what makes the piano-loving songwriter so gosh darn appealing. For example, on Saturday, the 35-year-old Canadian-American took a pause from writing compositions for his forthcoming opera, Prima Donna , and essentially headed next door in order to join another well-known piano based performer for a benefit concert at New York's New Amsterdam Theatre. "Elton John & Friends," as the evening was billed, saw the legendary Brit return [...]
Apparently last evening there was some sort of rich people-only fundraiser to raise money for aids awareness - the entertainment for the evening? Oh, just Elton freaking John performing Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is all. On top of all this, who joined him to help on a few songs but Benjamin Folds, Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters) and Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright. Besides being the gayest thing we've ever reported, this is also one of the coolest! [mp3] Elton John- [...]
When I should guess straight out of a mail Nick (who headed over the mail and is the responsible person for the mash-ups below) is called Fiar Medico (which means Spin Doctor in Portuguese). And if I should guess a second time he got no other web-performance than his blog 1 and his new blog 2 . Stop guessing I feel that his 2 mashups of Technotronic vs. MSTRKRFT and Ratatat vs. Rufus Wainwright are such a wide range of music genres in these 2 tracks and an argument for skilling around in LA. You should grab [...]
It finally happened; I walked outside today and absolutely needed a jacket. In a somewhat celebratory manner I placed a blue hoodie firmly around my shoulders, taking in the crisp autumn air. Some of you have probably been requiring jackets for several weeks, and some of you probably aren't happy about that either. I, however, make no apologies for my love and preference for cold weather, autumn, winter, snow, and other things of the nature, so today was a good day for me. Knowing I needed to celebrate this joyous occasion properly, I made a quick [...]
Manchester International Festival , the world's first festival of original, new work, announces the first three commissions for its 2009 event, including Rufus Wainwright 's debut opera Prima Donna . Prima Donna is a portrait of a fading opera singer, set in Paris and sung in French. This new opera is directed by Daniel Kramer, conducted by Pierre-André Valade and designed by Antony McDonald. Prima Donna will feature the soprano Janis Kelly , taking the lead role Madame, soprano Rebecca Bottone, tenor William Joyner and baritone Jonathan Summers. "Rufus [...]
Montreal-bred Rufus Wainwright has been commissioned to compose his first opera, to be staged at the Manchester International Festival in 2009.
Saturday Night/Yesterday morning I did something kind of stupid; I drove from Chicago to Nashville on six hours of sleep, after spending the day walking around Chicago for 8 hours. Already physically exhausted and beginning my journey with the sun already having been set for 2 hours, I arrived home at 4:00 am, narrowly hanging on to my last few minutes of energy and my last few ounces of gas and of course immediately passed out for a good while. I found that the music that kept me awake when my best friend and girlfriend heartlessly [...]
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It's another music filled week in Minneapolis and the Twin Cities. This week music legends, as well as indie mainstays will be coming through the cities. Here's a look at some of the highlights to look out for: Sunday October 12 Stereolab - First Avenue - 7:30 p.m. MP3: Stereolab - The Ecstatic Static Monday October 13 Broken Social Scene - First Avenue - 8:00 p.m. [...]
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