Blog: The Rawking Refuses To Stop!

The critics roundly abandoned Rufus Wainwright after Poses , missing the high-water mark of Want One but somewhat rightly maligning his successive releases. All Days Are Nights , the golden-voiced singer-songwriter's attempt at bombast eschewment, seems to have won them over again (all except Pitchfork, rarely an enthusiastic supporter of artists associated with Jon Brion) - and why shouldn't it? For Rufus fans, it's hard to imagine a more satisfying hour than hearing him alone at the piano, his distinctive warble soaring over Gershwin-esque meanderings in some smokey [...]