Articles tagged "rufus wainwright"

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Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Renée Fleming (Episode 9)

by Zeth Lundy

[28.Jan.09] :. The silly red hat: it’s back. At first, when I see Elvis Costello wearing that questionable fashion choice once again atop his head while performing (an abridged) “All This Useless...

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Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Rufus Wainwright (Episode 7)

by Zeth Lundy

[14.Jan.09] :. Elvis Costello wears a silly hat throughout this episode of Spectacle. It distracted me. (The offending accessory is a red, short-brimmed fedora that appears to be made from, ahem, velvet.) Is...

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Rufus Wainwright sings as the spirit moves him

by Len Righi [The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT)]

[7.Jan.08] :. Last fall, Rufus Wainwright had the good fortune to indulge in what he calls a 2 ½-month European “spree” to promote his latest projects - a well-received studio album,...

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Rufus Wainwright’s operatic life

by Thor Christensen [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[14.Aug.07] :. Lots of pop artists are frustrated opera singers who load up their songs with melisma and melodrama. The results usually sound more like Ethel Merman than Kathleen Battle. But Rufus Wainwright is...

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Rufus Wainwright: Release the Stars

by Dan Raper

[31.May.07] :. More romantically-conceived dramatics from the king of baroque pop.

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Rufus Wainwright shoots for the sky with ‘Stars’

by Jim Farber [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[16.May.07] :. No one ever accused Rufus Wainwright of having a taste for understatement. The singer staked his reputation on constructing pop songs that sound like they were meant to be bellowed at the Met. Frilly...

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Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (2005)

by Daynah Burnett

[30.Jun.06] :. Lian Lunson's concert documentary, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, works against itself, with too many gushing tributes and not enough Cohen.

 

Rufus Wainwright: Want One

by David Medsker

[6.Oct.03] :. Rufus Wainwright is a small man with enormous talent and no attention span whatsoever. Call it the curse of the truly gifted: his albums veer from pop to cabaret to folk to opera, sometimes within...

 

Rufus Wainwright

by David Medsker

[21.Feb.02] :. One thing you should know about Rufus Wainwright: he’s absolutely devastating live. He’s no stranger to studio technique, as his albums will attest, but on stage is where this drama...

 

Rufus Wainwright

by Christine Di Bella

[19.Feb.02] :. S E T    L I S T 1. Grey Gardens2. Greek Song3. Rebel Prince4. California5. The Consort6. Evil Angel7. In a Graveyard8. La Complainte de la Butte9. Hallelujah10. One Man Guy11....

 

    Rufus Wainwright: Poses

by Rob McLaughlin

[4.Jun.01] :. Rufus Wainwright is the Real McCoy—talent in spades. Not that he needs to hear that repeated for the umpteenth time. When his eponymously titled first album came out in 1998, critics had to...