Rufus Wainwright Wikipedia. Rufus Wainwright. Born. Rufus Mc. Garrigle Wainwright1. July 2. 2, 1. 97. Rhinebeck, New York, USSpousesJrn Weisbrodt m. Children. Viva Cohen. Relatives. Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III,Kate Mc. Garrigle. Musical career. Origin. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Genres. Baroque pop, operatic pop, indie pop1Instruments. Years active. 19. Labels. Geffen Records. Dream. Works Records. Websitewww. rufuswainwright. Rufus Mc. Garrigle Wainwright born July 2. American Canadian2 singer, songwriter and composer. He has recorded seven albums of original music and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written a classical opera and set Shakespeare sonnets to music for a theater piece by Robert Wilson. Life and careereditEarly yearseditWainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, to folk singers Kate Mc. Garrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. His parents divorced when he was three, and he lived with his mother in Montreal for most of his youth. His father is a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the 1. Dutchgovernor of New Netherland, the later New York. Wainwright has dual US and Canadian citizenship. He attended high school at the Millbrook School in New York which would later inspire his song Millbrook, and later briefly studied piano at Mc. New Edition Discography Rapidshare' title='New Edition Discography Rapidshare' />THE LPS SERIES Check our rock releases below. High quality pressings, top looking sleeves, mind blowing sounds Gama Bomb is a thrash metal band based in Northern Ireland. Their 2009 album Tales from the Grave in Space was one of the first albums ever released as a completely. Presentation Delia Derbyshire is one of the earliest and most influential electronic sound synthesists. She was musically active from 1962 until the mid seventies. New Edition Discography Rapidshare' title='New Edition Discography Rapidshare' />1 I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul. Life and career Early years. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, to folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. His parents divorced when he was. Official site gabber. New Edition Discography Rapidshare' title='New Edition Discography Rapidshare' />Gill in Montreal. He began playing the piano at age six, and started touring at age 1. The Mc. Garrigle Sisters and Family, a folk group featuring Rufus, his sister Martha, his mother Kate, and aunt Anna. His song Im a Runnin, which he performed in the film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller at the age of 1. Genie Award for Best Original Song. He was nominated for a 1. Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year. Wainwright identified as gay while a teenager. In 1. Rolling Stone that his father recognized his homosexuality early on. Wed drive around in the car, hed play Heart of Glass and Id sort of mouth the words, pretend to be Blondie. Just a sign of many other things to come as well. Wainwright later said in another interview that his mother and father could not even handle me being gay. We never talked about it really. 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 Verdis opera, Macbeth. During this time, he became interested in dith Piaf, Al Jolson, and Judy Garland. At age 1. 4, Wainwright was sexually assaulted in Londons Hyde Park after picking up a man at a bar. 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. Wainwright states that he survived only by pretending to be an epileptic and faking a seizure. He has been reported to have stated that he remained celibate for five or seven years after the incident, and eventually became promiscuous. In 2. 00. 9 the unofficial biography There Will Be Rainbows A Biography of Rufus Wainwright and the story of Loudon Wainwright and Kate Mc. Garrigle by Kirk Lake documented Wainwrights early struggles. Rise to fame, debut albumeditThrough weekly shows at Cafe Sarajevo, Wainwright was on the Montreal club circuit and eventually cut a series of demo tapes produced by Pierre Marchand, who later produced Wainwrights album Poses. The resulting tapes impressed his father Loudon, who passed them on to his friend Van Dyke Parks. Parks sent the recordings to Lenny Waronker, the Dream. Works executive who eventually signed Wainwright to his label. Waronker stated the following of Wainwright When I was about to listen to his tape, I remember clearly I was thinking, Gee, if he has the moms musicality and smarts, and the dads smarts and voice, thatd be nice. Then I put it on and I said, Oh, my God, this is stunning. The singer moved to New York City in 1. Club Fez. He relocated to Los Angeles that year and began his first studio album, 1. Rufus Wainwright. Waronker paired Wainwright with producer Jon Brion, and the two spent most of 1. Wainwright recorded 5. The sessions cost 7. Wainwrights self titled debut received critical acclaim Rolling Stone recognized it as one of the best albums of the year, and named the singer Best New Artist of the year. Google Employee Handbook Template. Wainwright was nominated for four awards by the Gay Lesbian American Music Awards, including Album of the Year, Pop Recording of the Year and Video of the Year, and won for Best New Artist. Rufus Wainwright won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Album and a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album. However, commercial success of the album was limited the debut failed to chart in any country, though he ranked No. Billboards Top Heatseekers chart. In 1. 99. 6 Wainwright toured the UK as Special Guest of Kate Anna Mc. Garrigle. citation needed He toured with Sean Lennon in 1. In December 1. 99. Gap commercial directed by Phil Harder, performing Frank Loessers What Are You Doing New Years Eve. In March 1. 99. 9, Wainwright began a headlining tour in Hoboken, New Jersey. Poses and struggle with addictioneditWainwright lived in the Chelsea Hotel in New York City for six months, during which he wrote most of his second album. On June 5, 2. 00. Wainwrights second album, Poses, was released to critical acclaim but limited sales. The album ranked No. Billboard 2. 00 and No. Top Heatseekers chart. 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. From 2. 00. 1 to 2. Tori Amos, Sting, Ben Folds, and Guster, as well as headlining the 2. Wainwright became addicted to crystal meth in the early 2. His addiction reached its peak in 2. During that week, he played a cameo role in the UK comedy television program Absolutely Fabulous, spent several nights partying with George W. Bushs daughter Barbara,2. Marianne Faithfull, sang with Anohni of Antony and the Johnsons for Zaldys spring 2. 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 fit the bill. Want albumsedit. Wainwright in concert in Chicago. In 2. 00. 3 Rufus released the full length Want One. Then Wainwrights album Want Two,2. EP Waiting for a Want, was released by Dream. WorksGeffen on November 1. Afterward, a live i. Tunes Sessions EP entitled Alright, Already Live in Montral was released on March 1. A DVD entitled All I Want, featuring a biographical documentary, music videos, and live performances, was released internationally in 2. That same year, Wainwright made two major contributions as a solo vocalist to a pair of records the Mercury Prize winning Antony and the Johnsons I am a Bird Now and Burt Bacharachs At This Time. Want One and Want Two were repackaged as Want for a November 2. British tour. This version of Want One contains two extra songs Es Mu Sein and Velvet Curtain Rag. The Want package in the UK has two bonus tracks Chelsea Hotel No. Leonard Cohen cover and In With the Ladies, which replace Coeur de parisienne Reprise dArletty and Quand vous mourez de nos amours from 2.