Artist.......: Rufus Wainwright
Album........: Live in Hambourg
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Pop
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: Jan-06-2008
Str.date.....: Nov-29-2007
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.rufuswainwright.com
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Live in Hambourg
01. Rufus Wainwright - Intro
02. Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars
03. Rufus Wainwright - Sanssouci
04. Rufus Wainwright - Rules And Regulations
05. Rufus Wainwright - MatinΘe Idol
06. Rufus Wainwright - Art Teacher
07. Rufus Wainwright - Tiergarten
08. Rufus Wainwright - Beautiful Child
09. Rufus Wainwright - 14th Street
10. Rufus Wainwright - I Don't Know What It Is
11. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
12. Rufus Wainwright - Get Happy
Runtime 52:55 min
Size 65,4 MB
Release Notes:
Recorded : January 06, 2008 (Arte)
Performed : November 29, 2007 (Hambourg)
A singer/songwriter whose lush, theatrical pop harked back
to the traditions of Tin Pan Alley, cabaret, and even
opera, Rufus Wainwright was born in 1973; the son of folk
music luminaries Loudon Wainwright III and Kate
McGarrigle, his parents divorced while he was a child, and
he was raised by his mother in Montreal. Beginning his
piano studies at age six, by 13 he was touring with his
mother, aunt Anna, and his sister Martha in a group billed
as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family; a year later,
Wainwright was nominated for a Juno (the Canadian
equivalent of a Grammy) as Most Promising Young Artist,
while his "I'm a-Runnin'" was concurrently nominated for a
Genie (the Canadian countepart to an Oscar) for Best Song
in a Film.
Coming out as a homosexual while still in his teens,
Wainwright sought solace in opera throughout his
adolescent years, also becoming an enormous fan of
performers including Edith Piaf, Al Jolson, and Judy
Garland. After attending the prestigious Millbrook School
in upstate New York, he briefly studied music at
Montreal's McGill University, eventually turning away from
classical performance toward pop and rock. Becoming a
fixture on the Montreal club circuit, Wainwright soon cut
a series of demos with producer Pierre Marchand; Loudon
Wainwright III then passed a copy of the tape to friend
Van Dyke Parks, who in turn handed it on to DreamWorks
exec Lenny Waronker. The label signed him soon after,
resulting in the release of Rufus Wainwright during the
spring of 1998. The album landed on several critics' "Best
of 1998" lists, while Wainwright spent the next few years
touring and appearing sporadically on soundtracks (Shrek)
and compilations (The McGarrigle Hour). His sophomore
album, Poses, brought similar acclaim in mid-2001.
After spending much of 2001 and 2002 touring on his own
and with Tori Amos, Wainwright settled into Bearsville
Studio, in Woodstock, NY, with producer Marius de Vries to
record sort of a double album. The first project, Want
One, was released in September 2003, with Want Two
following a year later. In 2007, Wainwright released both
Release the Stars and Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall.