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New York, United States of America
Data de nascimento
1973
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Rock
Rufus Wainwright is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and composer, whose music has been influenced by cabaret, opera, and Tin Pan Alley.
∙ The son of folk musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, he began studying piano at age six.
∙ When he was 15, Wainwright received a Best Young Artist Juno Award nomination for his song “I’m Running,” which was featured in the 1988 film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller.
∙ His self-titled debut LP, produced by Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann), won a Juno for Best Alternative Album and inspired Rolling Stone to name him the Best New Artist of 1998.
∙ In 2005, he sang guest vocals on “Go Ask Shakespeare” from Burt Bacharach’s Grammy Award-winning album At This Time.
∙ Release the Stars, from 2007, was his most commercially successful album, peaking at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 chart and reaching No. 2 in the UK.
∙ Canada’s CBC radio network ranked Wainwright No. 9 on their list of the 25 Greatest Canadian Singers Ever.
∙ After an eight-year break, he released 2020’s Unfollow the Rules and performed an Austin City Limits televised concert filmed without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Influências MusicaisAs influências musicais de Rufus Wainwright incluem Randy Newman, Jon Brion, Cole Porter e outros.
Influenciado por Rufus WainwrightRufus Wainwright influenciou a música de Eisblume, Maia Hirasawa, Robbie Fitzsimmons e outros.
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