Rufus Wainwright

Person / b. 1973 / Montréal

Canadian‐American singer‐songwriter and composer

alternative rock chamber pop folk indie rock singer-songwriter

Biography

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson.

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Elsewhere

Analysed songs (2)

Across the Universe

Rufus Wainwright

This is a cover of the Beatles song, recorded by Rufus Wainwright for the film I Am Sam, and the original text is a meditation…

transcendence the uncontainable nature of thought and language spiritual surrender

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve

Rufus Wainwright

This is a cover of Frank Loesser's 1947 standard, delivered by Rufus Wainwright as a wistful, slightly nervous romantic overture…

romantic longing vulnerability and self-doubt loneliness amid celebration