Rufus Wainwright has announced his upcoming album Folkocracy will arrive June 2 and released its lead single “Down in the Willow Garden” on Monday. The track features Brandi Carlile, and is described by Wainwright as a “blatantly brutal and masochistic” folk ballad.
“I chose us a cheery little number — not! The song is so blatantly brutal and masochistic that I had to sing it with a woman. Sadly, we still live in a violent world,” Wainwright said in a statement. “The amazing thing about so many folk songs is that, content wise,...
“I chose us a cheery little number — not! The song is so blatantly brutal and masochistic that I had to sing it with a woman. Sadly, we still live in a violent world,” Wainwright said in a statement. “The amazing thing about so many folk songs is that, content wise,...
- 3/7/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Each day on Loudon Wainwright III’s front yard, squirrels attack Donald Trump. Well, not exactly: Dangling by string from a tree on his front yard on the eastern tip of Long Island is a Trump squirrel feeder, a plastic head in the shape of a certain world leader that Wainwright stuffs with peanut butter to keep critters away from his house. “It works pretty well,” he says, “but I’m not sure what state the peanut butter is in now.”
Wainwright’s perverse taste in animal bait is a...
Wainwright’s perverse taste in animal bait is a...
- 7/17/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
The miracle of Rufus Wainwright's voice—that it can be at once so strong and so tender—is also the miracle of Wainwright's family, both in temperament and talent, right back to the singing and songwriting of Rufus and Martha Wainwright's mother, Kate McGarrigle, and her sister Anna. A song like Kate's "Talk to Me of Mendocino" unfolds like a map of plaintive, universal feeling, even as the exact destinations it charts it are wholly specific to her. That song and a host of other sun-touched folk numbers from the late Canadian singer receive stirring treatment in Lian Lunson's Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You, a stirring performance film documenting a Town Hall tribute concert organized by the Wainwrights and Anna McGarrigle in 2011, a year after Kate's death. Tho...
- 6/26/2013
- Village Voice
The concert doc Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You, Rufus and Martha Wainwright’s moving tribute to their recently deceased mom, Canadian folk singer Kate McGarrigle, screened to a packed theater at the Berlinale last week. (Participants in the film, directed by Lian Lunson, include Anna McGarrigle, Kate’s sister and writing partner; Norah Jones; and Jimmy Fallon, who tap-dances and does a song using a washboard and spoons.) Though Rufus was a bit jet-lagged and partied-out after a long night at the Paris Bar — “a fantastic institution of classic Berlinism,” as he put it — he was happy to be back in the city where he first got together with his husband, Jörn, and recorded his 2007 album Release the Stars. We spoke to him and Martha about the film, their competitive streak, and fame.Sing Me the Songs doesn’t have a lot of talking heads — most...
- 2/19/2013
- by Miranda Siegel
- Vulture
Yesterday, the Jutra Awards, Quebec's Oscars, were presented. I personally didn't have the time to watch it, because I was finishing some research papers. However, here's the list of winners for this year's Jutra Awards.
Best feature film:
* 1981.
* Dédé, à travers les brumes.
* [Winner] J'ai tué ma mère.
* Polytechnique.
* Le jour avant le lendemain (Before Tomorrow).
Best director:
* Ricardo Trogi for 1981.
* Marie-Hélène Cousineau et Madeline Piujuq for Before Tomorrow.
* Jean-Philippe Duval for Dédé à travers les brumes.
* Xavier Dolan for J’ai tué ma mère.
* [Winner] Denis Villeneuve for Polytechnique.
Best actress:
* Céline Bonnier in Je me souviens.
* Marie-Thérèse Fortin in Les grandes chaleurs.
* Élise Guilbault in La Donation.
* [Winner] Anne Dorval in J’ai tué ma mère.
* Isabelle Guérard in Détour.
Best actor:
* Jean-Carl Boucher in 1981.
* Michel Côté in De Père en flic.
* Normand D’Amour in 5150, rue des Ormes.
* Xavier Dolan in J’ai tué ma mère.
* [Winner] Sébastien Ricard in Dédé à travers les brumes.
Best feature film:
* 1981.
* Dédé, à travers les brumes.
* [Winner] J'ai tué ma mère.
* Polytechnique.
* Le jour avant le lendemain (Before Tomorrow).
Best director:
* Ricardo Trogi for 1981.
* Marie-Hélène Cousineau et Madeline Piujuq for Before Tomorrow.
* Jean-Philippe Duval for Dédé à travers les brumes.
* Xavier Dolan for J’ai tué ma mère.
* [Winner] Denis Villeneuve for Polytechnique.
Best actress:
* Céline Bonnier in Je me souviens.
* Marie-Thérèse Fortin in Les grandes chaleurs.
* Élise Guilbault in La Donation.
* [Winner] Anne Dorval in J’ai tué ma mère.
* Isabelle Guérard in Détour.
Best actor:
* Jean-Carl Boucher in 1981.
* Michel Côté in De Père en flic.
* Normand D’Amour in 5150, rue des Ormes.
* Xavier Dolan in J’ai tué ma mère.
* [Winner] Sébastien Ricard in Dédé à travers les brumes.
- 3/29/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
This afternoon, the nominees for the Jutra Award, Quebec's own Oscars, were announced. Unlike last year, there are two new things that we should expect to see. The first one being that the jury will be formed by 18 people. Secondly, all members of the jury have seen the films that are nominated. Besides, the host of evening will be Patrice L'Écuyer and the ceremony will take place at La Tohu on March 28. Also note that the Jutra Award will be broadcasted live on Radio-Canada. Anyway, the following is the list of nominees.
Best feature film:
* 1981.
* Dédé, à travers les brumes.
* J'ai tué ma mère.
* Polytechnique.
* Le jour avant le lendemain (Before Tomorrow).
Best director:
* Ricardo Trogi for 1981
* Marie-Hélène Cousineau et Madeline Piujuq for Before Tomorrow.
* Jean-Philippe Duval for Dédé à travers les brumes.
* Xavier Dolan for J’ai tué ma mère.
* Denis Villeneuve for Polytechnique.
Best actress:
* Céline Bonnier in Je me souviens.
Best feature film:
* 1981.
* Dédé, à travers les brumes.
* J'ai tué ma mère.
* Polytechnique.
* Le jour avant le lendemain (Before Tomorrow).
Best director:
* Ricardo Trogi for 1981
* Marie-Hélène Cousineau et Madeline Piujuq for Before Tomorrow.
* Jean-Philippe Duval for Dédé à travers les brumes.
* Xavier Dolan for J’ai tué ma mère.
* Denis Villeneuve for Polytechnique.
Best actress:
* Céline Bonnier in Je me souviens.
- 2/17/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Monday night was a sad night for the music world, as it brought the death of 63-year-old Canadian folk singer Kate McGarrigle. Kate and her sister Anna were a longtime performing duo. She was also the mother of famed musicians Rufus and Martha Wainwright. Kate's death came after a three-year fight against a rare kind of cancer known as clear cell sarcoma. Anna McGarrigle took to her and Kate's website to confirm Kate's death. Anna wrote, "Sadly our sweet Kate had to leave us last night. She departed in a haze of song and love surrounded by family and good friends. She is irreplaceable and we are broken-hearted. Til we meet again dear sister ...
- 1/20/2010
- by By Actress Archives
Martha Wainwright, Kate McGarrigle, and Rufus Wainwright, photographed at the Paul Morissey estate in Montauk, New York, September 2006. Photograph by Mark Seliger.Kate McGarrigle, a charming and distinctive singer-songwriter, died too young on Monday at the age of 63. She was suffering from a rare cancer that struck her in 2006. She was a lovely person, as I learned during the brief time I spent with her, with a slight streak of madness that enlivened conversations and entertained anyone who met her. She may have saved one of her very best songs for last. It’s called “Proserpina,” after the Roman goddess of the underworld (known in Greek mythology as Persephone). Seated at the piano, Kate debuted it during a Christmas concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Dec. 9. On stage with her, forming a ragtag chorus, were her son and daughter, the talented singer-songwriters Rufus and Martha Wainwright, her sister and longtime collaborator,...
- 1/20/2010
- Vanity Fair
TORONTO -- Canadian singer and songwriter Jann Arden was the big winner Wednesday night at the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) awards gala in Toronto.
Arden was honored by fellow Canadian composers and lyricists for six songs that last year received at least 100,000 spins on Canadian radio, including "Sleepless", "Good Mother", "Wonderdrug" and "Could I Be Your Girl?"
Other songwriters honored for 2005 radio-play success included Avril Lavigne for "Breakaway", sung by Kelly Clarkson, and Michael Buble for "Home".
Veteran rockers Nickelback, which took home hardware earlier in the week from the American Music Awards, grabbed a trophy from SOCAN for their hit single "Photograph".
The 17th annual songwriting awards gala also recognized a slew of classic Canadian songs that reached 100,000 airplays, including Five Man Electrical Band's "I'm a Stranger Here", "Hot Child in the City", written and performed by Nick Gilder," Sweeney Todd's "Roxy Roller" and the Powder Blues band's "Doin' It Right".
Veteran folk singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle received lifetime achievement awards, while the international achievement award went to Finger Eleven.
Arden was honored by fellow Canadian composers and lyricists for six songs that last year received at least 100,000 spins on Canadian radio, including "Sleepless", "Good Mother", "Wonderdrug" and "Could I Be Your Girl?"
Other songwriters honored for 2005 radio-play success included Avril Lavigne for "Breakaway", sung by Kelly Clarkson, and Michael Buble for "Home".
Veteran rockers Nickelback, which took home hardware earlier in the week from the American Music Awards, grabbed a trophy from SOCAN for their hit single "Photograph".
The 17th annual songwriting awards gala also recognized a slew of classic Canadian songs that reached 100,000 airplays, including Five Man Electrical Band's "I'm a Stranger Here", "Hot Child in the City", written and performed by Nick Gilder," Sweeney Todd's "Roxy Roller" and the Powder Blues band's "Doin' It Right".
Veteran folk singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle received lifetime achievement awards, while the international achievement award went to Finger Eleven.
- 11/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO ? Canadian singer and songwriter Jann Arden was the big winner Wednesday night at the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) awards gala in Toronto.
Arden was honored by fellow Canadian composers and lyricists for six songs that last year received at least 100,000 spins on Canadian radio, including "Sleepless", "Good Mother", "Wonderdrug" and "Could I Be Your Girl?"
Other songwriters honored for 2005 radio-play success included Avril Lavigne for "Breakaway", sung by Kelly Clarkson, and Michael Buble for "Home".
Veteran rockers Nickelback, which took home hardware earlier in the week from the American Music Awards, grabbed a trophy from SOCAN for their hit single "Photograph".
The 17th annual songwriting awards gala also recognized a slew of classic Canadian songs that reached 100,000 airplays, including Five Man Electrical Band's "I'm a Stranger Here", "Hot Child in the City", written and performed by Nick Gilder," Sweeney Todd's "Roxy Roller" and the Powder Blues band's "Doin' It Right".
Veteran folk singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle received lifetime achievement awards, while the international achievement award went to Finger Eleven.
Arden was honored by fellow Canadian composers and lyricists for six songs that last year received at least 100,000 spins on Canadian radio, including "Sleepless", "Good Mother", "Wonderdrug" and "Could I Be Your Girl?"
Other songwriters honored for 2005 radio-play success included Avril Lavigne for "Breakaway", sung by Kelly Clarkson, and Michael Buble for "Home".
Veteran rockers Nickelback, which took home hardware earlier in the week from the American Music Awards, grabbed a trophy from SOCAN for their hit single "Photograph".
The 17th annual songwriting awards gala also recognized a slew of classic Canadian songs that reached 100,000 airplays, including Five Man Electrical Band's "I'm a Stranger Here", "Hot Child in the City", written and performed by Nick Gilder," Sweeney Todd's "Roxy Roller" and the Powder Blues band's "Doin' It Right".
Veteran folk singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle received lifetime achievement awards, while the international achievement award went to Finger Eleven.
- 11/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Built around a tribute concert that took place at the Sydney Opera House in January of this year, "Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man" is an affectionate and intimate celebration of the acclaimed troubadour in stirring music and words.
Culling 13 performances from the "Came So Far for Beauty" evening, which was produced by concept album maestro Hal Willner, Australian filmmaker Lian Lunson has gracefully woven in testimonials from his musical peers, personal photos and artwork, and alternately candid and amusing self-analysis from the notoriously private man of the hour-and-a-half, himself.
While Cohen's far-reaching fan base will be pleased -- his ruminations on love and loneliness have been embraced by everybody from Diana Ross to punk rockers -- the Lions Gate release also serves as a terrific primer for the as-yet uninitiated.
Among the many musical riches are heartfelt performances of Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2" and "Hallelujah" by Rufus Wainwright, who's accompanied on the latter by his sister Martha and Joan Wasser; while "Suzanne" and "I'm Your Man" are done interpretive justice by Nick Cave.
There's also a beautiful rendition of "Anthem" by Perla Battala and Julie Christensen and a delightfully theatrical take on "Death of a Ladies Man" by Jarvis Cocker and Beth Orton.
And, as icing on Cohen's 70th birthday cake, the man whose low, gravelly rumble of a singing voice only grows more intriguing with age is joined by U2 for an eloquent reading of "Tower of Song" produced exclusively for the film.
The only drawback is that many of those terrific performances are subject to requisite cutaways to pertinent images or interview subjects in the interest of pacing and time, but presumably they'll be made available for enjoying uninterrupted and repeatedly on DVD.
LEONARD COHEN I'M YOUR MAN
Lions Gate Films
Credits:
Director: Lian Lunson
Producers: Lian Lunson, Mel Gibson
Executive producers: Erik Nelson, Kevin Beggs, Sandra Stern, Bruce Davey
Cinematographers: Geoff Hall, John Pirozzi, Lian Lunson, Brit Marling
Editor: Mike Cahill
Music: Leonard Cohen
Performers:
Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Bert Orton, Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Jarvis Cocker, The Handsome Family, Antony, Julie Christensen, Perla Battala, Leonard Cohen and U2
Running time -- 98 minutes
MPAA rating: Not yet rated...
Culling 13 performances from the "Came So Far for Beauty" evening, which was produced by concept album maestro Hal Willner, Australian filmmaker Lian Lunson has gracefully woven in testimonials from his musical peers, personal photos and artwork, and alternately candid and amusing self-analysis from the notoriously private man of the hour-and-a-half, himself.
While Cohen's far-reaching fan base will be pleased -- his ruminations on love and loneliness have been embraced by everybody from Diana Ross to punk rockers -- the Lions Gate release also serves as a terrific primer for the as-yet uninitiated.
Among the many musical riches are heartfelt performances of Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2" and "Hallelujah" by Rufus Wainwright, who's accompanied on the latter by his sister Martha and Joan Wasser; while "Suzanne" and "I'm Your Man" are done interpretive justice by Nick Cave.
There's also a beautiful rendition of "Anthem" by Perla Battala and Julie Christensen and a delightfully theatrical take on "Death of a Ladies Man" by Jarvis Cocker and Beth Orton.
And, as icing on Cohen's 70th birthday cake, the man whose low, gravelly rumble of a singing voice only grows more intriguing with age is joined by U2 for an eloquent reading of "Tower of Song" produced exclusively for the film.
The only drawback is that many of those terrific performances are subject to requisite cutaways to pertinent images or interview subjects in the interest of pacing and time, but presumably they'll be made available for enjoying uninterrupted and repeatedly on DVD.
LEONARD COHEN I'M YOUR MAN
Lions Gate Films
Credits:
Director: Lian Lunson
Producers: Lian Lunson, Mel Gibson
Executive producers: Erik Nelson, Kevin Beggs, Sandra Stern, Bruce Davey
Cinematographers: Geoff Hall, John Pirozzi, Lian Lunson, Brit Marling
Editor: Mike Cahill
Music: Leonard Cohen
Performers:
Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Bert Orton, Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Jarvis Cocker, The Handsome Family, Antony, Julie Christensen, Perla Battala, Leonard Cohen and U2
Running time -- 98 minutes
MPAA rating: Not yet rated...
- 9/12/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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