Rufus Wainwright: podcast appearances and interviews

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright, born on July 22, 1973, is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. Throughout his career, he has recorded eleven studio albums, contributed numerous tracks to compilations and film soundtracks, and composed classical works including two operas. He has also set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece created by Robert Wilson. Wainwright's debut album, which was self-titled, was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. He followed with the album Poses in June 2001 and released Want One and Want Two in 2003 and 2004 respectively, which were later combined into a double album in 2005. His subsequent albums include Release the Stars in 2007, Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall as his first live album, Milwaukee at Last in 2009, All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu in 2010, and Out of the Game in 2012. In 2015, he released Prima Donna, a double album of his opera of the same name. His ninth studio album, Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets, came out in 2016, followed by Unfollow the Rules in 2020 and Folkocracy in 2023. Wainwright is part of a musical family; he is the son of musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, brother to singer Martha Wainwright, and has familial ties to other notable singer-songwriters and writers, including Sloan Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle, and Loudon Wainwright Jr.