Rufus Wainwright (American-Canadian Singer) – Songs, Daughter, Husband, Tour

Rufus Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter, composer and activist. His lush, theatrical pop music style is hugely reminiscent of Tin Pan Alley and cabaret classics. As an activist, he is known for his advocacy of libertarianism and his support for same-sex marriage. Born “Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright” in Rhinebeck, New York in 1973, he is son of renowned folk artists Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle. His parents divorced when he was only three years old. Wainwright began learning piano at age six. He attended high school at the Millbrook School in New York. As a child, Rufus Wainwright would play piano in ‘The McGarrigle Sisters and Family’ band, mainly playing folk music. At the age of 14, he played his song ‘I’m a-Runnin’ in the film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller. He won a Genie Award for Best Original Song.

Rufus Wainwright Biography

Wainwright was born on 22 July 1973 in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister Martha Wainwright, mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family. His song I’m A-Runnin’, which he performed in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (in which he also played a minor character), was nominated for the 1989 Genie Award for Best Original Song and earned him a nomination for the 1990 Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist.

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Career: Rufus Wainwright started touring at age 13 with “The McGarrigle Sisters and Family”, a family collective featuring his mother, sister and aunt. He embraced both his homosexuality and his love for music in his late teens. His interest in opera led him to study at McGill University in Montreal. Wainwright started to compose his own songs in a few years, writing piano ballads, influenced partly by Edith Piaf but mainly by Elton John.

He had his breakthrough when in 1996 his father passed along a demo recording of Rufus’s original material to renowned producer and family friend Van Dyke Parks. Parks’s brilliance and impeccable string arrangements made Wainwright’s self-titled 1998 debut a huge success. He received widespread critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone magazine terming it as one of the best albums of the year.