Jan 22nd, 2010 · The folk-singer sister act visited Mountain Stage four times. In memory of the late Kate McGarrigle, here are highlights from their appearances on the program, featuring Kate's children Rufus and Martha Wainwright.
Jan 19th, 2010 · The composer and singer died Monday night at her home in Montreal after a nearly three-year battle with cancer. She was 63. The mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright, and frequent collaborator with sister Anna McGarrigle, was at one time married to singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III.
Nov 14th, 2009 · Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright comes from a musical family, so we're asking him to play a game called: "They had style, they had rhythm, they had perfect teeth." Three questions about the Osmonds.
Apr 23rd, 2008 · When classical music could no longer contain his ambitions, he turned to Middle Eastern music, flamenco and Jimi Hendrix for inspiration. And when his cello couldn't keep up with his new ideas, he gave it an extra string.
Aug 17th, 2007 · The budding alt-pop icons bring their decidedly different sounds to WXPN's daytime concert series. Wainwright recently released the grandiose, theatrical Release the Stars, while Case shows up on The New Pornographers' forthcoming Challengers.
Jun 9th, 2007 · Rufus Wainwright makes richly orchestrated, theatrical pop music inspired by the traditions of cabaret, musicals and opera. Hear Wainwright perform selections from his latest CD, Release the Stars, live on NPR.org tonight (Jun. 9) from New York's Gramercy Theater.
Jun 8th, 2007 · Rufus Wainwright's new album, Release the Stars follows on the heels of his recreation of Judy Garland's 1961 comeback concert, a flamboyant stage performance that played at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. Rebecca Roberts talks with Release the Stars, at times huge and operatic, was executive-produced by former Pet Shop Boys member Neil Tennant.
May 18th, 2007 · The son of folk-singing parents Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, Wainwright has been writing and performing his own music throughout most of his life. His ambitious new disc is titled Release the Stars.