Rufus Wainwright was not flattered that former president Donald Trump used his cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” during last night’s strange town hall turned listening party in Pennsylvania. In ...

Rufus Wainwright talks rewriting songs, difficult relationships, and David Byrne on American Songwriter's newest podcast, 'Song Diving'.

It’s 8.30am in LA’s Laurel Canyon, and in his crimson-walled, book-lined living room, Rufus Wainwright is fitting me into his manic week. He asks if he can turn off the camera to collapse as he ...

Rufus Wainwright made a subtle change to the lyrics of “O Canada” before Game 5 of the World Series, which didn’t sit well with every baseball fan watching at home. Wainwright, who was born in ...

Rufus Wainwright has lent his voice to some timeless words over the years, from modern classics penned by Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell to the traditional songs on last year’s Folkocracy project.

Osvaldo Golijov’s beauteously strange “Ainadamar” has reached Los Angeles. The opera, one of this century’s most gratifying, portrays the 1936 political execution of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca ...

Seasoned singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright delivered a short-but-sweet performance from his diverse catalog Saturday night at City Winery in the Strip District. Wainwright is modern-day folk-rock ...