Rufus Wainwright

About Rufus Wainwright

Although Rufus Wainwright is the son of singer-songwriters Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle, since the 1990s he has firmly established his own musical presence. Though he's an introspective troubadour, he looks back beyond the folk and rock influences of his parents to the golden age of pop songwriting à la Cole Porter and the Gershwins. His keening, diva-manqué vocals and elegantly melodic compositions are as far from "rock" as any pop-based music can be. If he has any antecedents in the pop world, they would be similarly quirky L.A. songwriters of a previous era such as Van Dyke Parks (who co-produced Wainwright's debut album) and Randy Newman. His open homosexuality has endeared him to many in the gay community.


Rufus Wainwright Music ringtones

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Tulsa

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Do I Disappoint You

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Release The Stars

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Between My Legs

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Sanssouci

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Nobody's Off The Hook

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Tiergarten

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Rules And Regulations

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Leaving For Paris No. 2

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Not Ready To Love

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Slideshow

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Rebel Prince

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Poses

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California

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I Don't Know What It Is

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Go Or Go Ahead

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Oh What A World

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Vibrate

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Gay Messiah

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Going To A Town

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The One You Love

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Across The Universe

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