Topic: Martha Wainwright

Warm up with acoustic music fest

Daily News, Halifax - 20 days ago
During the dark days of winter almost a decade ago, a group of local musicians noticed a lull in the live performance market for emerging acoustic...

Life's a stage for Rufus Wainwright

Montreal Gazette, Canada - 22 days ago
Few things are more daunting to a musical artist than performing solo on an important stage, such as what Rufus Wainwright will be doing Saturday...

Midtown Was Princess Heaven Last Night

Elle - 104 days ago
Anne Hathaway may have a good deal of experience playing a princess on screen, but last night she mingled with the real deal, Princess Charlene of...

Graeme Hamilton: In the Nation Québécoise, you sing French

Full Comment - 275 days ago
REUTERS/Gus Ruelas . Sing French or stay home, got that Rufus?. . When the news release came out announcing the lineup for the official Fête...

A Flaneur In New York (14: Je Regrette Beaucoup)

The Stone Report - 478 days ago
Martha Wainwright: The spirit of Piaf Oct. 23 and 24: Time to hit the clubs, but which clubs to hit? A flaneur blazes a lonely trail, especially if...

The Song Must Go On

Style.com - 898 days ago
Rufus Wainwright and the good people at the Watermill Center weren't going to let a little thing like Tropical Storm Danny get in the way of their Last Song of Summer. " Wainwright teased from the stage, where he was joined by ...

The BPA

Time Out New York - 1105 days ago
Norman Cook rarely wanted for celebrity pals during the decade he worked under the name Fatboy Slim. Each of the dozen tracks on I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat (which comes complete with a fictional backstory regarding the album ...

Songs of agony and ecstasy

guardian.co.uk - 1196 days ago
Black Mountain, Stormy HighThe tag " functional art collective", attached to Vancouver's Black Mountain thanks to the band's numerous side projects, has an unfortunate ring to it. Listen to the song hereJohnny Foreigner, Eyes Wide TerrifiedThere's nothing revolutionary, ground-breaking or ...

Brooklyn's best bits with Martha Wainwright

guardian.co.uk - 1203 days ago
It is an unseasonably sunny September morning in Brooklyn and Martha Wainwright is not wearing any pants. 'I battle with juniper,' she says, her voice all smoke-crackled huskiness.Born in Montreal, Wainwright moved 10 years ago to Brooklyn, New York, a place ...

Readers recommend: songs about revenge

guardian.co.uk - 1203 days ago
Whisper your suggestions for songs about revenge into Don Corleone's ear ... Just as I was worried that it was all looking a bit academic and earnest, I happened upon saneshane's post on the RR Overspill blog about the Cold War ...