Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer, songwriter and composer Rufus Wainwright sits for portraits at his home in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the time he was a kid, Rufus Wainwright was vaguely aware of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, a group of a few hundred ...

Rufus Wainwright says that sometimes when he sings he lets his imagination wander. “Depending on how difficult the piece is, I mean,” he quickly adds. “Sometimes I have to be totally concentrated and ...

We begin this week's All Songs Considered with the passionate voice, fiddle and banjo of Rhiannon Giddens. The proponent of traditional music (who won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday) is putting out her ...

Sharon Van Etten also has an original song in the Discovery Plus doc about the fate that befell an order of social-activist nuns in Los Angeles. When Rufus Wainwright was asked to write a closing ...

Rufus Wainwright’s earliest memories of singing are basically a hip, 70s version of that bit in The Sound Of Music where the Von Trapp children entertain party guests before being sent to bed, except ...

Wainwright creates music that is theatrical, emotional and operatic. He stopped by NPR's studios to perform a few of his hits. Rufus Wainwright Shares Songs, And A Few Stories Rufus Wainwright Shares ...

Sharon Van Etten also has an original song in the Discovery Plus doc about the fate that befell an order of social-activist nuns in Los Angeles. When Rufus Wainwright was asked to write a closing ...