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The full line-up and stage times for this 2022's Glastonbury Festival have been revealed. 

Not many songs have been covered by so many artists like Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah.” First recorded in 1984 on the underwhelmingly received Various Positions album, “Hallelujah” received little success upon its release but eventually found fame when Jeff Buckley and John Cale covered the song. However, many people know the song from the Dreamworks’ movie, “Shrek,” covered by Rufus Wainwright.

Martha Wainwright knows you want to ask about her famous family – everybody does. And after a lifetime of fielding curious questions about her mom and aunt, Canadian folk icons Kate and Anna McGarrigle, her dad, American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, 75, and her brother, baroque pop star Rufus Wainwright, 48, she's finally ready to dish with new memoir Stories I Might Regret Telling You. RELATED: Avril Lavigne opens up about her new album, incredible career and what she misses most about Canada"I thought if I cold really delve into it super fully in this book, you know, write about it in detail," says Martha, 45, "maybe I could exorcise that story, release it and make room for something else." If these walls could talk! Martha is raising her family in the Montreal home where, as a teen, she lived with her mom, late folk legend Kate McGarrigle, and her brother, Rufus Wainwright.

Tom Waits performed a rare live set at a tribute event that was held to honour the late Hal Willner.Willner, who was Saturday Night Live‘s longtime sketch music producer, died in 2020 at the age of 64. Numerous tributes were paid to the producer online following his death, including by Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea and Cat Power.Tom Waits and his wife Kathleen also penned a touching tribute, where they called Willner “Wise and reckless.

The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 12th annual awards ceremony virtually to celebrate outstanding achievement in the craft of music supervision in film, television, documentaries, games, advertising and trailers.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicThe Guild of Music Supervisors held its 12th annual awards ceremony virtually on March 20.Recognizing those who excel at the craft of music supervision in film, television, documentaries, games, advertising and trailers, the night’s big winners included HBO’s “The White Lotus,” supervised by Janet Lopez, who gave an impassioned acceptance speech, thanking the music makers of Hawaii for taking her call, and Liza Richardson for “Lovecraft Country” season 1. The Netflix film “Tick, Tick… Boom!,” supervised by Steven Gizicki, took home the prize for film budgeted over $25 million.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorJavier Bardem, Jessica Chastain, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Tedder have been named as some of the presenters for the 12th annual Guild Of Music Supervisors Awards.Additional presenters include Annie Mumolo, Marlon Wayans, Dave Burd (aka Lil Dicky), Rafael Casual, Rickey Minor, Rufus Wainwright, Wendy Melvoin & Lisa Coleman, Laura Karpman, Glen Hansard and Steve Burns.Aloe Blacc, Goapele and Bahari will be performing.The ceremony will be held virtually on March 20 and is open to nominees, presenters, special guests and GMS members. The GMS Awards Ceremony will be immediately followed by an official after-party featuring live-streamed DJ sets by Paul Oakenfold, Thomas Golubić, and Moonbaby.

Ethan Shanfeld Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish are set to headline England’s Glastonbury Festival, taking place June 22-26 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset.McCartney and Lamar join previously announced headliners Eilish and Ross. McCartney will headline the Pyramid Stage on Saturday night, while Lamar will close out the festival on Sunday.

This year’s Best Original Song category is wide open. Sure, there are songs from animated musicals such as “Encanto” and new tracks from superstars such as Beyonce, but for the most part, there are few locks when it comes to the Oscar race.

Chris Willman Music WriterHonors were given out in more than 30 categories at Wednesday’s 12th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards, with singer-songwriters like Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Adam Levine and Rufus Wainwright being celebrated in the live webcast as well as composers including Hans Zimmer, Rachel Portman, Alberto Iglesias and Nicholas Britell.The HMMAs reward songwriters, composers and even performers in fields that include not just film and TV work but everything from video games to

Rufus Wainwright has announced details of a new live album recorded in 2017 with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.‘Rufus Wainwright and Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live’ will come out on November 26 via BMG/Modern Recordings on vinyl, CD and digitally. It is being previewed by a version of ‘Gay Messiah’ recorded at the show – listen to that below.Discussing the shows, Wainwright said: “These were some of the most challenging and most fulfilling shows I have done in my life.

Chris Willman Music WriterWhen Rufus Wainwright was asked to write a closing theme song for “Rebel Hearts,” a documentary about a renegade order of socially activist nuns that opens this weekend, he didn’t require the preamble that virtually any other singer-songwriter would have.

Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall was an impressive song-for-song recreation of Garland’s Grammy-winning live album, which successfully served as her career comeback 60 years ago.Although met with only modest commercial success, Wainwright’s 2007 effort was well-received by critics, and would go on to earn him his first Grammy nomination.With Rufus Does Judy at Capitol Studios, Wainwright again performs from the Garland repertoire, only this time at one of L.A.’s most famed studios and solely as

DEALSHaving left BMG earlier this year, Steve Greenberg has announced that he his relaunching his S-Curve record label in partnership with Disney Music Group. S-Curve will keep A&R and marketing in-house, with other aspects of the business farmed out to Disney.

Rufus Wainwright has shared a cover of a classic Judy Garland song to mark Pride Month – scroll down the page to listen to it now.Pride Month will begin next week on June 1 and celebrates the LGBTQ+ community, with Pride Day taking place on June 28.Wainwright has shared his take on Garland’s 1939 song ‘Over The Rainbow’, which was featured on the soundtrack of the film The Wizard Of Oz.

Florence + the Machine get gothy during the end credits of “Cruella” — the live-action prequel to the 1996 hit “101 Dalmations,” which opens Friday in theaters and on Disney+ with premier access — it’s clear that this is not your mother’s kind of Disney song.In fact, it’s the furthest thing from beloved Disney tunes such as “When You Wish Upon a Star,” “A Whole New World” and “Beauty and the Beast.” “Call Me Cruella” joins early punk-rock classics from Blondie (“One Way or Another”) and the

APPOINTMENTSThe European Music Managers Alliance has name Yvonne Stausbøll as its first Executive Director. “This is a significant step for EMMA”, says the organisation’s Chair Per Kviman.

Michael Kors is celebrating 40 years of fashion.

Haley Bosselman editorThe 2021 Grammy Awards will air Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m.

HBO Max is set to premiere the animated special The Runaway Bunny, narrated by Tracee Ellis Ross and based on the classic kids book by Margaret Wise Brown, on March 25. The TV adaptation by producer and director Amy Schatz will feature a performance of an original Margaret Wise Brown lullaby by Ross, and songs performed by Mariah Carey, Kelly Rowland, Rosanne Cash, Ziggy Marley, Kimya Dawson, Rufus Wainwright and Michael Kiwanuka.

HBO Max has released a trailer and key art for The Runaway Bunny, an animated special based on the classic children’s book by Margaret Wise Brown. Tracee Ellis Ross narrates and performs an original lullaby by Brown in the special which premieres March 25 on HBO Max. The special also includes songs performed by Grammy-winning artists Mariah Carey, Kelly Rowland, Rosanne Cash, Ziggy Marley and Kimya Dawson, as well as Grammy nominees Rufus Wainwright and Michael Kiwanuka.

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Chris Willman Music WriterThe Sundance Film Festival’s 2021 virtual Main Street will play host to a series of conversations about music and the movies, hosted by first-time festival partner Film Music House, with Mary J. Blige, Rufus Wainwright and Colin Stetson (pictured above) among those taking part in the streamed chats Jan.

LGBTQ women dominated this year’s Grammy nominations, with artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Lady Gaga, and Brandi Carlile securing multiple nominations.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe PBS live performance series “Austin City Limits” has announced a lineup for its new season, which, perhaps expectedly due to the pandemic, includes a higher-than-usual amount of retrospective programming, but does sport freshly filmed sets as well. The 13-episode 2020-2021 season kicks off Oct.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSting, Norah Jones, Trey Anastasio of Phish and many more will perform tonight (Thursday, Sept. 17) at SummerStage Jubilee, a free benefit concert supporting City Parks Foundation’s programs in parks, taking place via livestream at 8 p.m.

Rufus Wainwright is like a reborn artist.

Rufus Wainwright has teamed up with 1,500 singers from around the globe to perform a socially-distanced rendition of The Beatles’ ‘Across The Universe’.

Rufus Wainwright has put a global spin on a Beatles classic.

Rufus Wainwright has been singing his whole life. But after the pop stylings of 2012’s Out of the Game, the child of two singer-songwriter parents, Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, found himself needing to scratch other musical itches.

Rufus Wainwright captured a liberal’s lament with American politics in his dramatic song “Going to a Town.”“I wrote it under Bush Junior, but since Trump’s been elected, it’s kind of come back with a vengeance,” the singer-songwriter says. “The song is a kind of perennial of sorts, so it’s a bit disconcerting.

Unfollow the Rules is about as close to a conventional Rufus Wainwright album as you can imagine. Aside from “You Ain’t Big,” a quick foray into country, he mostly cleaves to his signature brand of piano pop, marked by orchestral flourishes and his characteristically languid vocals.

first opera, “Prima Donna,” is due to stage a new production in Stockholm this fall. “It was an amazing time.

Rufus Wainwright tells NME of his mindset after four months in lockdown. “I seem to keep either encouraging myself or deluding myself that this is all part of the parcel of a brand new scheme of things – whether that’s the world or my career.

Pageant, Vice’s music site Noisey declared them “America’s Next Great Rock Band,” and in the days that followed, NPR shined a spotlight on the duo by featuring an advance stream of the record on its website, The New York Times readied a profile, and Rufus Wainwright interviewed them for Billboard.By mid-May, as Hopkins put it, PWR BTTM were canceled.

Rufus Wainwright will perform his upcoming album in its entirety at a livestream concert this Saturday (June 27).