Jazz Articles about Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus Wainwright: I’m a Stranger Here Myself

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 22, 2026

I'm a Stranger Here Myself--Wainwright Does Weill (Thirty Tigers, 2025) is a project decades in the making. Rufus Wainwright's affection for the music of Kurt Weill dates back to his twenties, though the idea of an album began to take shape more recently, following a series of concerts at the storied Café Carlyle in 2023. From those intimate performances, the project has blossomed into the lush orchestral form heard on this album--one of the artistic high points of 2025.

Year in Review

I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2026

Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando lo scatto è stato fatto--a patto che chi guarda la fotografia riesca a intuire che c'era un tramonto sul mare. Ma che ne resta ...

Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2026

Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you were there, at that time, when the shutter clicked--provided that those who look at the photograph can tell there was a canyon, and a ...

Radio & Podcasts

Rufus Wainwright, Theo Bleckmann, Anne Mette Iversen, Terry Callier & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 16, 2025

Here is your weekly antidote to background music, where we lean in, listen close, and find what's truly worth hearing. And there's plenty of gems worth hearing in this playlist, with a special focus on remarkable singers like Rufus Wainwright, Theo Bleckmann and Terry Callier.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Rufus Wainwright, Pacific Jazz Orchestra “Surabaya Johnny" I'm a Stranger Here Myself--Wainwright Does Weill (Thirty Tigers) 0:16 Host ...