Loudon Wainwright III News

Loudon Wainwright III will ring in the New Year at the Eccles Center with son Rufus Wainwright and daughter Lucy Wainwright Roche.

When it came time for singer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright to write an opera, he didn't turn to pop or folk, his mother Kate McGarrigle notes in George Scott's documentary: "Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna" . Rather, his "Prima Donna" was straight out of grand opera, a fascination to him since he was young, restaging "Tosca" for his home video.

ANTJE DUVEKOT "The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer'' The sweet mystery is how Duvekot can explore such intimate emotions in ways that reveal the same deep feelings in ourselves.

It's an understatement to say singer-songwriter Dave Roche comes from a musical family.

Not as irascible as Martha, not as dauntless as Rufus, their half-sister Lucy Wainwright Roche brings a sweeter side to the clan's musical inclinations.

Submitted by rocker419 on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 16:27. They've announced the headliners for next season's Gamble Rogers Folk Festival and it looks like a good one! Artists like Ralph Stanley, Loudon Wainwright III, Janis Ian, the John Cowan Band, Pierce Pettis, Sam Pacetti, Patty Larkin, Greg Brown, and a handful of other great folk artists will be ...

Loudon Wainwright III does a fabulous job on this wonderful 1897 gospel song on his new album " ." Beautiful - Loudon Wainwright ... The album notes say Poole never recorded this song, though it's said he sang it frequently in concert.

Clips from Max Keiser, Combat Wombat, Jeff Buckley, Bob Holman. Notes: Cut into end music as needed for your station ID or announcements.

It takes a brave woman, some would even suggest foolish, to take on the late great Edith Piaf.

Loudon Wainwright III with Richard Thompson @ University of California, Los Angeles: Royce Hall What: One's an English folk-rock progenitor and the other comes from the American singer-songwriter realm.

SAUL WILLIAMS & KRAK ATTACK, AMERICAN FANGS, KIMYA DAWSON , NEW KINGDOM, THE BOTS AT THE ROXY Rapper/poet Saul Williams has always been one for a good show.

November 4, 2009 - Finally this hour, reclaiming the legacy of an old-time musician.

Richard Thompson and Loudon Wainwright III: both qualify as "critical favorites" or "cult artists," slightly backhanded praise that suggests what they do is enjoyed by small but ravenous audiences that buy albums in quantities the larger record industry might call peaked.

Will he or wona t he? Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, the headliner at this yeara s Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs, is known to many as the guy who sang the 1973 novelty hit a oeDead Skunk,a which hit No.

The touring combination of Loudon Wainwright III and Richard Thompson-billed as "Loud and Rich"-is a fine, perhaps inevitable, confluence of two old colleagues and friends.

Oct. 31, 2009 8:10 a.m. The touring combination of Loudon Wainwright III and Richard Thompson-billed as "Loud and Rich"-is a fine, perhaps inevitable, confluence of two old colleagues and friends.

Loudon Wainwright looks on and Richard Thompson smiles as the pair perform together during the "Loud & Rich" concert at the Michigan Theater on Tuesday night.

Born into the idiosyncratic folk musical pedigree that was Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright isn't complaining too much about the level of fame he came from.

Kelly Clarkson at the Fox Theatre Richard Thompson & Loudon Wainwright III at the Michigan Theater Daughtry and more at Breslin Center 'Michael Jackson: This Is It' in theaters Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers at Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel Robin Williams at Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel 'Disney Live! Rockin' Road Show' at ...

Richard Thompson, left, and Loudon Wainwright III. "Loud & Rich." That's the wry, tongue-in-cheek "title" that Loudon Wainwright III and Richard Thompson chose for their co-headlining tour that comes to the Michigan Theater on Tuesday.