Rufus Wainwright by Katherine Williams
Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright (b. 1973) is famous around the world for his multi-faceted musical style, shown through both his recorded output and his engaging live performances. In this book, Katherine Williams combines aspects of his life story with scholarly readings drawn from several methodologies. Popular music studies, opera, queer studies, music and geography, the sound-box: all combine to give a rich biographical and interpretative overview of Wainwright's life and music. Williams brings together close musical analysis with such varied disciplinary perspectives with a tone that is both in-depth and scholarly, and accessible. The book is a must-read for fans, students and scholars alike.-
Formation
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Jazz Me Blues
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Long Agos and Worlds Apart
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Keith Jarrett
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Eberhard Weber
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Ivor Cutler
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The Last Miles
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Hidden Man
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The Long Shadow of the Little Giant
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Cool Cat Blues
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Lee Morgan
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Out of the Long Dark
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Mr. P.C.
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Jazz Visions
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Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers
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This is Hip
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Mosaics
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Bill Russell and the New Orleans Jazz Revival
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Scouse Pop
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Hear My Train A Comin'
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Being Prez
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Handful of Keys
- Seventy Latin Jazz Masterpieces (since 1970)
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Cool Heat
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Song for Someone
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Soul Unsung
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Chasin' the Bird
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Dancehalls, Glitterballs and DJs
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Ray Brown
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Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival
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Lionel Richie
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Vinyl Ventures
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Desperado
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Kansas City Jazz
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Komeda
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The Ultimate Guide to Great Reggae
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This is Bop
Katherine Williams is Lecturer in Music at Plymouth University. She is co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter, and the Singer-Songwriter Handbook (Bloomsbury Academic). Katherine is active as a saxophonist in the South-West of England.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781781795194 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781795193 |
| Title | Rufus Wainwright |
| Author | Katherine Williams |
| Series | Popular Music History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 142 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |