Two are what could be classed as folk fudges – a reframing of Franz Schubert’s N acht und Träume and a spellbinding rerecording of his own song Going to a Town, featuring his longtime friend Anohni. A handful he first heard in childhood, some are standards from across continents, a couple he discovered while researching the record. Rufus chose the 15 songs with producer Mitchell Froom. As I hurtle towards 50, I’m back where it all began.” But the fact is I’m from a bona fide folkocracy who mixed extensively with other folkocracies such as the Seegers and the Thompsons. “I’ve shied away from folk in the past, preferring the worlds of opera and pop. What better way to celebrate than singing some of the songs that shaped me with some of the artists I most admire? “But the older I get, the more I appreciate how valuable my folk knowledge is, to have had it ingrained in me as a child. “Initially I thought I’d choose big pop songs, make them into my style and have a huge hit record. “I was already contemplating an album of covers,” says Rufus. Nominated for his return-to-pop record Unfollow The Rules, he sat through countless folk and Americana categories and felt a pang for the past. It was during 2021’s Grammys ceremony that the idea for an album of folk reinventions came to Rufus. But it’s also the sound of an artist in the present, flanked by an incredible array of guests, using all he has learnt from conquering pop to make music worthy of awards. Folkocracy is Rufus Wainwright revisiting his roots, of childhood summers spent at folk festivals and watching his famous family on stage.
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