Rufus Wainwright has spent a lot of time on this side of the Atlantic this year.
Rufus Wainwright reveals how a childhood experience of Scottish folk music and festivals has been the inspiration for his new creation, FolkocracyRUFUS Wainwright isn’t talking about the crystal meth addiction that almost cost him his eyesight in his tender years, nor is he talking about the impact of his folk star parents’ rancorous failed marriage when he was a boy.
No kidding. Neither the debate about Creative Scotland’s awarding of £85,000 to a project featuring explicit sex, nor the decision to cut Glasgow’s Aye Write literary festival, had featured in Wainwright’s Los Angeles news feed when we speak, but he’s not surprised to hear they set the creative cat among the publicly-funded pigeons across the ocean.
More immediate than any married-on-to connections of Scottishness on the album, though, is the presence of David Byrne in the panoply of stars, chipping in on a version of Moondog’s High On A Rocky Ledge. “He’s one of the most constant forces in the arts, one of the greats. I’m very fortunate that we have maintained a friendship.”
“In terms of the Scottish influence on my musical taste, it’s very much related to my classical side. Scotland is considered a holy place for drama and intense sentiment in all sort of classical works. Composers like Mendelssohn were hugely influenced by Scotland.”
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