![]() ![]() Image © Ophelia Symons And so off they go to their next show, doing it their way and making the world a better place, one song at a time. They invite people to slide into their own musical nirvana and at the same time, the music makes you want to connect with the person dancing next to you. They make people want to smile and laugh, dance and clap. Crowd at RUFUS - image © Ophelia Symons And that is what RÜFÜS do so well. Especially after they said that the Brisbane was the best crowd yet, even better than Coachella. RÜFÜS know how to warm the cockles of the crowd's heart, and almost everyone left with a adorably goofy grin on their face. But in all honesty, their good looks come second to their good songs. The first century physician Rufus of Ephesus appears to have imitated not. Image © Ophelia Symons It doesn’t hurt that the Sydney trio each bring their own easy appeal, and the boys know how to work it with swagger on stage. Thumiger, Leiden: Brill, 2016, 13865) argues that the case. The crowd often seemed to move as one, swaying and undulating to the sounds and at times it was a sea of waving hands and excited clapping. It’s sexy but not with in-your-face beats and it’s making many, many people feel very, very good. It’s deceptively simple but somehow hits you hard. ![]() There’s something about the music RÜFÜS has created. It’s just happiness-making music really and from the looks on fans faces they delivered the good vibes from the moment they stepped on stage. Image © Ophelia Symons And in a way, the weather was indicative of who RÜFÜS is – that same appealing blend of hot and cold, not too intense but not so relaxed as to induce sleep. Saturday (14 May) was a perfect autumn night, with that slight chill in the air which makes dancing a non-sweaty exercise, but is still warm enough to wear a t-shirt and shorts. In "Unperfect Actor," he shares lead-vocal duties with Tasmanian singer Fiora Cutler and his sister Martha Wainwright, while the eight-minute "All dessen müd" allows him to show off his German alongside Christopher Nell and Jürgen Holtz.RÜFÜS are the masters of laidback grooves, the experts in chilled beats and a band that bestows audio bliss on their fans. ![]() Wainwright's voice disappears from the mix for long stretches, as he yields most frequently to Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska, but also to the likes of Florence Welch, whose presence propels "When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes (Sonnet 29)" to a territory that approaches pop. ![]() As its title suggests, Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets finds Wainwright tackling the Bard's work in a grandly sweeping collection of recordings - including reworkings of three sonnets the singer covered on 2010's All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu - and yet there's still more to this set than that.Ĭollaborating with Marius De Vries (who produced the Want albums more than a decade ago), Wainwright enlisted an assortment of singers and actors to perform these 16 tracks, many of which pair rich orchestral pieces with dramatic readings by the likes of Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher and even William Shatner. (His most recent album, after all, is a recording of Wainwright's debut opera, Prima Donna.) But this one's a doozy, even by his standards. Rufus Wainwright, Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare SonnetsĪny given Rufus Wainwright album brings with it a wealth of backstory to unpack: The singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist has never shied away from grandiose ambitions, concepts and sounds, and he's rarely followed a predictable path in a career spanning nearly two decades. ![]()
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