Guardian Music — The life of the touring musician isn't all Rolls Royces in swimming pools, as this old nugget provesBeing a touring musician is just one big peripatetic piss-up, isn't it? A riot of adoring fans, free booze and women (or men) as you barrel merrily fr... more info

Guardian Music — You suggested songs that celebrate the year's turning. Warning: blog contains numerous references to wassailingIt's not every day we usher in a new year. (It's every year.) So a new year requires something big-sounding to mark the occasion. George Ha... more info

Guardian Music — Parenthood often brings out the worst in musicians. But Ivy Blue Carter's dad has come up with a sweet songGive a musician a baby, and chances they'll deliver a soggy ballad soon enough, like a melodic placenta. Jay-Z's tribute to his and Beyoncé's ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Singer songwriter Loudon Wainwright satirizes Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich in new song. 'Newt Gingrich Is Running For Prez' is latest topical song from Loudon Wainwright III. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Boardwalk Empire Volume 1 Music From The HBO Original Series features music from the first two seasons of the show. The Prohibition-era soundtrack, produced by the series music supervisor Randall Poster, is comprised of original music from the 1920s... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, LondonRufus Wainwright's residency at the Royal Opera House is billed as "five nights of velvet, glamour and guilt". Perhaps the words "post-oedipal melodrama and jokes" wouldn't quite fit on the posters.It is remarkable enough tha... more info

Guardian Music — 'I'm hyper light sensitive and sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb'Rufus Wainwright, 37, was born in New York and raised in Montreal. He is the son of the folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and the late Kate McGarrigle, and brother to Martha Wai... more info

Guardian Music — Watch Rufus Wainwright and his father Loudon Wainwright III as they tackle a cover of Richard Thompson's Down Where The Drunkards Roll togetherguardian.co.uk/music more info

Guardian Music — Rufus Wainright will be at London's Royal Opera House for the first time to perform with his sister and father. He talks about Verdi, becoming a father and the death of his mother last yearThe official title of Rufus Wainwright's residency at the Roy... more info

Guardian Music — From Caribou to the Who, here are your favourite songs that say it's over, it's over, it's over. Warning: contains country musicBreaking up is hard to do, I noted rather glibly in my introductory blog to this topic. True enough. But the thing about d... more info