Mercury News, California — Also, Rufus Wainwright performs two shows in San Francisco. more info

ContactMusic — Singer Rufus Wainwright has launched an online campaign to fund the recording of his opera.The Canadian star composed Prima Donna himself and... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The BBC explained how absinthe became popular with writers. iTunes is streaming the new Hold Steady album, Teeth Dreams. Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed author Kyle Minor. Drowned in Sound interviewed singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. Bookworm intervie... more info

Pop Candy — Tuesday's headlines also include Anne Rice and the Cartoon Network. more info

USA Today Music — Other artists with intriguing tracks include Ledisi, Rufus Wainwright and Christine Ebersole. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Antony and Rufus Wainwright cohort and onetime Damnbuilder, Joan Wasser will release her fourth album as Joan as Policewoman on March 11. Titled The Classic, it finds her in classic (and classy) R&B mode. "I'm in the... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Mick Jagger and singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright have shared their playlists with British Airways bosses as part of a new inflight programme... more info

Consequence of Sound — The career-spanning Vibrate is due out in March. more info

Impose Magazine — It was Rufus Wainwright, a musician with almost nothing in common with Andrew Cedermark, who reflected, "Go ahead, accuse me of just singing about places", on his mammoth ode to self-destruction "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk". Cedermark, the artist ... more info

Topix — Friday and Saturday: Three years after giving an incredibly dark and moving performance at Orchestra Hall in honor of his late mother, Kate McGarrigle, the ornately voiced music heir will be showing off a decidedly lighter side with two distinct gigs... more info