Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Canadian folk singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, Montreal's Rufus Wainwright, banjo player Bela Fleck, and actor John Malkovich will be among the music performers at the Luminato Festival in Toronto from June 11-20. more info

8/1 — Who’s the most influential gay person in your life? Whether I knew it or not, or found out later, a lot of the music that I grew up on tended to be made by gay men. A lot of my heroes were and ... more info

Guardian Music — Laura Marling tells Sarah Boden about her second album, I Speak Because I Can, and about seeing her personal life dissected in the press"I'm almost an entirely different person to the one I was when I wrote the first album," says Laura Marling, smoki... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Rufus Wainwright in Poughkeepsie - Feb. 12th (more by Eric Townsend) Blackoutsabbath is a concept created by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, as promoted by the organization Blackout Sabbath. In an attempt to become more environm... more info

Guardian Music — This singer-songwriter's self-titled debut recalls the freewheeling folk-pop of Simon & Garfunkel. Which is perhaps unsurprising given that Paul Simon is his dadHometown: LA.The lineup: Harper Simon (vocals, guitar).The background: For an artist who ... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — In 1992, when a then-unsigned Jeff Buckley was playing a residency at the tiny East Village cafe Sin-E, one of the regulars in the audience was a 19-year-old Rufus Wainwright. I've always thought the two artists had a great deal in common, not just b... more info

Mercury News, California — The San Francisco Symphony's 99th season starts Sept. 7 at Davies Symphony Hall with a gala opener: soprano Jessye Norman is the star soloist, performing works by Aaron Copland and Duke Ellington. And then, a mere ten months of music takes off: every... more info

Guardian Music — Soho Theatre, LondonAfter years busking and hustling in New York and Paris, Missouri-born singer-songwriter Krystle Warren has suddenly become hot property. A startling performance last year on Later With Jools Holland, as well as plaudits from Rufus... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Elton John is secretly shy. Singer Rufus Wainwright - who sought guidance from the 'Rocket Man' hitmaker in 2000 when he was struggling with an addiction to... more info

Guardian Music — Sleeve Notes readers, help, you've really got to help! As I write this I'm currently locked in one of the stationery cupboards in the far reaches of the Guardian culture hub! I don't know who did this to me but I've been in here for three hours with ... more info