Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Jacob Blickenstaff At the City Winery last week (3/4), Rufus Wainwright put together an acoustic, unamplified show lit only by candle light to promote BlackoutSabbath, a kind of grass roots conservation thing inspired by the improvi... more info

Idolator — One of the benefits to surrounding yourself with friends obsessed to a greater or lesser degree with pop culture is that you're rarely lacking for agreeably inane chitchat during late-night bull sessions or trips to the bar. When they're smart people... more info

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Buzzgrinder — When I listen to Michael Zapruder's latest solo effort (is it a solo album if you have 15 people on the album?), I get a lot of stuff. There's some Rufus Wainwright, Arcade Fire, Vic Chesnutt, and maybe even a little Beck. Then there's the wide ran... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Effortless and acrobatic are two words that could describe Martha Wainwright [ tickets ]'s singing voice--which isn't surprising when one considers her lineage: father Loudon Wainwright III [ tickets ] and mother Canadian folk singer... more info

All About Jazz — By: Dennis Cook Cut me in quadrants Leave me in the corner Oh now it's passing Oh now I'm dancing There's a resounding otherness to Antony Hegarty. Suspended between maleness and femininity, his voice cuts with the diamond edge of Edith Piaf or Mar... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Cut me in quadrants Leave me in the corner Oh now it's passing Oh now I'm dancing There's a resounding otherness to Antony Hegarty. Suspended between maleness and femininity, his voice cuts with the diamond edge of Edith Piaf or ... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Kathryn Yu After leaving a Buddhist monastery, where he spent the better part of five years, Leonard Cohen wasted little time getting back to work. He quickly released two albums of new material, and wrote and produced another for his acoly... more info

8/1 — Yeni bir yardım albümü yine ünlüler karması yineyeniyeniden cover'lar. War Child, 15 ikona müzikal geçmiÅŸlerindeki en favori ÅŸarkısını ve ÅŸarkıyı kimin yeniden yorumlamasını soruyor. Ä°Åžte so... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Shannon McClean Does Rufus Wainwright ever just play a show at a club? Like, 60 minutes onstage plus an "April Fools" encore and two opening acts? It seems like that guy's always staging operas or painstakingly recreating Judy Garland conc... more info