Core News — “The Don’s selections cross time, space and genre and include Crucial Vinyl from Rufus Wainwright. Each week, as well as blending key new releases with classics from the UK, USA, Jamaica and beyond, Don highlights a cherished album from his own c... more info

DrownedInSound — Wainwright has steered it from outright pretentious arsery more info

Guardian Music — Event showcases dynamic new wave of folk musicians, while honouring lifetime achievements of Norma Waterson and Joan ArmatradingRhiannon Giddens was named folk singer of the year in the annual BBC Folk awards at a packed Royal Albert Hall, with a str... more info

Guardian Music — St John at Hackney, LondonWainwright’s high-risk labour of love pays off as he corrals opera stars, actors and Florence Welch into luscious arrangements of the Bard’s classic poemsWere most pop artists to record an album of Shakespearea... more info

Guardian Music — (Deutsche Grammophon)A few years ago, Rufus Wainwright mused publicly about shifting his focus further from pop towards opera and more esoteric musical projects. His newest record revisits a side project from 2009, setting a collection of Shakespeare... more info

The Mirror — Rufus said: "that was unwise to try to get on to that bandwagon. It was a totally different subject" more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Sturgill Simpson tops this week's new music more info

Guardian Music — (Deutsche Grammophon) One of the more unexpected tributes to Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death is provided here by actor William Shatner, who hams up Sonnet 129 before soprano Anna Prohaska trills the poem to a nouveaux-classical acco... more info

Newsday — Rufus Wainwright's ambitious new project, "Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets" (Deutsche Grammophon), has its roots on Long Island. more info

USA Today Music — The singer/songwriter pays homage, again, to literary and show-biz icons.             more info