Rufus Wainwright's Music and Why I Like it - No knitting content

I feel a special sort of connection to this young singer/songwriter. In my youth, I studied piano and taught myself guitar. His father's music was familiar to me (Loudon Wainwright III) back then, along with lots of other folk artists - that was THE genre of music for me in the 60s. I spent many hours practicing piano, composing music, singing in choirs and performing in other venues. My friends were singers and musicians. We were just kids. Those were some amazing days, what with the war in Vietnam, student protests, riots in the south, the civil rights movement, the women's movement, antiwar protests, Kent State and so on. Music was, for me, the escape to a place where dreams were kept. My emotions were very attached to my music, especially the piano music I wrote and played.

I find myself reaching back to that dream place where my feelings were kept when I listen to Rufus Wainwright's music and lyrics. His songs are deeply expressive and brilliant. I hear connections to many forms of classical music, showtunes and folk music in his compositions. The songs are strangely familiar, although I have only discovered his music recently. But what amazes me most is the way his songs reach into hidden corners of my distant memories and bring them into the present with full feeling, like I was back there again, in the past, in my youth, tasting of life for the first time.

Thanks, Rufus. I truly appreciate what you have created.