On July 22, Rufus will be 50 years old. To celebrate, this album. Not commemorative, but imbued with memory, a sort of message from the angelic troublemaker he was (cover photo as proof) to the man he has become. That’s where he comes from: the Wainwright-McGarrigles, our royal folk family. You could see it on stage every Christmas, but you don’t hear it much on his highly orchestrated records, steeped in opera and Judy Garland. In this, this album is a significant gesture, an official induction into the inner circle of Seeger, Guthrie and company. Complicities and kinship in the spotlight. Harmonies of voices in abundance and in full heart. Here John Legend, there David Byrne, up to Susanna Hoffs, Sheryl Crow and Chris Stills to revive The Mamas The Papas the time of Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon). Of course, sisters Martha and Lucy show up (Hush Little Baby), and the whole family is there for the traditional Wild Mountain thyme who rocked little Rufus so much. You are invited, of course!
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