Rufus Wainwright has Announcing his upcoming album democracy It arrives on June 2 and releases its lead single, “Down in the Willow Garden,” on Monday.
“I picked out some cheery little numbers for us — no! The song is so brutal and so outright sarcastic that it has to be sung with women. Sadly, we still live in a world plagued with violence,” Wainwright said in a statement. “What’s remarkable about many folk songs is the clever content. sounds very contemporary Think of gun criminals in America right now.”
Carlyle compared singing to her collaborators as “Watching the birds fly around Instinctively,” she adds: “It was as expected. But it’s as natural as possible. His voice was so special to me that I heard it sometimes when he wasn’t even singing with me.”
Friends and family members join the two-time Grammy-nominated artist. democracyIncluding John Legend, David Byrne, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Scherzinger, Chaka Khan, Andrew Bird, ANOHNI, Susanna Hoffs, Van Dyke Parks, Madison Cunningham, and more.
The project is produced by long-time collaborator Mitchell Froom. and a follow-up from Wainwright’s latest studio album in 2020. unfollow the rulesThe singer also announced dates for a tour in support of his new album with a six-piece backing band, including a special chamber orchestra concert at Stanford University and a solo performance.
democracy playlist
1. “Alone” (Feat. Madison Cunningham)
2. “Heading Home” (Feat. John Legend)
3. “Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)” (Feat. Susanna Hoffs, Chris Stills & Sheryl Crow)
4. “Down in the Willow Garden” (Feat. Brandi Carlile)
5. “Shenandoah”
6. “Nacht und Trom”
7. “Harvest” (Feat. Andrew Bird & Chris Stills)
8. “Go Mueang” (Feat. ANOHNI)
9. “High on a rock ledge” (Feat. David Byrne)
10. “Kao Lao Na Hua Hua” (Feat. Nicole Scherzinger)
11. “Hush Little Baby” (Feat. Martha Wainwright & Lucy Wainwright Roche)
12. “Black Gold” (Feat. Van Dyke Parks)
13. “Cotton Eyed Joe” (Feat. Chaka Khan)
14. “Arthur McBridge”
15. “Wild Mountain Thyme” (Feat. Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Lucy Wainwright Roche and Martha Wainwright)
