Canadian Pop Pianists - Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sarah Slean, Rufus Wainwright, Daniel Powter, Allison Crowe, Tara MacLean, Dan Bryk (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sarah Slean, Rufus Wainwright, Daniel Powter, Allison Crowe, Tara MacLean, Dan Bryk, Corey Hart, Emily Haines, Veda Hille, Emm Gryner, Royal Wood, C ur de pirate, Ann Vriend, Frank Mills, Melina Soochan, Christine Fellows, Daniel Berthiaume, Heather Hutchison, Steve Holt, Natasha Alexandra, Moulann Chang, Shelton Brooks, Valery Gore, Alex Lacasse. Excerpt: Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, to folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. His parents divorced when he was three, and he lived with his mother in Montreal, Canada for most of his youth. Wainwright is both a U.S and Canadian citizen. He attended high school at the Millbrook School in New York (which would later inspire his song "Millbrook"), and later briefly studied piano at Concordia and McGill Universities in Montreal. He began playing the piano at age six, and started touring at 13 with "The McGarrigle Sisters and Family," a folk group featuring Rufus, his sister Martha, his mother Kate, and aunt Anna. His song "I'm a-Runnin'," which he performed in the film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller at the age of 14, earned him a nomination for a 1989 Genie Award for Best Original Song. He was nominated for a 1990 Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year. Wainwright acknowledged that he was gay while a teenager. In 1999, he told Rolling Stone that his father recognized his homosexuality early on. "We'd drive around in the car, he'd play 'Heart of Glass' and I'd sort of mouth the words, pretend to be Blondie. Just a sign of many other things to come as well." Wainwright later said in another intervi...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sarah Slean, Rufus Wainwright, Daniel Powter, Allison Crowe, Tara MacLean, Dan Bryk, Corey Hart, Emily Haines, Veda Hille, Emm Gryner, Royal Wood, C ur de pirate, Ann Vriend, Frank Mills, Melina Soochan, Christine Fellows, Daniel Berthiaume, Heather Hutchison, Steve Holt, Natasha Alexandra, Moulann Chang, Shelton Brooks, Valery Gore, Alex Lacasse. Excerpt: Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, to folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. His parents divorced when he was three, and he lived with his mother in Montreal, Canada for most of his youth. Wainwright is both a U.S and Canadian citizen. He attended high school at the Millbrook School in New York (which would later inspire his song "Millbrook"), and later briefly studied piano at Concordia and McGill Universities in Montreal. He began playing the piano at age six, and started touring at 13 with "The McGarrigle Sisters and Family," a folk group featuring Rufus, his sister Martha, his mother Kate, and aunt Anna. His song "I'm a-Runnin'," which he performed in the film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller at the age of 14, earned him a nomination for a 1989 Genie Award for Best Original Song. He was nominated for a 1990 Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year. Wainwright acknowledged that he was gay while a teenager. In 1999, he told Rolling Stone that his father recognized his homosexuality early on. "We'd drive around in the car, he'd play 'Heart of Glass' and I'd sort of mouth the words, pretend to be Blondie. Just a sign of many other things to come as well." Wainwright later said in another intervi...

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August 2011

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978-1-155-73549-8

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