Loudon Wainwright III review – classic songwriter still mischievous and misanthropic at 76
The G2 interview
‘I was promiscuous – that’s murder on marriage’: Loudon Wainwright III on sex addiction, booze and family feuds
March 2022
Martha Wainwright: ‘Forget rock excess, life on the road was a juggling act for me’
The Canadian-American singer-songwriter on why she needed to tell a different story in her candid autobiography
October 2021
Flashback
Rufus and Martha Wainwright: ‘When Mum died, we sewed ourselves together again’
The famous musical siblings revisit their fractious childhood relationship and recreate an old photograph
April 2016
Readers recommend
Readers recommend playlist: songs about climate change
My family values
Rufus Wainwright: my family values
April 2015
Music blog
Homegrown talent shines as Wales hosts BBC folk awards
Readers recommend
Readers recommend: songs about itinerants, nomads and migration
March 2015
Yusuf Islam and Loudon Wainwright III celebrated at BBC 2 folk awards
Lifetime achievement awards to Islam and Wainwright III announced alongside shortlist for this year’s event
August 2013
The swimming blog
My top 10 swimming songs
Sally Goble: From a folksy Frank Turner ballad to an REM classic via a funky oddity by 10CC, here's my pick from the pool of tunes about taking a dip in the drink. What are your favourites?
February 2013
Readers recommend
Readers recommend: songs about Shakespeare – results
Whether it's pop songs about Romeo and Juliet or raps about the Prince of Tyre, here's the best of last week's thread – as picked by RR regular barbryn
April 2012
Loudon Wainwright III: Older Than My Old Man Now – review
From Woody Guthrie-style blues to a duet about sex with Dame Edna Everage – it can only be a new Loudon Wainwright III album, writes Robin Denselow
January 2012
Old music
Old music: Loudon Wainwright III - Motel Blues
Jay-Z, Beyoncé and the art of putting parenthood to music
July 2011
Rufus Wainwright and Loudon Wainwright III – review
Rufus and Loudon Wainwright's double act brings a remarkable warming of relations between father and son, writes Kitty Empire
June 2011
Rufus Wainwright teams up with his father, Loudon Wainwright III - video
Rufus Wainwright: 'Opera chose me'
April 2011
Rocking the boat: a Caribbean cruise that thinks it's a music festival
It's just like a music festival on land except the rooms are clean and the weather is pleasant, says Andrew Mueller
November 2010
Rufus Wainwright to take up Royal Opera House residency
'All the crowned heads of Europe will be getting on Eurostar,' jokes singer as he prepares for summer concert series
