Rufus Wainwright, Brandi Carlile Release ‘Down in the Willow Garden’ – Rolling Stone

Rufus Wainwright has introduced his upcoming album Folkocracy will arrive June 2 and launched its lead single “Down within the Willow Backyard” on Monday. The monitor options Brandi Carlile, and is described by Wainwright as a “blatantly brutal and masochistic” folks ballad.

“I selected us a cheery little quantity — not! The music is so blatantly brutal and masochistic that I needed to sing it with a girl. Sadly, we nonetheless reside in a violent world,” Wainwright stated in a press release. “The wonderful factor about so many people songs is that, content material clever, they sound very up to date. Consider the gun crime within the States proper now.”

Carlile likened singing together with her collaborator to “watching birds swirl round collectively instinctively in flight.” She added: “It’s anticipated however by some means as pure as could be. His voice is so particular to me that I hear it generally when he’s not even singing with me.”

A bunch of family and friends members be part of the two-time Grammy-nominated artist on Folkocracy, together with John Legend, David Byrne, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Scherzinger, Chaka Khan, Andrew Hen, ANOHNI, Susanna Hoffs, Van Dyke Parks, Madison Cunningham, and extra.

The challenge is produced by longtime collaborator Mitchell Froom, and follows Wainwright’s current 2020 studio album, Unfollow The Guidelines. The singer additionally introduced dates for a tour supporting his new album with a six-piece backing band, plus a particular chamber orchestra live performance at Stanford College and solo exhibits.

Folkocracy Tracklist
1. “Alone” (Feat. Madison Cunningham)
2. “Heading for Dwelling” (Feat. John Legend)
3. “Twelve-Thirty (Younger Ladies Are Coming To The Canyon)” (Feat. Susanna Hoffs, Chris Stills & Sheryl Crow)
4. “Down within the Willow Backyard” (Feat. Brandi Carlile)
5. “Shenandoah”
6. “Nacht und Träume”
7. “Harvest” (Feat. Andrew Hen & Chris Stills)
8. “Going to a City” (Feat. ANOHNI)
9. “Excessive on a Rocky Ledge” (Feat. David Byrne)
10. “Kaulana Na Pua” (Feat. Nicole Scherzinger)
11. “Hush Little Child” (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, & Martha Wainwright)