RUFUS WAINWRIGHT SIGNS GLOBAL DEAL WITH BMG FOR UPCOMING NEW STUDIO ALBUM
Award-winning, critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter and composer Rufus Wainwright has signed a new global recordings agreement with BMG to release his upcoming studio album. His ninth album of original material, and first with BMG, follows his last full-length release, Out Of The Game, in 2012.Wainwright’s new studio album is a return to form and described as his ‘most accessible album to date’. Serving as the bookend to his acclaimed self-titled debut, that garnered widespread critical acclaim, Wainwright’s 20+ year career has found him develop from one of music’s most promising musical talents to one of its greatest singer-songwriters.Said Wainwright, “Excited to join the BMG family. I have been feeling the love worldwide. The record business certainly has changed and I have to say with BMG it has changed for the better.”John Loeffler, BMG’s EVP, Marketing & Repertoire, New York, said, “An absolute inspiration, Rufus’s artistry knows no bounds and he continues to be one of the world’s most inventive and thought-provoking songwriters. His new music has excited BMG across the globe and we’re ready to deliver his new masterpiece to his fans around world. We are honored to be his partner.”Praised for his ‘genuine originality’, the New York-born, Montreal-raised Rufus Wainwright has establi
