William Dart revels in Rufus Wainwright's new album Folkocracy - a tribute to the central importance of the folk-singing tradition in our music, with guests ranging from Chaka Khan and David Byrne to the great Van Dyke Parks.
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Music Details
ARTIST: Kate & Anna McGarrigle
TITLE: Hard Times Come Again No More
ALBUM: Songs of the Civil War
COMPOSER: Foster
LABEL: Sony
ARTIST: Rufus Wainwright
TITLE: Millbrook
ALBUM: Rufus Wainwright
COMPOSER: R Wainwright
LABEL: Dream Works
ARTIST: Rufus Wainwright
TITLE: When, In Disgrace with Fortune and Men's Eyes
ALBUM: When Love Speaks
COMPOSER: R Wainwright, Shakespeare
LABEL: EMI
ARTIST: Rufus Wainwright
TITLE: Haine
ALBUM: Unfollow the Rules
COMPOSER: R Wainwright
LABEL: BMG
ARTIST: Kate & Anna McGarrigle
TITLE: Talk to Me of Mendocino
ALBUM: The McGarrigle Hour
COMPOSER: K McGarrigle
LABEL: Rykodisc
ARTIST: Rufus Wainwright ft Martha and Lucy Wainwright
TITLE: Hush Little Baby
ALBUM: Folkocracy
COMPOSER: Trad
LABEL: BMG
ARTIST: Rufus Wainwright ft Andrew Bird
TITLE: Harvest
ALBUM: Folkocracy
COMPOSER: Young
LABEL: BMG
ARTIST: Rufus Wainwright
TITLE: Nacht und Träume
ALBUM: Folkocracy
COMPOSER: Schubert
LABEL: BMG
ARTIST: Rufus Wainwright ft Ahohni
TITLE: Going to a Town
ALBUM: Folkocracy
COMPOSER: R Wainwright
LABEL: BMG
ARTIST: Rufus Wainwright ft Van Dyke Parks
TITLE: Black Gold
ALBUM: Folkocracy
COMPOSER: Parks
LABEL: BMG
