I found Rufus via his Bizet Pearl Fishers duet with David Byrne on D.B.'s Grown Backwards CD. Was Rufus, son of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate
McGarrigle, struggling a bit with the French? I thought so, and liked him for that. Also his voice seems to have three timbres going at once, which means you can effectively accompany him, whether you're feeling Lee Marvin, Leo Sayer or Kathleen Ferrier.
On Poses he appears to squander his rich,heartbreaking voice on his poppy songs, enunciating lazily enough to have your mother tutting. But the tunes and elegant lyrical drawling will get you in the end- I hope you too may soon be caught trilling "Don't sew beelines to anybody's hide - save your poison for a lover who is on your side" as your lift doors open.
Poses is my dirty secret for vacuuming, knitting socks and bathing. Still recommended if you do none of these - AC
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