The concert last night was superlative. I don't know of any other musician who even comes close to Rufus: in terms of the beauty and scope of his compositions; or his consummate mastery of the piano; or his inimitable style, his ability to make a song his own, from Debussy to Leonard Cohen.
It is imperative that you listen to something of his if you aren't already familiar with his music. A french friend asked me yesterday what kind of music he writes--jazz? pop? classical? I don't know; all three. It defies genre.
I do hope this posting doesn't read like a fan site. I'm really not one of those people. and I'm not, like, following Rufus around the country or stalking him after concerts. I just think he's one of the greatest voices out there, in a musical moment that's glutted with talentless pretty faces and derivative neo-punk/New Wave bands, and I think you should think this, too.
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- Lauren Elkin is a PhD candidate in English literature at the Université de Paris VII and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Originally from New York, she has lived in Paris on and off since 1999 and continuously since 2004. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, and her work has appeared in Gridskipper, the Huffington Post, Nextbook, The Forward, Parisist, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and the Paris Voice. She is the author of the novel IN DORSODURO, which is currently under representation by Diana Finch, and is at work on novel number two, set in present-day Paris.
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