On June 2, 2023, “BMG” label released “Folkocracy”, the eleventh Rufus Wainwright album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.
Personnel:
- Rufus Wainwright – vocals, guitar, piano
- Val McCallum – guitar
- Madison Cunningham – guitar
- Blake Mills – guitar
- Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, guitar, mandolin
- Patrick Sauber – banjo
- Chaim Tannenbaum – banjo
- Richard Parks – mandolin
- Steve Amedée – tambourine
- Patrick Warren – organ
- Van Dyke Parks – piano, accordion
- Jacob Mann – piano
- Mitchell Froom – harpsichord, Mellotron, piano, electric piano
- Anna McGarrigle – accordion
- David Piltch – bass
- Pete Thomas – drums
- Ted Poor – percussion
- Andrew Bird – violin
- Madison Cunningham
- John Legend
- Susanna Hoffs
- Nicole Scherzinger
- Van Dyke Parks
- Chris Stills
- Brandi Carlile
- Anna McGarrigle
- Chaim Tannenbaum
- Lily Lanken
- Martha Wainwright
- Lucy Wainwright Roche
- Anohni
- David Byrne
- Chaka Khan
- Andrew Bird
- Chris Stills
- Sheryl Crow
- Rob Moose – strings, arrangement
- David Boucher – engineer, mixing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
- Alone – Edwan MacColl
- Heading for Home – Peggy Seeger
- Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) – John E. A Phillips
- Down in the Willow Garden – Charlie Monroe
- Shenandoah – traditional
- Nacht und Träume – Franz Schubert, Matthäus von Collin
- Harvest – Neil Young
- Going to a Town – Rufus Wainwright
- High on a Rocky Ledge – Louis Hardin
- Kaulana Nā Pua – Ellen Keho’ohiwaokalani Wright Prendergast
- Hush Little Baby – traditional
- Black Gold – Van Dyke Parks
- Cotton Eyed Joe – traditional
- Arthur McBride – traditional
- Wild Mountain Thyme – traditional
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