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BBC News
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sheffield homeless choir perform first concert in city cathedral
A new choir made up of people impacted by homelessness have performed their first concert in South is the latest UK city to host a branch of The Choir With No Name, an organisation set up for people who have experienced rough concert took place in front of an audience of hundreds of people at Sheffield Cathedral, which has hosted weekly rehearsals since the choir started in January."We have a diverse choir, some are still going through a really tough time but we know that being part of this community is a huge support for them on a deep level," said choir director Oli Kluczewski. The choir performed a number of crowd-pleasing anthems including Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by The Eurythmics and One Day Like This by Choir With No Name national charity has seven choirs around the UK, with others in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Brighton, Cardiff and of the Sheffield choir have received support from the Cathedral Archer Project on Campo Lane, including Joyce Cook. Ms Cook, who found herself homeless after a family dispute, said she wore her favourite Disney glasses and her nan's "lucky necklace" to give her confidence on stage."She gave me a motto to keep on smiling - that's my favourite motto," she said."I love this, belting out classics, singing makes me feel good." Last year, Sheffield City Council confirmed the number of people registered as being homeless within the city had reached an all-time Whitham-Lees, a choir member who joined four weeks ago, said the group already had made "an impact" on him. "I've spent the last six years in and out of hostels, tents, street homeless," he said."You learn to deal with it and put up a front."Mr Whitham-Lees said the choir had helped to introduce him to "safe people"."They understand me, it's so nice they get me," he seven UK choirs meet once a week "for a cuppa and a catch up", sing for 90 minutes then share a free hot meal cooked by the success of their first concert, Mr Kluczewski believes the members are now ready for more."We know being a part of this choir is a huge support for our members," he said."I think music can affect social change, as long as people come and bring a sense of fun and community." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘I'd dress as Judy Garland and scare my parents': Rufus Wainwright's honest playlist
The song I do at karaoke My daughter is a typical teenager. She's 13 and not interested in much that I do, but the other day I was singing Begin the Beguine by Cole Porter and she actually came down and asked: 'What the hell was that?' So that song has some magic to it. It always elevates the world around me. The song I can no longer listen to Stephen Sondheim is brilliant, but I can't stand Send in the Clowns. It just gets on my tits. Yes, I know that's a very British expression. I'm pandering to you guys. The first single I bought Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics, on 45, from this great record store in Montreal called Phantasmagoria, when I was 10. I'd seen Annie Lennox on television and felt as if I was witnessing a celestial being. The best song to play at a party The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson. I find pre-Thriller Michael Jackson is less overt. The song that changed my life I was about four or five when I first saw The Wizard of Oz on television. When I heard Judy Garland sing Over the Rainbow, it instantly became my anthem, and I subsequently started dressing up like Judy and scaring my parents. The song I inexplicably know every lyric to Hotel California by the Eagles has been hammered into me inexplicably. I'm always drawn to the story and melody through morbid curiosity. The song I secretly like, but tell everyone I hate I hate all of the pro-American, crazy flag-waving crap, but The Star-Spangled Banner, the American national anthem, is a hell of a lot of fun to sing. It's got a real payoff. The Whitney Houston version deserves to be the most famous version. Have I ever been asked to sing it? Not yet. I'm not sure if I would. The song that gets me up in the morning Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen is one of the great energising songs. It acknowledges the sadness, but gets you going. The song that makes me cry I covered Heading for Home by Peggy Seeger on my Folkocracy record. What I love is that it's about accepting age and embracing death. The song I want played at my funeral I would have a viola piece called Offertorium from my new classical album. I've always loved classical music, but now that I'm a classical artist, it doesn't come up if you put 'Rufus Wainwright'. It only comes up if you put 'Wainwright'. So now I'm officially mononymous, like Mozart and Madonna. Rufus Wainwright's new classical album, Dream Requiem, is out now.
The Guardian
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘I'd dress as Judy Garland and scare my parents': Rufus Wainwright's honest playlist
The song I do at karaoke My daughter is a typical teenager. She's 13 and not interested in much that I do, but the other day I was singing Begin the Beguine by Cole Porter and she actually came down and asked: 'What the hell was that?' So that song has some magic to it. It always elevates the world around me. The song I can no longer listen to Stephen Sondheim is brilliant, but I can't stand Send in the Clowns. It just gets on my tits. Yes, I know that's a very British expression. I'm pandering to you guys. The first single I bought Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics, on 45, from this great record store in Montreal called Phantasmagoria, when I was 10. I'd seen Annie Lennox on television and felt as if I was witnessing a celestial being. The best song to play at a party The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson. I find pre-Thriller Michael Jackson is less overt. The song that changed my life I was about four or five when I first saw The Wizard of Oz on television. When I heard Judy Garland sing Over the Rainbow, it instantly became my anthem, and I subsequently started dressing up like Judy and scaring my parents. The song I inexplicably know every lyric to Hotel California by the Eagles has been hammered into me inexplicably. I'm always drawn to the story and melody through morbid curiosity. The song I secretly like, but tell everyone I hate I hate all of the pro-American, crazy flag-waving crap, but The Star-Spangled Banner, the American national anthem, is a hell of a lot of fun to sing. It's got a real payoff. The Whitney Houston version deserves to be the most famous version. Have I ever been asked to sing it? Not yet. I'm not sure if I would. The song that gets me up in the morning Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen is one of the great energising songs. It acknowledges the sadness, but gets you going. Sign up to Inside Saturday The only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine. Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend. after newsletter promotion The song that makes me cry I covered Heading for Home by Peggy Seeger on my Folkocracy record. What I love is that it's about accepting age and embracing death. The song I want played at my funeral I would have a viola piece called Offertorium from my new classical album. I've always loved classical music, but now that I'm a classical artist, it doesn't come up if you put 'Rufus Wainwright'. It only comes up if you put 'Wainwright'. So now I'm officially mononymous, like Mozart and Madonna. Rufus Wainwright's new classical album, Dream Requiem, is out now.
