Rufus Wainwright is a difficult artist to categorize at the best of times. The Canadian-American musician has recorded pop songs, folk music, operas and stage musicals, but his latest album, Dream ...

"It suddenly dawned on me like a ton of bricks," he says. "I was like, 'Oh, Dream Requiem.It's also kind of the death of the American Dream.' What we're experiencing right now politically in the U ...