Over the years, a lot of the music I’ve composed has been inspired by poems I’ve read in my free-time. Lyrics are in my opinion the most important part of a song, so each week I want to begin highlighting the poems that have inspired me as a songwriter throughout my career. For this week’s #PoemFriday I am reading “Chandelier” by C.P. Cavafy accompanied by my most loyal companion, Siegfried. | Rufus Wainwright

Le Harlem marseillais de Claude McKay

Candace McKay

McKay looking forward to diving in Montreal on new ankle with new partner