The fact that Sean Lennon and Rufus Wainwright crossed paths, preformed together a number of times and seemingly became friends is not surprising...  They are both New Yorkers (although Wainwright considers himself a Montrealer as well), of a similar age, born to famous musician parents, they are intelligent, creative, unique and theatrical musicians, they also both have distinctive, slightly nasal voices.  Wainwright is a unique character, a true artist in my mind.  I saw him a couple years back at Carnegie Hall and he started the show with a tribute to Judy Garland. We were asked before the show, not to clap between songs and Wainwright didn't say a word, just seemed to floated on stage in a long, flowing black outfit, train trailing out behind, sat down at the piano and drew us all in with his piano playing and incredible voice which flowed out in to every corner of the theatre.  The second half, he practically skipped on stage in a purple velvet coat and sweats (fancy ones of course), and once again stunned the crowd with his staggering talent to create soundscapes both vast and delicate at the same time and his ability to fill every song with raw and honest emotion.  And in what will likely remain one of my favourite artist flubs on stage, he choked on his own spit during "Hallelujah"!  The whole experience was unearthly.  I'm sharing two songs both from his latest album Out of the Game which, incidently, Sean Lennon plays guitar on the album. "Jericho" is the second single from the album and catches me anew every time I hear it.  The second one is a video of a live radio preformance of his first single "Out of the Game".  It shows how seemingly effortless his voice flows out of him so I thought I'd share it as well!