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		</div><p>Rufus Wainwright is still working hard in lockdown, despite cancelled tour dates and a delayed album release.</p>
<p>Every morning he takes to his piano at home in Los Angeles for what he has coined his <em>“Robe Recitals”</em> or “<em>Quarantunes”</em>, where he performs a track from his extensive back catalogue, in a dressing gown, on Instagram.</p>
<p><em>“Even before this pandemic, I would practise every morning in my bathrobe,”</em> smiled Wainwright, speaking before a session earlier this month, adding that the robe was a necessary addition.</p>
<p><em>“Before I was married and had a child, I would practise naked back in the good old days, hungover and naked at the piano.”</em></p>
<p>Wainwright’s husband Jorn Weisbrodt films the musician’s daily performances and posts them to Instagram.</p>
<p>The videos include dedications to friends like Marianne Faithfull, who was recently released from the hospital after a coronavirus diagnosis.</p>
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<p>They also feature stories about Wainwright’s older songs or the meanings behind the lyrics of unreleased tracks.</p>
<p>The singer says he is relishing the opportunity to practise and <em>“work out some of the kinks in certain songs”</em> and to invite audiences into an intimate space.</p>
<p><em>“One of the great joys of being a musician is being alone and playing songs and losing touch with reality and time and so forth,”</em> he said. <em>“I get to now go through that experience with an audience of man.”</em></p>
<p>Wainwright’s ninth album, Unfollow The Rules, has had its release date pushed back to July 10, and the singer says he is very grateful that his fans understand the delay.</p>
<p><em>“I haven’t made a pop record for over seven years, so we want to do this right,”</em> he said.</p>
<p>In the meantime, the Robe Recitals will continue. On April 24, Wainwright plans to release Alone Time, a single from the forthcoming album which he says is <em>“a perfect title for this day and age”</em>.</p>
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