There Will Be Rainbows: A Biography of Rufus Wainwright : And the Story of Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle Paperback / softback
by Kirk Lake
Paperback / softback
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The first ever biography of one of the most fascinating singers to have appeared in the last 50 years. "Rufus Wainwright is the greatest songwriter on the planet" - Elton JohnRufus Wainwright's work mixes innovation and tradition like no other contemporary pop performer.
His private life, which, by choice or otherwise, he has lived in public, is equally incredible -- and in its own, sometimes peculiar, often exaggerated way, has encompassed all three of the clichéd tenets of the popular artist (sex, drugs and rock n roll). In seeking to explain how the artist works and where his place lies in a great tradition, Kirk Lake enters into the diverse worlds of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, opera, gay liberation, Canadian folk, neo-Conservatism, drug addiction and Hollywood musicals.
He follows Wainwright's journey (from Van Dyke Parks, to rehab, to Carnegie Hall), and talks to those who have orbited close to Wainwright.
Rufus Wainwright: A Biography is an intelligent, critical piece of music writing that befits the integrity and complexity of the artist's work while fully embracing the self-deprecating humour and flamboyance that embodies Rufus Wainwright, the person.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:29/04/2010
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- ISBN:9781409103424
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:29/04/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781409103424
