Kirk Lake

As a fan, perhaps I expected too much from this biography. If you happen to know nothing about the bundle of contradictions that is Rufus Wainwright, you might find this a decent introduction to his (so far shortish) life and work. If you know more than the barest outline, however, it really fails in its purpose. Interesting more for background on the Wainwright family (in all its tentacular splendour) and its impact on contemporary music than as being solely devoted to its most flamboyant scion.… (meer)