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Priscilla, Maestro and the upcoming One Love revolve around pitch-perfect impersonations of A-list icons. But what about the bangers yet to be greenlit about less mainstream musicians?
Showing composer Leonard Bernstein as a magnetic but self-absorbed asshole with a sheepish grin and extroverted bisexuality, Maestro’s complex approach brings out a genius’s relatability and messy everydayness in what could otherwise have been stuffy subject matter. Photograph: David Corio/RedfernsCave’s wispy slink of a build, dapper three-piece suits and exploding tussle of hair, distil the punk spirit of the singer-songwriter’s career, from the early days in post-punk band the Birthday Party to his current work as a film composer (with Warren Ellis) for titles such as The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Road, and Hell or High Water. A central figure in the NYC avant-garde music scene of the 70s and 80s, mingling with painters, conceptual artists and writers, Glass is far from as popular or well-known as Bernstein, but he has been one of the most influential voices of composition in the US over the past 50 years.
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