Paul Alley

  Erasure lead singer Andy Bell has released his sixth solo album, “Torsten, The Beautiful Libertine,” a jaunt through theatrical compositions of a ‘polysexual semi-immortal’ character known as Torsten. “Torsten, The Beautiful Libertine” extends the show that began with 2014’s “Torsten, The Bareback Saint.” Originally a theatrical one-man performance written by composers Barney Ashton-Bullock and Christopher Frost, ‘Beautiful Libertine’ continues the story as told through lyrical postcards from Torsten’s outside memory. Think Alan Cumming meets Marc Almond. Andy explains, “Torsten seems to me like a dream that has come true. I was told the piece was especially written with me […]