Ute Lemper

This collection by the German-born cabaret and stage veteran Ute Lemper adapts rock & roll
energy to theater music. The songwriting and most of the wild string arrangements on
Punishing Kiss come from an impressive lineup: the Divine Comedy, whose Neil Hannon has
made a cult career out of confusing pop and highbrow borrowings; Elvis Costello, a
longtime admirer of classic pop refinements; Tom Waits, that inventor of his own... More >