Alone At My Piano [2022]

Alone At My Piano’ is an unofficial album release, seemingly released in Japan, featuring 29 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It was released by Empress…

Eklipse

German classical string quartet, formed by Felicitas Fischbein (Violin), Maline Zickow (Violin), Ida Luzie Philipp (Viola) and Linda Laukamp (Cello). Between 2012 and 2016 they released two albums:…

Birkin, Jane

Born in London on 14 December 1946, Jane Birkin was raised in Chelsea, and described herself as a “shy English girl.” She attended Miss Ironside’s School in Kensington….

Kingfisher Sky

Kingfisher Sky is a Dutch progressive metal band from Netherlands, created and led by drummer Ivar de Graaf. De Graaf left the band Within Temptation in 2001 to…

Ejwertz, Emma

Born on 22 November 1980, Emma Ejwertz is a Swedish singer/songwriter who grew up in southwest Sweden. She moved to Los Angeles in 1998 to pursue a career…

A Man Called Otto

American comedy-drama film from 2022, directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Magee. It is the second film adaptation of the 2012 novel ‘A Man Called…

Year Of The Parrot

Song written and recorded by the American band Primus on their 1995 album ‘Tales From The Punchbowl’. The lyrics are about the tendency to plagiarise other artists’ music,…

Let The Weirdness In

Book, edited by Evan St. Jones, in which twenty-six writers present stories inspired by the magic of Kate Bush. Generations of creatives have been influenced by her work….

Finding Kate

Book written by Michael Byrne and Marius Herbert, featuring an illustrated journey through five decades of the music of Kate Bush. The book sets out to visually and…

Running Up That Hill: 50 Visions of Kate Bush

Book written by Tom Doyle. Comprising fifty chapters or ‘visions’, the book is a multi-faceted biography of Kate Bush, viewing her life and work from different angles. A…

Long And Winding Road (the) [album]

Unofficial album release featuring assorted live and rare tracks. It was supposedly released in Japan. Track listing The album consists of the following tracks: Them Heavy People (from…

Mighty High

DJ collective, consisting of Mark Summers, Giles Goodman and Billie Godfrey. Mark Summers is the English CEO, sound engineer and music producer of Scorccio, a music production company…

Running Up That Hill

Song written by Kate Bush. The song was reportedly written in one evening in the summer of 1983. It was the first song recorded for the subsequent fifth…

Whelan & Di Scala

Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala met each other in Liverpool record shop 3 Beat Records and were both disc jockeys at nightclubs in the city. Di Scala…

Smith, Gizelle

Born to a Seychellois mother and an American father, Joe Smith, who was a band member of legendary Motown group the Four Tops, Gizelle was raised in Manchester,…

Thanateros

The band Thanateros was started in 1999 by Ben Richter as a solo-project. The name is a combination of the names of the Greek gods of death (Thanatos)…

Stranger Things

Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers and streaming on Netflix. The brothers serve as showrunners and are executive…

Cecilee

Cecilee (full name: Cecilee Landefeld) is an alternative piano-based singer/songwriter from Virginia (USA). She describes her music as “a blend of piano pop and some electronica with an…

Perfect Selection (the)

Unofficial compilation album, released in Bulgaria in 2021. Track listing The album features the following tracks: Running Up That Hill The Sensual World Blow Away (For Bill) Moments…

Live 1979

Unofficial album, released in Japan on 21 February 2020. The recording was made on 10 April 1979 at the Manchester Apollo. Track listing The album features the following…

Gustafsson, Rigmor

Born in Värmskog (Sweden) on 12 April 1966. At the age of eight she learned how to play the guitar at the public school in Grums, Sweden. She…

Dreaming: In-depth (the)

Book written by Laura Shenton and published by Wymer Publishing on 9 July 2021. In this book, the author offers an in-depth perspective on The Dreaming from a…

Kick Inside: In-depth (the)

Book written by Laura Shenton, published by Wymer Publishing on 12 March 2021. In this book, Shenton offers an in-depth perspective on The Kick Inside from a range…

Kate Bush: Song by Song

Book written by John van der Kiste. Published on 22 February 2021, the book promises a ‘thorough examination of the songs on all her singles, albums, and occasional…

Three Nights in Hammersmith

Book compiled by Max Browne, published via Blurb.com on 9 March 2021. The book features photographs from Kate Bush’s three nights at the Hammersmith Odeon during the Tour…

Nanky, Madame Maria

Most likely, Madame Maria Nanky is a pseudonym for Kate herself. When asked about her favourite cover version of a Kate Bush song, she replied: ‘Poor Old Flea’…

Pone

Born as Guilhem Gallart in Toulouse (France) on 7 March 1973, he left for Marseille at the age of 19. There he met other artists who would mark…

Mitchell, David

David Stephen Mitchell was born in Southport, Lancashire (UK) on 12 January 1969. He was educated at Hanley Castle High School and at the University of Kent, where…

Goodrem, Delta

Delta Lea Goodrem was born in Australia on 9 November 1984. She started playing piano from the age of seven, while also taking up dancing, singing and acting…

Most Wuthering Heights Day (the)

In 2013, 300 Kate Bush lookalikes gathered together in a park in Brighton (UK) to reenact Kate Bush’s first music video for Wuthering Heights (the so-called ‘red dress…

Cummins, Kevin

Kevin Cummins was born in Manchester (UK) on 19 August 1961. After studying photography for four years in Salford, Kevin embarked on a career that was to encompass…

Tiffany

Born as Tiffany Renee Darwish in Norwalk, California (USA) on 2 October 1971. Her parents divorced when she was 14 months old. She began singing at age four…

Vorn, Maida

Born as Mollie Clark in Kent (UK), Maida Vorn has made a career by making ‘dark pop’. In November 2019, she released a video of a cover version…

Intimacy For Beginners

Electronic art pop duo from Milan (Italy), consisting of singer Silvia Fusetti and producer Michele Voltini. In April 2020 they presented their first track, a cover version of…

Hit Collection (the)

Compilation DVD, released by Falcon Neue Medien in 2007. The disc includes thirteen music videos from the 1960’s and 1970’s. Track listing The DVD consists of the following…

Myers, Meg

Born as Janice Sue Meghan Myers in Nashville, TN (USA) on 6 October 1986), Meg Myers was raised by her father, a truck driver, and her mother, both…

Superskunkz

Irish rock band, consisting of Maressa Sheehy (vocals), Tony Kiey (guitar), Warren Tivy (bass guitar) and Oliver Loughnan (drums). They released their first track ‘Queen of the heretics’…

Best Clips Ever

Compilation DVD, released by MK Dreams S.L. and EMI in 2011. Subtitled ‘Videoclips Que Marcaron Una Época ’80’, the disc, which was released in Spain, presents twelve videos…

Power To The People: British Music Videos 1966-2016

Compilation DVD, released by BFI and Thunderbird in 2018. The set consists of 6 DVD’s. The collection has been put together by a team of researchers in collaboration with…

Bravo

German teen magazine, first published on 26 August 1956. Initially subtitled ‘the magazine for film and television’, it quickly included the latest music stars on its pages as well….

Never For Ever

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally slated for release as title track on the album Never For Ever, but it was not included in the end, although some…

Kate Bush [Sharpson song]

Track created by Sharpson, released in 2019. The track was inspired by the song Running Up That Hill. The accompanying music video features Hannah Mamalis in various Kate…

Sharpson

‘Sharpson’ is a house project from DJ and Producer Dónal Sharpson. Dónal has over 10 years experience when it comes to DJing and producing. As well as DJing…

This Woman’s Work: A Kate Bush Symposium

A two day conference devoted to the outputs and achievements of Kate Bush, featuring talks, screenings and performances at the University of Edinburgh, held on 12 and 13…

Eartheater

Stage name of Alexandra Drewchin. Prior to releasing music as Eartheater, Drewchin sang and played electronics in Guardian Alien, a psychedelic outfit founded by drummer Greg Fox. Eartheater’s…

In Aid Of Bill Duffield

Unofficial album release featuring a live recording of the 12 May 1979 benefit performance ‘In Aid Of Bill Duffield’, featuring guest stars Steve Harley and Peter Gabriel, at…

Tour Of Life Paris Affair

Unofficial album release featuring a live recording of Kate’s live performance at the Theatre Des Champs Elysees Paris, France on 6 May 1979, plus two tracks from a…

Season Of The Witch

‘Season Of The Witch’ is an unofficial album, released by Heathcliff in 2012. It features a live recording from the Tour Of Life at the Apollo Theatre in…

Tour Of Life In London Palladium

Unofficial album released by Heathcliff in 2010. It contains a recording of the show at the Palladium in London on 16 April 1979, plus bonus tracks from various…

Empty Bullring: Rarities And Flipsides 1977-1983 (the)

Unofficial album seemingly released by EMI Records (but not really) in Japan. Packaged as a mini replica lp card sleeve, it features B-sides and rare tracks released by…

Manchester Apollo 1979

Unofficial album. The recording was made on 10 April 1979 at the Manchester Apollo. Track listing The album features the following tracks:  

Ellevator

Formed in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada) by Elliott Gwynne, Michael Boyd, Nabi Sue Bersche & Tyler Bersche, Ellevator released their self-titled debut EP in 2018. With five tracks, the…

Revel Sparks (the)

The Revel Sparks are a 5-piece band consisting of John, Fiona, Lesley, Kieran & Karina. They offer renditions of modern and classic songs from a variety of genres…

Les Champs-Elysees Tour of Life 1979

Unofficial album release featuring a live recording of Kate’s live performance at the Theatre Des Champs Elysees Paris, France, 6 May 1979.It was released in 2014 by Heathcliff…

Groves, Glenys

Born on 26 July 1949, Glenys Groves was working mainly for the Ambrosian singers when she was contacted by Kate Bush in February 1979 to sing backing vocals…

Kate Bush: La Sorciere Du Son

Also known as ‘Kate Bush: Stimmgewaltig Und Exzentisch’. Documentary of 52 minutes, broadcast by the German/French channel Arte in September 2019. Compiled by Claire Laborey, the documentary features…

Kate Bush: Before The Dawn

Booklet released by Paul Sinclair from the website SuperDeluxeEdition.com on 14 September 2019. The A4 sized, 20 page booklet describes Paul Sinclair’s experiences seeing the Before The Dawn…

Check it out

Youth-oriented television series produced twice weekly by Tyne Tees Television for ITV from 1979 to 1982. It presented a mix of rock music performances and segments dealing with…

Blacknell, Steve

Born in Lambeth, South London on 6 September 1952, Steve Blacknell started out as a toilet cleaner in a mental hospital in Bexley, Kent. During this time he…

Party Of Five

Party Of Five is an American television teen and family drama created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox for six seasons from 12…

Queens of British pop

Two part documentary, originally broadcast by the BBC on 1 April 2009, celebrating female pop stars, singers and icons who have influenced British pop music. With contributions by…

Lauscher

The German folk duo Lauscher was founded in the summer of 2008 by Christine Walterscheid and Dominique M. Täger. They tour through Europe in their old-fashioned transporter carrying,…

Hogarth, Steve

Born as Ronald Stephen Hoggarth in Kendal, Westmorland on 14 May 1959., Steve Hogarth became interested in music as a child. He taught himself to play piano. Leaving…

UFO

A UFO, or Unidentified Flying Object, is the popular term for any aerial phenomenon that cannot immediately be identified. Most UFOs are identified on investigation as conventional objects…

Kate and I

Pop-up museum devoted to Kate Bush, created by Luna van der Horst (who was 15 years old at the time) in Zaandam (Netherlands) in December 2016. The museum…

Bob’s Burgers

Bob’s Burgers is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Belcher family – parents Bob and Linda…

Handmaid’s Tale (the)

The Handmaid’s Tale is an American dystopian drama web television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. It…

Delory, Donna

Born in Calabasas, California (USA) on 10 September 1964, Donna Delory is an American singer. She made her professional singing debut at the age of eight singing a…

Simpsons (the)

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of working-class life, epitomized by the…

Just Saying It…

Unofficial album, featuring an interview with Kate Bush, during the promotion of her album Hounds Of Love. It was released in 1986 by Discussion Records. Formats ‘Just Saying…

Eider Falls At Lake Tahoe

Short animated video, written and directed by Kate, to accompany Lake Tahoe, entitled ‘Eider Falls at Lake Tahoe’. It features five minutes from the 11 minute track, and…

Mistraldespair

Official animation to accompany a segment from Misty. The animation was released on YouTube on 25 November 2011, four days after the release of the album 50 Words…

Baby Bushka

American cover band focused on Kate Bush’s repertoire. The band was formed in late 2017 in San Diego, USA by Natasha Kozaily, Lexi Pulido, Nancy Ross, Nina Deering,…

8-track cartridge

The 8-track cartridge, also known as 8-track tape or 8-track, is a magnetic tape sound-recording technology that was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s to the…

Gillam, Jess

Jess Gillam grew up in Ulverston in Cumbria (UK). At the age of 13 she became the youngest ever endorsee for Yanagisawa Saxophones, and she is also a…

Still Dream

Also known as ‘Kate Bush Goes Trance’, this track by Beyond was released on a promotional single-sided 12″ single in 1999. It features samples of the track Cloudbusting….

Other Sides (the)

Compilation album, released initially as part of the Remastered box set, and subsequently as a stand-alone 4CD set on 8 March 2019.It brings together various B-sides and rare…

Late Late Show

Irish chat show, broadcast by RTE in Ireland. The first episode aired on 6 July 1962, with Gay Byrne presenting. Originally intended as light summer “filler”, the Late…

Tonight

Talkshow broadcast on BBC2 television in the UK. On the programme broadcast on 16 February 1978, Kate Bush is interviewed about her song Wuthering Heights.

Classic Rock

Monthly magazine about classic rock music, published monthly in the United Kingdom. It started as a one-off magazine in 1998, but its potential was quickly realised by publisher…

How To Be Invisible [book]

Book of selected lyrics by Kate Bush, with a foreword by novelist David Mitchell. Published by Faber & Faber on 7 December 2018, the book presents 87 song…

Kate Bush Remastered Pop-up Shop

Coinciding with the release of the Remastered box sets, as well as the publication by Faber of the lyric book How To Be Invisible, a Kate Bush Remastered…

Remastered

Compilation box sets, released on 16 November 2018 and 30 November 2018. It comprises the ten albums released by Kate Bush until then, with four additional albums of…

First Aid Kit

Swedish folk duo consisting of sisters Klara (vocals, guitar) and Johanna (vocals, keyboards, autoharp, bass guitar) Söderberg. Johanna was born on 31 October 1990 and Klara on 8…

C0ndu1t

Rock band from Toronto (Canada), consisting of Brian Hogue (vocals, guitars, synthesizers), Derek Black (synthesizers), Paolo de Bartolo (bass) and Alexander Tukatsch (drums). They debuted in 2006 with…

Chocolate War (the)

American movie from 1988, based on Robert Cormier’s novel of the same name, directed by Keith Gordon and starring John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wally Ward, Doug Hutchison, Jenny…

Cole, Natalie

Born in Los Angeles, California (USA), Natalie Cole was the daughter of the great American singer Nat King Cole and former Duke Ellington Orchestra singer Maria Hawkins Ellington….

Profiles In Rock

Weekly programme, broadcast on CITY-TV in Canada. In December 1980, an episode was dedicated to Kate Bush. Presenter Doug Pringle interviewed her at her parents’ home. The interview…

Eat The Video

Collection of video recordings on 2 DVD’s, exchanged among members of the love-hounds mailing list circa 2006. It collects important TV appearances by Kate Bush from between 1978…

Simmons, Kate

American model who appeared in the September 1978 issue of Penthouse magazine in the USA. Three photographs from that article were used on the back sleeve of the…

Everytime It Rains

Created by Just Us, ‘Everytime It Rains’ is a remix of Cloudbusting, using the original instrumentation and the full chorus of the song. The song was eventually retracted…

Just Us

DJ duo consisting of Carl Kennedy and Steven Lee. In 2016 they made a name for themselves with the track Everytime It Rains, which was a remix of…

Parlophone

Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German-British major record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon….

Divine Comedy (the)

Orchestral pop band from Northern Ireland, formed in 1989 and fronted by Neil Hannon. He was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their debut album ‘Fanfare For…

Eklund, Thomas

Swedish piano player, who recorded a handful of instrumental versions of Kate Bush songs around 1990 for radio show that eventually didn’t happen. Recorded at Studio Morris in…

James, John Anthony

Singer/songwriter, based in Cremorne, Australia. In November 1995 he recorded a cover version of Oh England My Lionheart, which was included on the fan-made compilation Kate Bush Covered….

KT Symbol

Kate’s first appearance in the public was a little tour through a few London pubs together with the so called KT Bush Band. They already used the KT…

Kate Bush Fanclub

Dutch fanclub, based in Breda (Netherlands), which started in 1980. The club was founded by Joshja Brans. He was soon joined by Rob Assenberg, Arie den Draak and…

Tower Records

International retail music franchise, originally based in Sacramento, California (USA). From 1960 until 2006, Tower operated retail stores in the United States, which closed when Tower Records filed…

Unwoman

Unwoman (aka Erica Mulkey) is a San Francisco-based cellist-singer-songwriter. Layered with skillful cello, rich vocals, and beats, her music is a darkly futuristic homage to her classical training….