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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…

Poem written by Kate Bush, published in the school magazine at St. Joseph’s Convent Grammar School in 1970/1971. References Kate’s Early Poems. The Garden: The Complete published writings…

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1976. The song has never been released officially, but it did end up on various bootlegs. The…

Song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Originally recorded by Elton John on his album ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’. The song was a tribute to Marilyn Monroe,…

The Capital Radio Awards were invented by the radio station Capital Radio to celebrate the biggest names in pop music. During the ceremony on 6 March 1979 at…

Born in New York City (USA) on 21 October 1964, Jon Carin started his professional music career with the band Industry as their lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter….

Born in London, Linda Carriere joined the group Loose Ends in 1990. With them she recorded an album and their single ‘Don’t Be A Fool’ entered the American Top…

Belgian act Cartouche was created by Belgian producer Serge Ramaekers, who also worked on successful projects T-Spoon and 2 Boys. Its members were Jean-Paul Visser and Myrelle Tholen….

‘Castaway’ was a film starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed, and directed by Nicolas Roeg. The story was based on the 1984 book of the same name by…

Born in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, France on 9 February 1973, Sonia Cat-Berro was raised to the music and jazz of Monk, Mingus, and Ella Fitzgerald at the bottle with the…

Book compiled by John Carder Bush, originally published in 1986. The book features a collection of photographs by John of his sister Kate as a young girl, with…

‘Cathy Demos Volume Five’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the fifth in a series of five…

‘Cathy Demos Volume Four’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the fourth in a series of five…

‘Cathy Demos Volume One’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the first in a series of five…

‘Cathy Demos Volume Three’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the third in a series of five…

‘Cathy Demos Volume Two’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the second in a series of five…

‘Cathy’s Album’ is an unofficial album release featuring 16 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. Track listing The album features the following tracks: Kashka From Baghdad…

‘Cathy’s Album Too’ is an unofficial album release featuring 13 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It was released as the follow-up to Cathy’s Album. Track…

‘Cathy’s Home Demos’ is an unofficial album release featuring 29 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It was released by Blue Moon Records in 1993. Track…

Band from New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), active between 2008 and 2012. During this time, they released a handful of tracks, including a cover version of Mother Stands For…

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…

The celeste is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five-octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller…

Cellardoor debuted in 2004 with the album ‘L’esprit de l’Escalier’. The album was written, performed, recorded and produced by Andrew Edwards in Brooklyn, NY (USA). A year later,…

The cello or violoncello is a bowed, and sometimes plucked, string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. The strings from low to high are generally tuned…

The Celtic harp is a triangular harp traditional to Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It is known as a telenn in Breton, cláirseach in Irish, clàrsach in Scottish…

Champs-Élysées is a French-language television show presented by Michel Drucker and broadcast live from 16 January 1981 until 29 June 1990 every Saturday evening on Antenne 2 and…

Unofficial album, released by Midnight Dreamer in Japan. The album features an audience recording of Kate’s live concert at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris (France) on 6 May 1979….

Songwriter and vocalist Charllotte was born in the German town of Jever and grew up in several places in Germany and the UK. Thanks to her Swedish mother…

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…

China Drum were formed in rural Northern England in 1989 by brothers Bill and Dave McQueen, a guitarist and bassist respectively, and singing drummer Adam Lee. Then teenagers,…

Solo musician residing in Oakland, California (USA). His music ranges from instrumental ambient soundtracks to raw avant garde pop songs. Between 2006 and 2017 he’s released 30 collections…

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…

Ukranian pianist and composer, based in Odessa. Using the project name The Landwash Of Eternal Tranquility, he released two albums: ‘The Swallow Fly’ (April 2011) and ‘Glaring Thoughts’…

On December 22, 1979, the BBC broadcast the Christmas Snowtime Special, which was probably a compilation (for export) of four TV specials made earlier in the year, including…

Electronic music band from Portland, Oregon (USA). Their first single, ‘Beach Of Infants’, was a solo project of Adam Miller, who has been the band’s sole consistent member….

The solo project of New York artist Morgan Z, Chrome Canyon creates analog synth-powered tracks. Morgan spent his youth on the outskirts of southern California’s San Fernando Valley….

Australian psychedelic rock band, formed in Sydney in March 1980 by Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes and Nick Ward. A month later, Marty Willson-Piper, originally from Liverpool, United Kingdom,…

Born as Charlotte Maria Church in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales on 21 February 1986. Her musical breakthrough came when she was just 11 years old, singing ‘Pie Jesu’ over…

Italian version of the song Wuthering Heights, translated and performed by Mia Martini. A live performance of the song was recorded and released on the 1993 live album…

Eric Patrick Clapton CBE was born on 30 March 1945 in Ripley, Surrey. On his thirteenth birthday, he received an acoustic Hoyer guitar, but the inexpensive steel-stringed instrument…

Unofficial album, released by Chrome Dreams in 2006. The album consists of interviews with Kate Bush from the 1980’s. Track listing The album features the following tracks: Kenny…

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…

Clay Broome is a multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter from Georgia (USA). Although initially working solo, Clay Broome (the man) transformed into Clay Broome (the band) in 2001. The other band…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her fifth studio album Hounds Of Love. Released as the second single from the album on 14 October 1985. The…

Club For Five is an A cappella group founded in Helsinki, Finland in the year 2000. The band consists of Maija Sariola, Susanna Hietala, Jouni Kannisto, Juha Viitala…

The College Music Journal New Music Awards are organised annually since the 1980’s.  In 1986, Kate won the award for Best Female Artist. The award was accepted on…

Song written by Kate Bush while in the USA in May 1978. It was one of only three songs newly written for the album Lionheart – along with…

Mazi Cohen was born in Jerusalem (Israel) on 29 April 1959. She served in the army in the Central Command band, and even then she stood out for…

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….

Unofficial CD, released by Twilight Music in 1988. Subtitled ‘A collection of Kate’s studio & live duets’, It features various tracks taken from records and live performances. Track…

Born as Philip David Charles Collins in West London on 30 January 1951, Phil Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training. After…

Born as Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland on 30 March 1950, Robbie Coltrane was educated at Glenalmond College, an independent school in Perthshire, from which…

Documentary created by Quirine Racké and Helena Muskens and premiered at the IDFA 2007. In this documentary, diehard fans of Kate Bush talk about their special bond with…

Song written by John Lennon, but credited to Lennon-McCartney. The song was inspired by Timothy Leary’s campaign for governor of California against Ronald Reagan, which promptly ended when…

Song written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters and recorded by Pink Floyd on the album ‘The Wall’ (1979). The chorus melody was written by Gilmour while Waters…

Comic Relief is an operating British charity, and an independent sister organization of the United States-based Comic Relief Inc. Founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis…

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians who came to prominence in the 1980’s. They became known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents… which…

Compilation album, released by EMI Premier Records on May 23, 1996. The concept of this album, assembled by producer Donal Lunny, was to gather over a dozen Celtic…

A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It has bellows, and buttons typically on both ends of it. When pressed, the…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally used on the soundtrack of the Comic Strip movie GLC, it was later released on certain formats of the single Love and…

Clare is an award winning composer and violinist. Known for her stunning arrangements of the German techno band Kraftwerk her music is used on film and in the…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her seventh album The Red Shoes. The lyric describes telescopes being turned inside out and pointed towards the heart, “away…

English color healing therapist, born 1906 in East London. She worked as an accountant until her retirement at the age of 65, when she embarked upon a full-time…

Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987. It was created by…

The Dutch music show Countdown was a popular music show broadcast by Veronica between 1978 and 1993. Initially the show broadcast live concerts by pop and rock stars,…

Born in London (UK) on 11 September 1946, Julie Covington attended the Brondesbury and Kilburn High School in Kilburn. Her break came in 1967 when, while still a…

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1976. The song has never been released officially, but it did end up on various bootlegs. The…

Born as Harry Lillis Crosby Jr. in Tacoma, Washington (USA) on 3 May 1903, Bing Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby’s trademark warm bass-baritone voice made…

Poem written by Kate Bush, published in the school magazine at St. Joseph’s Convent Grammar School in 1969/1970. References Kate’s Early Poems. The Garden: The Complete published writings…

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…

Born as Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis in Wellington, New Zealand on 8 November 1956, Richard Curtis moved to England when he was 11 years old. At the University…

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1973. It was planned for inclusion in the withdrawn album The Early Years. Lyrics Please Don’t be-e…