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Box-shaped wooden guitar commonly played in music of Madagascar. It has four to six strings and is commonly thought to be a direct descendant of the Arabic oud….
Michael Arnold Kamen was born in New York City (USA) on 15 April 1948. While attending The High School of Music & Art in New York City, he…
Born on 24 April 1960, Icelandic musician and songwriter Friðrik Karlsson studied classical and jazz/rock guitar and had success with the group Mezzoforte in 1983 with the U.K….
Born as Andonis Michaelides in Nicosia, Cyprus on 24 July 1958, Mick Karn moved to England when he was three years old. He was educated at Catford Boys’…
Song written by Kate Bush, dating back to 1976. It was released on Kate’s second album Lionheart. The recording features Paddy Bush playing the strumento da porco. Versions…
‘Kate’ is the official name of a Christmas special that was broadcast on BBC television (UK) on 28 December 1979. It was recorded in October 1979 at the…
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…
Book written by Paul Kerton and translated into German by Sabine Reinhardt. Originally published in 1980 as Kate Bush: An Illustrated Biography, this German edition was published in…
Song written by Hervé Christiani. The lyrics are about a friend of his, whose girlfriend spent a whole winter playing Kate records before dumping him. In the song,…
On 15 June 1983, a compilation album entitled ‘Kate Bush’ was released in the USA and Canada. EMI Records released this mini-LP because they wanted to promote Kate…
Issue 58 of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Comics series, published by Revolutionary Comics in the USA on 1 April 1993, is devoted to an unofficial biography of Kate…
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…
Unofficial album release featuring the content of the original (official) Live at Hammersmith Odeon release. It was released in Italy by VIP. Track listing The album consists of…
Song by the band Viva City, released on 23 June 2008. The lyric of the song quotes Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love as well as Shakespeare’s plays Hamlet,…
TV special, produced for BBC Four and originally broadcast on 22 August 2014. The special is a compilation of performances by Kate Bush in various BBC programmes. Track…
Book released by EMI Music Publishing in July 1987. It features an introduction by Peter Fitzgerald-Morris, co-editor of Homeground. The book presents an extensive timeline on Kate; a…
Compilation album of cover versions of Kate Bush songs, as performed by fans and professional musicians. The album came together in the first half of 1997 when Kate…
The Kate Bush Experience was formed in Stockholm in 2007 by Anna-Karin Westerlund, who, after being inspired by Kate Bush for years, decided to form a tribute band….
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…
45 minute documentary about Kate Bush’s live tour in 1979. Two versions of the documentary were produced: one with a German voice-over during the interviews with Kate Bush,…
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…
Song written and performed by Urbantramper, released in 2011. The song was written during a 10 month song-writing sojourn in Nantes (France), apparently on a TGV train to…
Documentary about Kate Bush, originally broadcast on 22 August 2014 on BBC television on the occasion of her then upcoming Before The Dawn live shows. It explores her…
Book written by Kevin Cann and Sean Mayes. Published by Omnibus Press on 5 December 1988, this 96 page book was presented as “the first book to present…
Book written by Paul Kerton. Published in 1980, this 112 page biography featured photographs (both in black and white and in color) and lots of information about Kate’s…
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…
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…
Book, published in 2017 by Le Mot Et Le Reste and written by Frédéric Delâge. The first book in French about Kate, it describes her career from her…
Book published by Stave House on 10 August 1998. This book contains sheet music for full orchestration, including guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, orchestral woods and brass for 12…
Book written by Fred & Judy Vermorel. Published in 1980, this book (36 pages) was available from Target Books at a price of 95 pence in the UK….
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…
Book written by Kerry Juby. Published by Sidgwick & Jackson on 20 October 1988. The book consists of 160 page of text, eight pages of colour photographs and…
Book published in March 2016, featuring photographs of Kate Bush by Guido Harari. Guido photographed Kate between 1982 and 1993, while she was involved in her albums Hounds…
Kate’s Project is a band created by Mauro Farina and Giuliano Crivellente, produced by SAIFAM Publishing Group. Their first release was the single ‘Wuthering Eights’, a cover version…
Trio of musicians who collaborated on a cover version of Strange Phenomena for the album Running Up That Hill: Kate Bush Covers For Reproductive Rights. Kathleen Baird is…
Born on 12 July 1946 in Dublin, Seán Keane is an Irish fiddler and a member of The Chieftains. He was a member of Ceoltóirí Chualann in the…
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…
Jon Kelly began his career as an engineer at Air London Studios. As an engineer and producer, he’s worked with artists like Chris Rea, The Damned, The Beautiful…
Born in Westport, Co. Mayo in 1973, Laoise Kelly learned to play the piano and how to read music from her father. She did a year of tin…
Born in Cheshire, England (UK) on 3 May 1938, Lindsay Kemp studied with Marcel Marceau in the 1950’s before starting his own company in 1968. Kemp formed his…
Song written by Kate Bush, originally recorded for the Comic Strip film GLC. It was released as the B-side of the single Love and Anger in 1990. Formats…
Nigel Kennedy was born in Brighton (UK) on 28 December 1956. As a ten-year-old he would pick out Fats Waller tunes on the piano after hearing his stepfather’s…
The Kenny Everett Video Show was a British television comedy and music programme made by Thames Television for ITV from 3 July 1978 to 21 May 1981. The…
The Kenyon College Chasers, founded in 1964, are the oldest singing group on campus. This co-ed ensemble performs contemporary, member-written arrangements of a variety of songs. The Chasers…
Session musician who played guitar on albums by Lou Reed, Harry Nilsson, Kiki Dee, Colin Blunstone, Roger Daltrey, Marti Webb and Cerrone during the 1970’s and early 1980’s….
Song written by Kate Bush. First released on Kate’s debut album The Kick Inside. The lyrics were inspired by a traditional folk song called “Lucy Wan”. According to…
‘The Kick Inside’ is Kate Bush’s debut album, released by EMI Records on 17 February 1978. The album was produced by David Gilmour‘s friend and associate, Andrew Powell…
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…
Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1978 or 1979.
Kiki and Herb (Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman) are an American drag cabaret duo. Bond portrays Kiki DuRane, an aging, alcoholic, female lounge singer. Mellman portrays her gay,…
Born on 22 October 1959, Kevin Killen is a music producer, engineer, and mixer. He began as an assistant engineer at a small studio in Dublin (Ireland). After…
Breton traditional song. Originally released on the album ‘Again’ by Alan Stivell, which was released by Disques Dreyfus and Mercury in 1993. The track features Kate Bush on…
Song written by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie, who together formed the band Go West. They recorded the song on their 1987 album ‘Dancing On The Couch’ with…
Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on 24 October 2005 as the first and only single from her eighth studio album Aerial. The song was first played…
Childhood friend of Brian Bath, Vic King was a drummer in their band TAME, together with Del Palmer. After meeting Kate Bush they become the original incarnation of…
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…
Song written by Kate Bush. ‘Kite’ was released as the B-side of Kate Bush’s debut single Wuthering Heights and subsequently included on her debut album The Kick Inside…
Formed in 2010 by Beth McDonald (tuba) and Neal Markowski (non-tuba), Korean Jeans is a noisy duo, who have released four albums until now. Their self-titled debut album…
The koto is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument derived from the Chinese zheng, and similar to the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum, and the Vietnamese dàn tranh….
Band formed in 1977 by Brian Bath, Vic King, Del Palmer and Kate Bush. After practicing in Greenwich and East Wickham Farm, they made their live debut in…
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…
Kurva Choir is an experimental chamber orchestra, comprised of C.J. Boyd on bass and voice, Molly McDermott on cello and voice, and Dominique Hamilton on viola and voice….
Electric dream pop duo from Manchester (UK) consisting of Kyoko Swan and Daniel Broomhall. Swan originally performed solo as Kyōgen, writing and recording in “The Bunker”, an old…