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Book written by John Mendelssohn, published on 15 November 2004 by Omnibus Press. It is part biography, part novel. It describes the adventures of former American underwear model,…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her fifth studio album Hounds Of Love. Third track of The Ninth Wave suite. The song vividly dramatises medieval witch…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released as the B-side of the single The Sensual World. Also included as a bonus track on the tape and CD versions…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released as the B-side of December Will Be Magic Again in 1980. The lyric starts out with a description of the warmth…

Based in Berlin (Germany), Wasp Summer was formed by Australians Samantha Wareing, Simon Morrison and Alaskan drummer Ben Johnson. They released their debut album ‘Close As A Slow…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her fifth studio album Hounds Of Love. Fourth track of The Ninth Wave suite. Versions There is only one studio…

Musician, composer, performer, engineer, designer and carpenter from Richmond, Virginia (USA). He works full time for Richmond Ballet as A/V supervisor and is a freelance theatrical sound and…

Born on 7 May 1988 in Watertown, MA (USA). Studied at the University of North Carolina, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Composition. Weathers…

Eberhard Weber was born in Stuttgart (Germany) on 22 January 1940. He is a German double bassist and composer. Weber began recording in the early 1960’s. From the…

Song written by Kate Bush. The song was inspired by a François Truffaut’s film called The Bride Wore Black (‘La Mariée était en noir’). It tells of a…

Hayley Dee Westenra was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 10 April 1987. She began performing at age six when she was cast in the lead singing role…

Unofficial 7″ single, released by Royal Records. The single features two recordings from Kate Bush’s live performance at The Palladium in London (UK) on 28 March 1987. Track…

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…

Born in Limerick, Ireland on 22 May 1950, Bill Whelan was educated at Crescent College, University College Dublin and the King’s Inns. He is best known for composing…

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…

Also known as Old Grey Whistle Test. A British television music show, focusing on ‘serious’ pop music. It was commissioned by David Attenborough and aired on BBC2 from…

American punk rock band, formed in 1982 in Sunnymead, an unincorporated area of California’s Inland Empire now called Moreno Valley. They played their first shows that year (the…

Chuck is a formally-trained musician with a background in blues, rock, fusion, western classical and Hindustani classical music. In addition to studying guitar for many years, Chuck studied…

Video CD version of The Whole Story, released in 1994. Spread across two discs, it features all the videos from the original VHS video and Laserdisc released in…

Compilation album by Kate Bush, released by EMI Records on 10 November 1986. The album included 10 hit singles, plus a “new vocal” version of debut hit Wuthering…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her seventh album The Red Shoes. Bush asked Prince to contribute background vocals to ‘Why Should I Love You’ in…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her tenth studio album 50 Words For Snow in 2011. Formats Despite being released as a single from the album,…

Wild Nothing is an indie rock/dream pop band from Blacksburg, Virginia (USA), formed in late 2009 by Jack Tatum. Tatum’s demos garnered attention in indie music circles with…

1992 television film written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, directed by Peter Richardson, and part of The Comic Strip Presents series of programmes. Originally broadcast on 24…

Born as Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde in Dublin (Ireland) on 16 October 1854. His parents were successful Anglo-Irish, Dublin intellectuals. Their son became fluent in French and…

Danish pop rock band, founded in 2008 by Bo Rande (keyboards and trumpet), Fridolin Nordsø (drums), Kristian Leth (lead vocals and guitars) and Frederik Nordsø (guitars). Their debut…

Born in Melbourne, Australia on 24 April 1941, John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) moved to England with his parents in 1952. Williams was initially taught guitar…

Jonathan Williams comes from a family of musicians and started to play the cello aged 5. Early musical training also included 5 years as a chorister at St…

Born to Scottish immigrants in Canada, Jason Wilson was the protégé of Studio One keyboardist Jackie Mittoo and is the cousin of UB40’s Michael Virtue. Wilson played his…

Windmill Lane Studios (now known as Windmill Lane Recording Studios) is an Irish recording studio in existence since 1978. It is currently located in a 3-storey building located…

Dutch symphonic metal band, founded in April 1996 by long-term partners Sharon den Adel (vocals) and Robert Westerholt (guitars). Together with Michiel Papenhove, Martijn Westerholt and Jeroen van…

British television talk show which was broadcast on BBC1 from 1982 until 1992, presented by Terry Wogan. The show was generally broadcast live from BBC Television Theatre in…

Born as Patrick Denis Apps in London (UK) on 30 June 1983. Wolf’s ongoing writing and recordings brought him to the attention of Fat Cat Records, who provided…

A version of The Man With The Child In His Eyes, performed by Peter Gabriel, Steve Harley and Kate Bush at the Bill Duffield memorial concert at the…

British music producer and record recording engineer who worked with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Talk Talk, Hanoi Rocks, Peter Gabriel, The Waterboys and Robyn Hitchcock. He performed…

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her second album Lionheart, it was issued as the album’s second single on 9 March 1979. According to Kate, the…

Book, published in 2014 to coincide with Kate Bush’s live performances Before The Dawn in London, featuring photographs of Kate Bush by Gered Mankowitz. It is an ultra-large-format…

Song written by Kate Bush, released as her debut single in January 1978. She wrote the song after seeing the last ten minutes of the 1967 BBC mini-series…

American indie rock band from Baltimore, MD (USA). Andy Stack (drums, keyboards, backing vocals) and Jenn Wasner (vocals, guitars and bass) formed as Monarch in mid-2006. They released…