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Conn, Jan

Born in Asbestos, Quebec in 1952, Jan Conn received her Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Toronto. She has lived in Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, Guatemala, Caracas (Venezuela),…

Love As A Moving Object

Poem by Jan Conn, published in the Toronto Star on 13 May 1995. The poem mentions Kate Bush and her song Oh To Be In Love. It starts…

Kate (Variations On A Theme By Kate Bush)

Track from the album Highlife by the Sonny Sharrock Band, released in 1990. The instrumental track runs at almost six minutes and incorporates some of the melody of…

Sharrock, Sonny

Born as Warren Harding Sharrock in Ossining, New York (USA) on 27 August 1940, Sonny Sharrock was an American jazz guitarist. His first wife was singer, Linda Sharrock,…

Liars Dance

Liars Dance was a Swiss rock group led by singer Tom Kelly. The group was a continuation of the Tom Kelly Band, who were founded in 1980 and…

Counterparts

Founded in 1981, Counterparts is the oldest all-gender a cappella group at the University of Pennsylvania and the only group specializing in pop and jazz. The group is…

Artists In Resonance

A co-ed acappella group founded in 1987 at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, CA. As it is a collegiate group, the membership is fluid and changes…

Adam West

Canadian band, hailing from London, Ontario, founded by Rick Fry (bass), Steven Crew (drums), Dave Merritt (vocals, guitar) and Shawn Bragg (guitar). They released their debut album Brunswick…

Henshall, Ruthie

Born as Valentine Ruth Henshall in Orpington, Greater London on 7 March 1967. English actress, singer and dancer, known for her work in musical theatre. Her debut performance…

Could She Really Walk On The Water?

Unofficial album, released in a numbered limited edition on coloured splatter vinyl by The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label in 2015. The album features a selection of live tracks…

1985 Kate Bush Message

Authorized Japanese Kate Bush Fan Club Flexidisc. One side only is pressed. Includes holiday message from Kate to Japanese fans to mark the end of 1984. Also includes…

Robinson, Edward G.

Born as Emanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest (Romania) on 12 December 1893, he emigrated with his family to New York City (USA) in 1903. He had his Bar Mitzvah…

Bogart, Humphrey

Born in New York City (USA) on 25 December 1899. Humphrey Bogart was preparing for medical school at Yale when he was kicked out of Phillips Academy in…

Cagney, James

Born as James Francis Cagney Jr. in New York City (USA) on 17 July 1899. American actor, dancer and film director. On stage and in film, he was…

Raft, George

Born as George Ranft in New York City (USA) on 26 September 1895. American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the…

Sweet Soul Music

Song, written by Arthur Conley and Otis Redding. First released by Arthur Conley in 1967. The song is based on the Sam Cooke song ‘Yeah Man’ from his…

Ultimate Music Guide (the)

Publication created by Mojo, in which one artist is the focus of a glossy magazine, filled with interviews, articles and reviews. The issue about Kate Bush was first…

Smeets, Yvonne

Great musical artistry and originality’, the distinction given to Yvonne Smeets as she graduated the Royal Conservatory summa cum laude in 2006, a year earlier she won the…

Kate Bush [Stoner song]

Song released by Stoner in 2020. The lyrics are entirely in Italian, with the name ‘Kate Bush’ repeated in the chorus multiple times.

Stoner

Stoner is an electronic rock duo, consisting of Stefano Bernardi and Giacomo Sette. In 2020 they released a song called Kate Bush. They released just two songs: ‘Camelot’,…

Karliene

Karliene Reynolds hails from Scotland, but currently lives in Australia. She gained fame for her songs inspired by fantasy novels and television shows such as Game of Thrones….

Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Belgian women’s choir conducted by Stijn Kolacny, and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. Formed in 1996, Scala & Kolacny Brothers won the Belgian “Choir…

Wouldn’t Change A Thing

Song written, composed, arranged and performed by Lionel Azulay on his album ‘Out Of The Ashes’, released in 2008. ‘Wouldn’t Change A Thing’ was originally recorded in the…

Kaivanto, Petri

Born in Helsinki on 8 June 1968, Petri Kaivanto is a Finnish composer, lyricist, singer and journalist. He has also participated in politics and has been a candidate…

Kono, Yuri

Yuri Kono is a singer from Kyoto, Japan, who started to record videos of herself covering Kate Bush songs since 1 January 2021. The aim is to cover…

Uncut

Uncut is a monthly magazine based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections. The magazine…

Paganini, Niccolo

Born in Genoa (Italy) on 27 October 1782 as the third of six children of Antonio and Teresa (née Bocciardo) Paganini.  Antonio Paganini was an unsuccessful ship chandler,…

Crippen, Hawley

Born as Hawley Harvey Crippen in Coldwater, Michigan (USA) on 11 September 1862, colloquially known as Dr. Crippen. He studied first at the University of Michigan Homeopathic Medical…

Phoenix Recordings (the)

‘The Phoenix Recordings’ is an unofficial album release, supposedly released in Japan, featuring 22 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush.The title of this release comes from…

Record Collector

British monthly music magazine. It was founded in 1980 and distributes worldwide. The first standalone issue of Record Collector was published in March 1980, although it originally started…

Birmingham 1979

Unofficial CD, released by Radio Broadcast Music Ltd. in October 2022. ‘Birmingham 1979’ features the soundtrack of the Christmas special Kate which was broadcast on BBC television (UK)…

Life

Unofficial video with an unknown release date. The recording was made on 10 April 1979 at the Manchester Apollo. Track listing The video features the following tracks: Formats…

Music Box

Music Box was a pioneering pan-European 24-hour cable and satellite television channel that ran from 29 March 1984 to 30 January 1987, and was operated by Music Box…

8 MIDI Arrangements

48-page ‘Interactive MIDI Music With Lyrics’ songbook and 3.5″ software disc, published by International Music Publications in 1996. The book provides MIDI arrangements for 8 songs by Kate…

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…