Kate Bush

MOJO MAGAZINE – New Issue With Cover Star KATE BUSH

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14 April 2024

KATE BUSH – THE EARLY YEARS is this month’s MOJO cover story. Everything from
her early demos through Wuthering Heights to Never For Ever. Plus, an insider relives
the incredible Tour Of Life.

Also in the issue: The Yardbirds – the whole story; Scott Walker’s Climate Of Hunter at 40; Beth Gibbons returns; Tangerine Dream’s synth madness; Labi Siffre – famous at last. And: Crowded House; Curtis Mayfield; Anita Pallenberg; Steve Harley; Nirvana; Leyla McCalla; Richard Thompson; Lou Reed; Buzzcocks; Minutemen.

This month’s free CD features 15 slices of raucous, raving, rumbustious British R&B by
The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies, Geno Washington, Alexis Korner
and more.

You can purchase a copy and let it be sent to your home adress. Info HERE.

20 Crackers From 1978 – The Year A Female Songstress Topped The UK Singles Chart For The First Time Ever

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Back in time

3 February 2024

1978 was a new-punk-wave year of alternative razzmatazz, sonic turmoil
and timeless killer tracks by Buzzcocks, The Clash, Siouxsie and The Banshees,
Blondie, PIL, Talking Heads, and many more.

It was also the first year ever that a female singer-songwriter topped
the UK Singles Chart with a self-written song. It was the then 20-year-old
wayward artist Kate Bush who did it with her debut single Wuthering
Heights in January 1978.

Turn Up The Volume‘s selection of 20 classic crackers from 1978.

Oops, 1978 was also the year of Grease and Superman.

UNCUT MAGAZINE – New Issue Celebrates Legend KATE BUSH

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19 July 2023

UNCUT celebrates 40 of KATE BUSH’s greatest songs in the company of musicians and eyewitnesses, as the magazine attempt to unravel the magical thinking and creative mysteries behind one of the most consistently adventurous and radical songbooks of the last 50 years – from her career-defining hits to b-sides, deep cuts and even a Christmas song. “The one thing that she taught me, there are no barriers,” says one collaborator. “Too many people think you shouldn’t do this or that. But Kate would often ask, “Is that weird?’ or ‘How can we make this weird?”

Also features about Ronnie Lane, Elliott Smith, XTC, Protomartyr, album reviews and more.

This month’s free 15-track CD – Now Playing – showcases the wealth of great new music on offer this month. With Blur, Cut Worms, Hiss Golden Messenger, Dot Allison, Bush Tetras, PiL, Be Your Own Pet and many more.

You can purchase a copy of this issue and let it be sent to your home. Info HERE.

20 Knockouts From 1978 – The Year A Female Songstress Topped The UK Singles Chart For The First Time Ever

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Going back in time

30 May 2023

1978 was a new-punk-wave year of alternative razzmatazz, sonic turmoil and timeless killer tracks by Buzzcocks, The Clash, Siouxsie and The Banshees Blondie, PIL, Talking Heads and many more.

It was also the first year ever that a female singer-songwriter topped the UK Singles Chart with a self-written song. It was the then 20-year-old wayward artist Kate Bush who did it with her debut single Wuthering Heights in January 1978.

And here Turn Up The Volume‘s 20 Knockouts from 1978 list.

Ooops, 1978 was also the year of Grease and Superman.

KATE BUSH Released Her Spectacular Debut Single ‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ 45 Years Ago Today

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Top singles from the past

20 January 2023

45 years ago today, on 20th January 1978 art-pop queen KATE BUSH
released her spectacular debut single WUTHERING HEIGHTS. She wrote
it at the age of 18 and the gem made her an instant star.

The song featured on her first album The Kick Inside.

Wuthering Heights topped the UK Charts for 4 weeks and also
scored #1 in Australia, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and Portugal.

Pitchfork named it the 5th best song of the 70s,
a couple of years ago.

The original video.

KATE BUSH: Facebook – Instagram

KATE BUSH Looking Back At 2022

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KATE BUSH shared a Xmas message and
some 2022 thoughts on her social media.

About the UKRAINE war and the QUEEN.

“It’s a bombardment. The horrific war in Ukraine, the famines, the droughts, the floods
and we lost our Queen. Many of my friends were surprised at how upset they were at her
death especially as we aren’t royalists, but I think her passing became a focus for grief,
for unexpressed loss that so many people had felt during the pandemic.”

“Every year seems to fly by a little faster. They say this happens as you get older,
but there’s no doubt that the speed of life is accelerating at a greater rate than ever.

About RUNNING UP THAT HILL being a hit again this past summer.

“It’s been a crazy, roller coaster year for me. I still reel from the success of RUTH, being the No 1 track of this summer,” Bush continued. “What an honour! It was really exciting to see it doing so well globally, but especially here in the UK and Australia; and also to see it making it all the way to No 3 in the US. It was such a great feeling to see so many of the younger generation enjoying the song. It seems that quite a lot of them thought I was a new artist! I love that!”

KATE BUSH: Instagram

(Image on top: cover of her album ‘The Sensual World‘)

KATE BUSH – Her 4th Album ‘THE DREAMING’ Is 40

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Back in time

15 September 2022

Artist: KATE BUSH
Born Catherine Bush in Kent, UK 64 years ago
Active: Since 1975 / 10 studio LPs

Anniversary LP: THE DREAMING
Released: 13 September 1982 – 40 years ago

AllMusic: “Four albums into her burgeoning career, Kate Bush’s The Dreaming is a theatrical and abstract piece of work, as well as Bush’s first effort in the production seat. She throws herself in head first, incorporating various vocal loops, sometimes campy, but always romantic and inquisitive of emotion. She’s angry and pensive throughout the entire album, typically poetic while pushing around the notions of a male-dominated world. The Dreaming is one of Kate Bush’s underrated achievements in depicting her own visions of love, relationships, and role play, not to mention a brilliant predecessor to the charming beauty of 1985’s Hounds of Love.”

Singles/clips: Sat In Your lap / The Dreaming / There Goes A Tenner

– SAT IN YOUR LAP –

– THE DREAMING –

– THERE GOES A TENNER –

Stream the full album here.

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KATE BUSH: Bio – Discography

New MOJO Issue With KATE BUSH In The Picture

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7 September 2022

Content: Collaborators, admirers and MOJO’s top writers tell the incredible story of Hounds Of Love, the classic 1985 album by prodigy Kate Bush >. Her greatest record,
and its resurrection.

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Elsewhere, The Byrds talk us through their classic era. Joni Mitchell returns
from the wilderness. The Libertines tell us what they can remember about
making Up The Bracket. The literally fabulous life and work of Jackie Leven.
The groundbreaking insanity of Neu! and much more.

This month’s CD is a collection of music that inspired and sustained Kate Bush,
including Roy Harper, Anne Briggs, Eberhard Weber and Billie Holiday, plus
exquisite Kate Bush covers by Tracey Thorn and Nite Jewel.

You can purchase a copy of this Mojo 347 and
let it send to your home address. Info here.