Kate very recently in studio recording with Danny Thompson
13th December 2009: This morning BBC Radio Scotland broadcast an interview with double bass player and Pentangle founder member Danny Thompson about his friendship with John Martyn, who passed away last year. During the chat Danny discusses his current projects, including "Recording - how about this - with Kate Bush, a week ago. What a lovely lady she is. She's so fantastic. Stunning." Danny has previously played on The Dreaming and Hounds of Love albums. We obviously don't know if this is work on Kate's next album, but welcome news nonetheless. (with thanks to Al Lehgori on our forum). Hear the interview here (Kate mentioned at 8m 30s) Apart from working with Kate, Danny is a very busy man, including working with Anne Marie Almedal (who sung The Man With The Child In His Eyes with her band Velvet Belly). Read more about Danny at his Myspace page here.
The very latest news is gathered at our forum's buzzing Medialog section here.
KATEBUSHNEWS.COM
4th December 2009: Hi all, just to let you know that the site will be getting a much-needed and long overdue overhaul in the next few weeks. All content will remain, it will just make things easier to update and I'd like to update the site far more regularly than I am! Thanks for all the emails and support, I'm looking forward to making the site a lot more enjoyable for you to use. Sean :)
New Beck Sian album released, plus more updates from HomeGround!
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21st October 2009: A quiet year as far as Kate herself is concerned, although we still hear whispers about a track recorded with Rolf Harris - mostly from Rolf himself! More on that when we get more solid confirmation. In other news HomeGround Magazine have sent out their latest update. They are thrilled to announce the release of the new album by Beck Sian - "Luminous Wings and Unseen Things". For those who don't know, Beck is Kate's cousin's daughter, Hannah Bush was her great aunt. The album is described as beautiful, and you'll see here that the album cover art is too! Read more about Beck and get the album here: http://becksianmusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/becksian
More Homeground updates:
25th Anniversary Wuthering Hike, Haworth, Saturday 31st October.
HomeGround The Book - out 2010
HomeGround Issue 79 - Out Spring 2010
HomeGround Glastonbury 2010 - 31st July
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Kate makes Uncut magazines Top 20 Albums of the decade
30th July 2009: A very Happy Birthday to Kate today - hope you have a great one! In other news check out the HomeGround pages for updates on Glastonbury, Haworth, HomeGround the Book (getting excited yet?!) and an announcement on how the magazine will be run in future.
15th June 2009: A brief write-up from Irish newspaper The Evening Herald about The Sensual Walk on Saturday is here. Thanks to everyone who took part - a great day as always!
Walpurgis Family (Jeroen Saegeman) performing 'Pull out the Pin' up on Howth Head, as part of The Sensual Walk, June 13th 2009
Legendary 'Kate' BBC Special from 1979 to air on BBC4 Sunday April 26th
18th April 2009: Digital channel BBC4 will be screening the full special that Kate made for the BBC in 1979 on Sunday April 26th at 00:10. The 1979 Christmas special features Kate performing Gymnopedie No 1, Symphony in Blue, Them Heavy People, Madrigal, December, Wedding List, Egypt, Waltz/Why Did I Ever Go Marry Her, Man with the Child in His Eyes and Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake. Guest star Peter Gabriel sings Here Comes the Flood and duets with Kate on Another Day. This seems to be part of an evening of specials devoted to the "Queens of British Pop" featured in the recent BBC documentary.
1st April 2009: Rolf Harris was interviewed by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2 on Monday 30th March (his 79th birthday!) and while explaining that he keeps very active and continues to paint he is also "...still recording...I'm trying to get a recording together with Kate Bush at the moment. I've done a couple of bits on albums that she's done, and she's so lovely...she's so shy and so quiet and keeps out of the limelight, but what a talent." Rolf has previously contributed to Kate's tracks The Dreaming, An Architect's Dream and The Painter's Link. UPDATE: WATCH THE KATE SEGMENT FROM THE BBC DOCUMENTARY IN OUR YOUTUBE THEATRE ABOVE (THANKS TO ZOUNDS)
Documentary - view clips and vote at BBC site
31st March 2009: The BBC site has been updated with interview clips (including Del Palmer, John Carder Bush, Peter Gabriel, John Lydon, Anthony Van Laast and Mark Radcliffe all talking about Kate) from Wednesday night's upcoming documentary "Queens of British Pop" here. And in conjunction with this two-part programme, the BBC are asking site visitors to vote on "your favourite Queen of British Pop" - read more here.
31st March 2009: A nice new article which includes the story of his meeting with Kate in 2005 by BBC DJ Mark Radcliffe has been published in The Daily Mail here. The article also recalls his meetings with David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Madonna and Kylie Minogue. The transcript of the radio interview with Kate to which he refers can be found on Gaffaweb here.
31st March 2009: This year I'm again organising the very enjoyable Sensual Walk gathering for fans and friends in Howth, Dublin, Ireland on Saturday June 13th 2009. I'm posting details for this event on this forum thread here. Please don't hesitate to email me if you are interested in joining us or if you have any other questions, I'll be happy to help you out. Hope to see some of you on the hill! Sean T :)
"Queens of British Pop" BBC1 documentary airs 1st April
'Oh Johnny it sounds like a bag of cats!'
John Lydon's mum on Kate Bush (Queens Of British Pop, BBC1)
27th March 2009: As previously reported Kate will be one of the subjects of a major 2-part arts documentary by Dione Newton that celebrates Britain's most admired female singers from the Sixties to present day. Kate will be featured in the first of two programmes airing April 1st BBC1 at 22.45 (except BBC1 Northern Ireland 23.25 and BBC1 Scotland 23.35). Del Palmer has been interviewed for this programme. The Radio Times preview the programme: "There are no surprises in this cheery canter through a roster of British pop queens from the 1970s and 80s, but there are some good old clips and some pretty high-quality talking heads." David Chater in The Times calls it "an engrossing compilation of fresh insight and cheerful nostalgia". From the BBC: "Queens of British Pop and narrator Liza Tarbuck offer a celebration of 6 female pop stars, singers and icons that lit us up from the early 60s to the late 70s. Programme 1 tells the story of Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull, Suzi Quatro, Siouxsie Sioux and Kate Bush - some of the female artists that emerged alongside some of Britain's defining musical movements, from the Swinging Sixties through to glam rock and punk. We give an insight into the lives of these top female artists, offering first-hand or eyewitness accounts of the highs, the lows and the obstacles they had to overcome. Our selected artists have pushed boundaries, played around with gender roles and had their private lives overshadow their success, but it is their experiences that have helped change the face of British pop as we know it today. Includes new interviews with Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull, Suzi Quatro, Siouxsie Sioux and contributions from Tom Jones, Lulu, Burt Bacharach, John Lydon, Martha Reeves, Nancy Sinatra, Mark Radcliffe, Henry Winkler, Marc Almond, Peter Gabriel, Claire Grogan, Jarvis Cocker, Kiki Dee, Nigel Havers, Lily Allen and Adele, to name but a few. The second show takes viewers from the early Eighties to the present day, completing the odyssey by looking at the impact made by Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Kylie Minogue, Geri Halliwell, Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis." (thanks to Greg Gilligan and Thomas Pilcher)
Guess who's been in her studio recently?
17th January 2009: With the great recent coverage in The Word magazine and the upcoming BBC documentary I couldn't resist sharing with you that Del Palmer posted on his Myspace last week that he was in the studio with "you-know-who." Obviously we can't read tooooo much into this but we'd be kidding ourselves if he didn't mean Kate was working (as now expected) on follow-up material to her Aerial album. Wonderful news. We are older and wiser now and don't expect any new music shortly, but can only smile contentedly and send out our wishes that fun is had in the studio yet again.
Kate included in major BBC1 documentary this Spring
7th January 2009: Kate will be one of the subjects of a major 2-part arts documentary that celebrates Britain's most admired female singers from the Sixties to present day, currently scheduled to transmit on primetime BBC1 in Spring '09. Also featured will be Dusty Springfield, Annie Lennox and others. Del Palmer is to be interviewed for the documentary in the coming week and apparently David Gilmour, Tori Amos, Alison Goldfrapp, Mark Radcliffe, Andrew Powell and John Carder Bush have all been approached to talk about Kate. On his Myspace Del reveals that the BBC will ask him about her unique songwriting style, her creativity in the studio and the songs which have inspired so many musicians. With thanks to Del for this news, read more at his Myspace page here. UPDATE: The documentary is expected to air in March 2009.
Kate Featured in latest edition of Word Magazine
7th January 2009: Hoping you all had a great Christmas and are having a good 2009! We've been miserable with chesty coughs and flus around here - ah well. Here's a bit of Katyness to brighten up your January - Kate is featured on the cover (an old photo) of the new edition of Word Magazine and inside the magazine is a 10 page feature with classic interviews. Word is an always-excellent music and culture magazine, I was wondering when they'd get around to featuring Kate. The February issue is out now. Thanks to Justin P Huntley for the news. Read more at the mags site here.
2005-2009 news archive is here
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Twomey. Some images of Kate from "Wow: The Gallery Of
Images" in Gaffaweb, many of the images of
Kate used in this site are the work of her photographer brother
John Carder Bush, used here without
permission.....respect and apologies to John! Special thanks to everyone
who emails the site and to Homeground magazine (for
inspiration and information and for being wonderful people!) and to
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Kate wrote and recorded a new song, 'Lyra' which was featured as part of the soundtrack to the major fantasy film The Golden Compass, released December 7th 2007. Kate's new
double album AERIAL was released to fantastic reviews on November 7th 2005 and
entered the UK album chart at number 3, and the European chart at number
2. Kate's single KING OF THE
MOUNTAIN was released on October 24th 2005 and reached number 4 in the UK
singles chart. Both the single and album were produced by Kate.
Aerial was nominated for Best British Album at the 2006 Brit Awards, Kate was also
nominated for Best British Female Solo Artist. Kate says: "I'm
so pleased with everyone's work on this record. There are some lovely
performances and I hope you will all feel it's been worth the wait.
Bertie keeps me very busy, he is so much fun". Contributors to the new album include
drummer Stuart Elliott, jazz percussionist Peter Erskine,
John Giblin, Eberhard Weber and Bosco
D’Oliveira. Paddy Bush and Lol
Creme provide vocals. The late Michael Kamen
wrote the string arrangements for two tracks which will appear on the
new album - Kate recorded what she has described as "some
beautiful orchestral movements" with him and the London Metropolitan
Orchestra at Abbey Road in October 2003. Chris Hall plays accordion on one track. Del
Palmer engineered.
On May 23rd 2002 Kate received the Ivor Novello award for
Outstanding Contribution To British Music By A Songwriter. Kate appeared
live for the first time in almost 15 years singing Comfortably Numb as
David Gilmour's special guest at his Royal Festival Hall concert on
January 18th 2002. Kate
won the Best Classic Songwriter award at the 12th Annual Q
Magazine awards on 29th October 2001. In an interview in December 2001 a
happy Kate talked about progress on the new album and her happiness with
her son Bertie. After receiving a standing ovation at the Q Awards she
said: "This is just great, I am making an album but it is just
taking a little longer than I thought and I have been having a great
time with my son." We warmly congratulate Kate on all the
recent awards and recognition from her industry peers! The very latest news is gathered at our forum's buzzing Medialog section 