50 Words for Snow
Kate Bush's second album of original material in the last 17 years is haunting and gorgeous. Like so much of her best music, it's filled with deep story-songs that have the effect of putting one in the kind of treasured, child-like space-- not so much innocent as open to imagination-- that never gets old.
Kate Bush's second album of original material in the last 17 years is haunting and gorgeous. Like so much of her best music, it's filled with deep story-songs that have the effect of putting one in the kind of treasured, child-like space-- not so much innocent as open to imagination-- that never gets old.
For an artist who rarely wallows in the past, Kate Bush made a curious choice earlier this year in releasing Director’s Cut, a reworking of tracks from a pair of decades-old discs, The Sensual World and The Red Shoes. Those two albums are also the most pop-oriented in Bush’s catalog; it’s as though she needed to…
For an artist who rarely wallows in the past, Kate Bush made a curious choice earlier this year in releasing Director’s Cut, a reworking of tracks from a pair of decades-old discs, The Sensual World and The Red Shoes. Those two albums are also the most pop-oriented in Bush’s catalog; it’s as though she needed to…
50 Words For Snow is another stepping stone away from the interpretive-dancing-in-a-field Kate Bush of yore. It proves her credentials of distinct maturity as well as exhibiting her ability to experiment successfully with deep-set and sombre but…
50 Words For Snow is another stepping stone away from the interpretive-dancing-in-a-field Kate Bush of yore. It proves her credentials of distinct maturity as well as exhibiting her ability to experiment successfully with deep-set and sombre but…
"I was born in a cloud," sighs art-rock sorcerer Kate Bush on her mesmerizing tenth studio album. "Cloud-like" is a fairly…
"I was born in a cloud," sighs art-rock sorcerer Kate Bush on her mesmerizing tenth studio album. "Cloud-like" is a fairly…
Compared to her earlier work, Kate Bush's latest album may be a bit of a surprise to some, while utterly logical to others.
Compared to her earlier work, Kate Bush's latest album may be a bit of a surprise to some, while utterly logical to others.
Rippucino. We’ll return to this shortly - but first, a question. What is it about Kate Bush that makes men, women and John Lydon go weak at the knees?
Rippucino. We’ll return to this shortly - but first, a question. What is it about Kate Bush that makes men, women and John Lydon go weak at the knees?
The grand dame of art-pop blows hot and cold with a beguiling, frustrating dose of cold comfort, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
The grand dame of art-pop blows hot and cold with a beguiling, frustrating dose of cold comfort, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
Kate Bush '50 Words For Snow' album review on Northern Transmissions.
Kate Bush '50 Words For Snow' album review on Northern Transmissions.
<p>Yeti lovers? A Stephen Fry cameo? Kate Bush's weird winter wonderland is stunning, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>
<p>Yeti lovers? A Stephen Fry cameo? Kate Bush's weird winter wonderland is stunning, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow review: Disappointing single aside, it's another frighteningly good album from one of England's all-time greats.
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow review: Disappointing single aside, it's another frighteningly good album from one of England's all-time greats.
A snowbound lover's perfection slightly marred by icy grandeur. CD review by Mark Kidel
A snowbound lover's perfection slightly marred by icy grandeur. CD review by Mark Kidel