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What is Kate Bush like?

Mary Anne Hobbs presents a Kate Bush special, featuring Kate Bush songs and covers, plus an interview with her brother John Bush ahead of her long-awaited comback shows.

A Kate Bush special show, featuring Kate songs, Kate covers, Kate fan Jessie Ware as a guest on the show, and Kate's brother John also in conversation.

What is she really like? What makes her so special? We immerse ourselves in all things Bush, ahead of Kate's long, long-awaited comback shows at the Hammersmith Apollo.

Our first guest John Carder Bush is a poet and photographer. He is also Kate Bush's older brother, and can be heard singing on several of her tracks, including Army Dreamers and Jig Of Life. In 1986 he published a fantastic book of photos ('Cathy') of Kate as an enigmatic eight year old girl. His pictures hint at the unusual magic to come from this global musical hero. John describes his sister as his "companionable little friend" possessed of "quiet, unobtrusive intelligence."

Our second guest Jessie Ware is a huge Kate Bush fan. Jessie is also often compared to her hero in reviews. Her first album Devotion was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2012. Her second album Tough Love is released in October. She has also collaborated with SBTRKT, Sampha and Disclosure.

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Sun 24 Aug 2014 07:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Kate Bush

    Hounds Of Love

  • Sinkane

    How We Be

    • Mean Love.
    • City Slang.
    • 001.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Free Man In Paris

    • Reprise.

  • Yann Teirsen feat. Aidan Moffat & Clemence Poesy

    Meteorites

  • 厂濒别补迟别谤鈥怟颈苍苍别测

    One More Hour

    • INCredible Sound Of Jo Whiley.
    • Incredible.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Futurology

    • Futurology.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Jane Birkin

    Mother Stands For Comfort

    • Mother Stands For Comfort.
    • EMI.
    • 11.

  • France Gall

    Laisse Tomber Les Filles

    • WEA France.

  • Death From Above 1979

    Trainwreck 1979

    • Last Gang Records/Caroline/Fiction.

  • Burial

    Archangel

    • Hyperdub.

  • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

    Kelly

    • Fierce Panda.

  • John Martyn

    May You Never

    • Island.

  • Flying Lotus

    Moment of Hesitation

  • Bat for Lashes

    What's A Girl To Do

  • Iggy Pop

    The Passenger

    • Virgin.

  • Royal Blood

    Figure It Out

    • Warner Music.

  • Buffalo Springfield

    For What It's Worth

    • Knight.

  • The Hives

    Main Offender

  • Arctic Monkeys

    R U Mine?

    • R U Mine?.
    • Domino Record Co Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Augustines

    Weary Eyes

    • Augustines.
    • Votic/Caroline.

  • Tom Waits

    Downtown Train

    • Island.

  • St. Vincent

    Digital Witness (6 Music Session, 9th May 2014)

  • Jackson Sisters

    I Believe In Miracles

    • 100% Pure Groove (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Beck

    Heart Is A Drum

    • Morning Phase.
    • Capitol.

  • Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush

    Don't Give Up

    • VIRGIN.

  • OutKast

    Ms Jackson

  • Fugazi

    Waiting Room

    • Dischord.

  • Slow Club

    The Pieces

    • Complete Surrender.
    • Caroline.
    • 001.

  • Wild Beasts

    Hooting & Howling

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Domino.
    • 1.

  • Ryan Adams

    Gimme Something Good

    • Ryan Adams.
    • Columbia.

  • Jessie Ware

    Tough Love, 6 Music Session - 7 Aug 2014

  • Jessie Ware : Why I Love Kate Bush

  • Pink Floyd

    See Emily Play

    • The Early Singles.
    • EMI.
    • 003.

  • The Wytches

    Burn Out The Bruise

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Think

    • Dino.

  • Syd Arthur

    Garden Of Time

    • Sound Mirror.
    • Harvest.

  • Interpol

    All The Rage Back Home

    • El Pintor.
    • Soft Limit.
    • 001.

  • Kate Bush

    The Man With The Child In His Eyes

    • Baby Love.
    • EMI.

  • John Carder Bush : Growing Up With Kate Bush

  • The Temptations

    Get Ready

    • Motown.

  • Perfume Genius

    Queen

    • Too Bright.
    • Turnstile.

  • Philip Selway

    Coming Up For Air

    • Bella union.

  • SUNRISER

    • Leonard Cohen

      Almost Like The Blues

      • Popular Problems.
      • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Aug 2014 07:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music