Under the Ivy: The Story of Kate Bush

Under the Ivy: The Story of Kate Bush

by Graeme Thomson (Author)

Synopsis

This is the first ever in-depth study of Kate Bush's life and career. Under the Ivy features over 70 unique and revealing new interviews with those who have viewed from up close both the public artist and the private woman: old school friends, early band mates, long-term studio collaborators, former managers, producers, musicians, video directors, dance instructors and record company executives. Under the Ivy undertakes a full analysis of Bush's art. From her pre-teen forays into poetry, through scores of unreleased songs. Every crucial aspect of her music is discussed from her ground-breaking series of albums to her solo live tour. Her pioneering forays into dance, video, film and performance. Combining a wealth of new research with rigorous critical scrutiny, Under the Ivy offers a string of fresh insights and perspectives on her unusual upbringing in South London, the blossoming of her talent, her enduring influences and unique working methods, her rejection of live performance, her pioneering use of the studio, her key relationships and her gradual retreat into a semi-mythical privacy.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 04 May 2010

ISBN 10: 1847729304
ISBN 13: 9781847729309

Media Reviews
...an exhaustive and engaging account of Bush's career. - Metro Thomson's book sheds a light on the woman behind the inspiration of many a modern-day chanteuse. - NME Thomson's descriptive language is gorgeous. - The Word [A] compelling examination of her music - Mojo
Author Bio
Graeme Thomson is the author of biographies of Willie Nelson and Elvis Costello and a regular contributor to The Guardian, Observer, the New Statesman, The Word and The Herald.