Kate Bush and artists harness power of Running Up That Hill for War Child appeal Musician invites 52 UK visual artists to create works based on song lyric to raise money for children affected by war The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2025
Danny Thompson obituary Bass player and founder member of Pentangle who worked with John Martyn, Nick Drake and Kate Bush The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2025
“She builds songs like Roman roads. She won’t let the hills and rivers of convention or compromise get in the way. It’s a straight line from her heart to yours”: Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love, by some of the artists it inspired The Anchoress, Within Temptation’s Sharon den Adel, Auri’s Johanna Kurkela, The Blackheart Orchestra’s Chrissy Mostyn and Exploring Birdsong’s Lynsey Ward celebrate the 1985 album’s enduring magic and influence Louder · Sep 28, 2025
It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked! As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025
“His body of work is unparalleled in its quality and also in the incredibly varied number of musicians he worked with”: Danny Thompson, Pentangle bassist supreme, who played for Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Nick Drake, and more has died Tributes have come in from Tony Visconti, Graham Coxon and others MusicRadar · Sep 25, 2025
“Pentangle sold out the Royal Albert Hall and the next night I was playing in a jazz quartet for 40 quid”: From gigging in strip clubs to recording with John Martyn and Kate Bush, Danny Thompson walked a singular path in bass playing Beginning with his early days amid London’s jazz and blues boom in the ’50s, to his famed partnership with singer-songwriter John Martyn, the late Danny Thompson excelled at everything he touched Guitar World · Sep 25, 2025
“It’s weird when I look at the list. If you go folk or blues or jazz or rock, I’ve actually been there”: Danny Thompson covered more ground than even he thought possible in a career spanning seven decades The revered double bassist worked with Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, John Martyn, Bert Jansch and countless others. On 2012 album Connected he assembled some of his proudest moments Louder · Sep 25, 2025
From Kate Bush to Pentangle to T-Rex, the late Danny Thompson’s musical brilliance knew no bounds The bassist, who has died aged 86, was an extraordinary and wildly versatile presence in British music, bringing his personality into everything he played The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025
“A force of nature. A player who served the song and who enriched the lives of every single person he met”: Danny Thompson, innovative bassist who played with Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Nick Drake, Pentangle, and countless others, dies at 86 Though he grew up with a love of jazz, it wasn't long before Thompson branched out stylistically, and embarked on a career of extraordinary musical breadth Guitar World · Sep 24, 2025
Pentangle and John Martyn bassist Danny Thompson has died, aged 86 Danny Thompson was a founding member of Pentangle and worked with John Martyn, Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Peter Gabriel, Talk Talk and more Louder · Sep 24, 2025
Acoustic bass player Danny Thompson has died aged 86 The musician was a founding member of the British folk-rock band, Pentangle, and worked with the likes of Kate Bush, John Martyn and Roy Orbison. Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025
‘Legendary’ bass player Danny Thompson dies aged 86 The musician worked with the likes of Kate Bush, John Martyn and Roy Orbison over the course of his career The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025
Kate Bush to release Best Of The Other Sides on CD and coloured vinyl in October Kate Bush's The Other Sides was a collection of all the B-sides and other songs that didn't exist on any album and was originally part of 2018's Remastered II Box Set Louder · Sep 23, 2025
“I cannot believe that I have just heard this beautiful song for the first time”: Why you shouldn’t sleep on this forgotten Kate Bush rarity that’s cherished by fans Poised to get a new lease of life via an upcoming compilation, this lost Bush classic can’t currently be widely streamed - and is crying out for rediscovery MusicRadar · Sep 22, 2025
Louder · Sep 16, 2025 “For the first time I was meeting resistance artistically. People were saying, ‘She’s gone mad now.’ I was a complete wreck – I’d wake up in the morning and I couldn’t move”: How Kate Bush answered her critics with Hounds Of Love Her fifth album came out of relationships, nature and old movies, along with all her nightmares in one song. It became one of her most-loved releases, featuring big hit Running Up That Hill, but she endured a challenging climb to complete it
The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025 Top UK artists urge Starmer to protect their work on eve of Trump visit Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and Elton John among creatives arguing that Labour’s AI proposals could result in ‘an artist’s life work to be stolen’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2025 Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts: ‘Lady Gaga told me she wanted to be the moon for a day. I’m like: where do I go next?’ Ahead of her debut in London’s West End with the musical Hadestown, Roberts answers your questions on navigating overnight fame as a teenager and why she would drop everything to work with Kate Bush
Metal Hammer · Aug 30, 2025 “They asked Kate Bush, ‘Why do you write about this stuff?’ She said, ‘Well, I’m not very interesting!’ It’s the same with us”: What Sylosis learned from prog stars including Opeth, Tool and Rush Frontman of the British metal band and his colleagues accidentally discovered a breadth of influences after feeling uninspired by their peers
Louder · Aug 18, 2025 “Jeff Lynne and Yes are in the music of Radiohead, Sigur Rós and Muse. It’s overlooked in theirs but not in mine. I don’t have the self-validation I’d like”: Steven Wilson is grateful for prog fans’ support, but he wishes others liked him too Arguing that pop isn’t as all-embracing as it used to be, he examines the nature of being a nerd with an ego, and wonders if the flawed musical gear his dad built him meant he was always going to make prog sounds
MusicRadar · Aug 17, 2025 “The piano just started speaking to me”: How Kate Bush stunned David Gilmour with a masterpiece of songwriting she made at just 13 years old The early song was unmistakable evidence of Bush’s boundless talents
The Conversation · Aug 15, 2025 The ten best songs under one minute long Life is busy these days, so when you manage to get some well-earned free time, it’s important to use it wisely. You could, for example, invest a spare ten minutes listening to King Gizzard The Lizard Wizard’s song Crumbling Castle (2017) or Taylor Swift’s All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) (2021).
Plunged in Debt · Aug 11, 2025 10 Musicians Who Never Toured—But Still Got Rich When most people think of wealthy musicians, they imagine massive world tours, sold-out stadiums, and endless nights on the road. But not every successful artist built their fortune by touring. Some avoided the grueling travel schedules entirely, focusing instead on songwriting, studio work, licensing, or other revenue streams. These artists…
Louder · Aug 1, 2025 It's in the trees. It's coming! We celebrate 40 years of Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now Prog 162 also features Mike Oldfield, Dave Cousins, Bioscope, Peter Giles, Auri, Nosound, Jump, the new Canterbury sound and loads more...
Louder · Jul 30, 2025 “She encourages us to ask big questions: Is there a reason to believe in a god? Are art and death aspects of the same experience? Can we just enjoy sex and stop being hung up about it?” Prog stars choose the 40 greatest Kate Bush songs of all time Members of Marillion, King Crimson, Nightwish, Big Big Train and others compile a list of a uniqe artist’s most powerful and persuasive creations
Homes & Gardens · Jul 30, 2025 I sat down with designers who have created work for Kate Bush and Carrie Bradshaw – this is what they had to say about interior trends Timorous Beasties, who are approaching their 35th anniversary, say that the secret to their success is sticking to an anti-trend ethos