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“Incredibly, unique, experimental”: Everything Entertainment

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On 12 November 2011

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At Everything Entertainment Central Tim David adds a 4/5 review of 50 Words for Snow:

“These tracks are epic. The shortest one is only just less than 7 minutes long. This makes this 7-track album run into the hour territory of most full albums, meaning this L.P. stand next to the rest in quantity. In terms of quality however it stands apart in it’s own incredibly, unique experimental league … a concise, cohesive classic feeling album that brings Bush back into the mainstream music world in which she belongs.”

Australia: Radio National ‘Album of the Week’

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On 12 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Kate Bush news, Radio

Down in Oz the national broadcaster ABC on the Radio National channel has 50 Words for Snow ahead of its release, and from Wednesday, November 16, all the tracks will be available to listen to online.

“Here’s a treat on several levels: she has a reputation for innovation and independence, she has a track record that any artist would cherish, she does not release albums on anything near a regular basis so when they come, you should listen carefully… Kate Bush. This is an album that is quiet, lush and otherworldly.”

“Uncommonly evocative soundscapes”: Clash

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On 12 November 2011

In Kate Bush news

Nick Levine at Clash awards Kate’s new album 9/10:

“What is it about Kate Bush that makes men, women, and John Lydon go weak at the knees? … She’s brilliant, sometimes inspired … her musicality remains formidable … what really makes you go weak at the knees is her imagination. Who else writes songs about a tryst with a snowman?“

“Sublimely strange”: Rolling Stone

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On 11 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Kate Bush news, Reviews

Will Hermes in Rolling Stone (this one is not yet on line):

“an LP that finds a universe of emotions in its wintery theme – a sort of virtual snowglobe … the music … is full of plush, drifty ambience. The vocals sound nothing like the fierce cyberbabe on her 1982 LP The Dreaming, or the strange angels on Hounds Of Love, but they are no less sublime … she sounds utterly at home defining her own world. It’s an amazing place.”

“inspired, unique and beautiful”: Holy Moly

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On 11 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Kate Bush news, Reviews

At Holy Moly, Tim Chipping begins to run out of superlatives:

“50 Words For Snow is a slowly unfolding, dense and serious work. Not so much a set of songs as a collection of sung short stories, backed by her most perfect and economical piano playing to date. And while Kate’s once limitless voice is now fried round the edges, her ability to communicate precise emotion and character remains the very best, and most affecting pop music has ever had to offer. If the underrated Aerial was child-focused and playful, 50 Words is adult and profound … We came to this record expecting to find fault, to notice a diminishing in her once impeccable judgment and to hear an artist from the past, far from the top of her game. What we found was the opposite, and so much more. 50 Words For Snow is simply extarordinary.” The album is rated 10/10.

“Sublime and Ridiculous”: BBC Music

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On 11 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Kate Bush news, Reviews

Jude Rogers reviews Kate’s new album on the BBC Music site:

“reflects a season which brings out the profound and absurd in equal measure – the feelings of longing and loneliness that emerge as the dark nights bed in, the party-hat silliness that pops up when the same nights stretch out … The album only really reaches the heights Bush has set for herself when she appears centre stage. Her voice is noticeably older now, full of earth, heft and husk, and works stunningly well with little more than her piano’s sustain pedal … 50 Words for Snow may threaten to lose its way in the blizzard sometimes, but it is moments like these – jolting us from her world for a moment, reminding us of how all-embracing her talent can be – that show just how much she can move us with her fire and ice…“

50 Words For Snow newsbit round-up!!

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On 10 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Kate Bush news, Newsbits round-up

50 Words For Snow

Lucky fans in Sweden could attend a preview of the album on November 15th in Stockholm, read more at this Facebook page here….DJ Mark Radcliffe is also interviewing Kate f0r BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 6, we’ll have broadcast times when we get them….Eamon Sweeney has interviewed Kate for the Irish Independent‘s Day & Night magazine due out on Friday November 18th, the day the album is released in Ireland. Eamon says “An immense privelege & honour to talk to her…(the album) gets lovelier every time I hear it too”….Canadian radio interview coming up also with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC Radio (no date yet)….the December issue of Clash Magazine gives the new album a 9/10 rating….a 4-star review of 50 Words For Snow has been published in in The List. Malcolm Jack writes “The sensual, seductive Bush dominates a sparse, wintery, piano-led slow-burner”….The Wire magazine gives a more mixed review, but says the album is “like a wintry riposte to the midsummer day of Aerial’….UK journalist Pete Paphides tweets this evening that the new album is “her best since Hounds of Love”….speaking of Twitter, journalists who have been given preview listens have been tweeting their enthusiasm for the album (“truly dreamy lush & gorgeous”, “very special”, “I’m hooked”, “tremendously lovely”, “the song with Elton John on is amazing”) you’ll find many of them in a fantastic and regularly updated listing of the media activity about 50 Words For Snow here on the site forum (thanks Louise!)….

50 Words For Snow album package

BBC Front Row interview with Kate on the way – Kate says hello to fans via her very first tweet!

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On 10 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Kate Bush news

John WilsonJohn Wilson has interviewed Kate on his BBC Radio 4 Front Row programme for the releases of both Aerial and Director’s Cut. He’s not about to break that habit for 50 Words For Snow and today met with Kate to interview her for a future broadcast (we’ll have the broadcast date and time of this interview as soon as we can). He relayed the following message from Kate via his Twitter account: “Thank you so much for all your kind words, I’m really touched. Hope you like the album, love Kate” Aww.

New interview in Dutch OOR magazine

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On 10 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Interviews, Kate Bush news

Read more about this new Dutch interview with Kate to promote 50 Words For Snow in The Netherlands at the magazine’s site here. (scan from OOR website)

OOR magazine interview with Kate

New interview in Finland’s Helsingin Sanomat ‘Nyt’ magazine

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On 10 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Interviews, Kate Bush news, Press

A new Finnish interview with Kate comes out tomorrow, featuring Kate on the cover of Nyt magazine. It’s the weekly magazine supplement that comes with every Friday edition of the biggest Finnish newspaper – Helsingin Sanomat. (with thanks to Pekka)

Kate in Nyt Magazine Finland

 

 

Kate interview with Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 December 6th

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On 10 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Interviews, Kate Bush news, Radio

Jamie Cullum

The BBC have announced that Radio 2 will broadcast an interview with Kate at 7.00 pm on 6th December. The interview has been conducted by Jamie Cullum the Radio 2 presenter and multi-platinum pop-jazz singer-songwriter, and they will talk about the complex time signatures within Misty and their mutual love of Billie Holliday and Steely Dan.

New Kate interview at The Quietus

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On 10 November 2011

In 50 Words for Snow, Kate Bush news

John Doran has a bad night with his new child and tries not to fall asleep interviewing Kate over at The Quietus.

KB: … Are you knackered?

Yeah.

KB: Have you been up all night?

Yeah, I have.

KB: [laughs uproariously and good naturedly]

But these journalists are made of tough stuff, so he manages to keep his eyes open:

“Bush is without comparison and to compare others (whatever their gender) to her is simply facile … Kate Bush’s abilities as a songwriter just get better and better with age. The keen eye that saw a couple’s sex life writ large in their entwining clothes drying on a line in the breeze … is at evidently hard at work on every song here. She sees the erotic poetic potential in places other song writers wouldn’t dare look for it.

For most of the interview anyway …

KB: [laughing uproariously] Oh John! I’m so sorry! Are you OK? I have this image that you just want to go to sleep and not listen to me! Are you sure you’re OK?

Yeah! Yeah! I’m fine… this is just the way I sound. [flapping] I’m going to treat myself to a very large cup of coffee as soon as I put the phone down.

Kate in the snow

Del’s new song and video

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On 9 November 2011

In Del Palmer, KateSphere

Del Palmer Kate’s long time bass player and sound engineer has released a new solo track Fallen Angel which you can find on his FaceBook page.

Del Palmer

Kate’s new album gets 10/10 from Louder Than War

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On 9 November 2011

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A blockbusting 10/10 for 50 Words for Snow from Louder than War, a pop culture music website run by John Robb whose meme is “We are always looking for the new noise, the next buzz, we have no borders, no boundaries – all the musical skree of the 21st century is ours to celebrate”.

“Kate Bush’s finest moment, a pinnacle in a career of pinnacles … This is pure genius and with an emotional range that makes most men look like grunting dogs with songs of anger, lust, pain and sorrow and er, that’s it. The emotions touched on in this album shape shift and slip away like the melting snow that are the backdrop to many of the songs, their subtle moods are described and flurry away … a stunning trip and a work of pure genius and perhaps the best of her career. Kate Bush was always going to be an artist that got better with age, not tied into the tedious teenage concept of pop she is a real artist who bears her soul and is not afraid to dig deep and take risks. This is a masterwork that takes no easy options and takes a real effort to explore.”

Beck Sian prepares for new album

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On 8 November 2011

In Beck Sian, KateSphere, Other artists

Beck’s latest newsletter is on our featured artists page. She has started work on her third full-length CD, called Ye Olde Silent Inn very much influenced by the ghost stories and scenery surrounding the famous Inn at Stanbury, near Haworth. Night-time, ‘up on the moors’, Brontë Country, wraiths, haunted staircases, and highwaymen! Beck hopes to record and release the CD in 2012 and launch it at the Inn next Autumn. Meanwhile check out the newsletter for special album offers.

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