Listen to the FULL interview with Kate here. Thank you John Wilson!
John Wilson earlier tweeted: “Kate Bush folk – a longer version of last night’s @BBCFrontRowinterview coming online. Will let you know where to head v soon. Stay tuned!” Follow John on Twitter here.
Here’s a bit of an exclusive for you all. Dave Cross (yup, that guy who you see in the ‘About Us’ pics) has put together this nice feature on Kate and the new album for the UK gay magazine Boyz which is out tomorrow. You get to read it here first! Also find the bigger version of Paul Bowen’s accompanying illustration here.
Fantastic, heartwarming experience listening to Kate chatting to John Wilson on BBC Radio 4 this evening! It featured a very happy sounding (and very busy!) Kate, at her home, in the midst of recording sessions for her tenth studio album, plus some truly stirring tasters from Director’s Cut. If you missed it, or want to hear it again then here you go. Makes us very excited for not one, but two upcoming Kate Bush records! (with thanks to Hammer Horror on on our forum for the MP3)
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BBC News report of tonights interview:
Update: Listen to interview excerpt here
Kate Bush has admitted that the length of time it takes her to release an album can be “extremely stressful”. Speaking to the BBC, the singer – whose last album, Aerial, came out in 2005 – said she had written new songs but did not know when they would be released. “It’s very frustrating the albums take as long as they do,” the 52-year-old told Radio 4’s Front Row. “I wish there weren’t such big gaps between them.”
As we wait for the Front Row programme this evening on BBC Radio 4, in which John Wilson chats to Kate at her home, you can hear a snippet of the interview along with (yes!) the opening to Kate’s new version of Never Be Mine at 1hr 59mins into the following stream: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010v8rl/Today_04_05_2011/ (thanks again to Louise for the heads up)
A feature article in L’Express 2nd May:
“Rare and enigmatic, Kate Bush remains one of Britain’s most original artists and avant-garde of the past three decades. After six years of silence, she returned with Director’s Cut, an album, drawing on sources of two of her old albums, Sensual World (1989) and The Red Shoes (1993). The singer gave one of her rare interviews to L’Express Styles. Here are three good reasons to (re) discover…“
Here at katebushnews.com the excitement is palpable. Ever since we first noticed some mysterious changes to Kate’s official site on the afternoon of the 11th of March it’s been non-stop. We’ve had the album announcement, the first clip of Deeper Understanding and brilliant new images of Kate, the single premiere on April 4th, some first looks at the fascinating album packages, a brace of early enthusiastic album reviews (including my own) the momentous video premiere which had everybody talking (not least a spooky floating pair of lips!) and quite a few more interviews than maybe might have been expected, including the must-have MOJO cover feature which is in the shops now. Thanks for all the support and feedback, we’ve never experienced this volume of visitors before, which makes it all the more exciting. And here was me thinking Noel Fielding prancing about in a a red dress for Comic Relief was going to be the news highlight of the year! (It was pretty phenomenal though, Noel). So, here’s our attempt to quickly summarise what’s going to happen next, to the best of our current knowledge. Coming up:
Are you managing to keep up with all this activity? We’re trying to! Kate has been interviewed by Sinead Gleeson for The Irish Times (Sinead has tweeted that Kate was “a brilliant, generous, funny interviewee.”) The interview will be published this coming Friday 6th May in The Ticket section of the newspaper, a week before the album is released in Ireland on May 13th. Some of you may remember Sinead’s rather wonderful review of the Aerial album in 2005, which you can find here in our archives. Looking forward to this.
On Friday, Mark Radcliffe played ‘Deeper Understanding’ and said he was interviewing Kate today, Tuesday, for future broadcast (see update below) and that BBC 6music was having a Kate Bush week beginning 23rd May (and he said this was “quite right too”). Thanks to Arosegrowingold for letting me know. UPDATE: A portion of Mark’s interview with Kate will air on Tuesday 17th May at 11pm on Mark Radcliffe’s Radio 2 show The Music Club. Monday 23rd May – Friday 27th May is “Kate Bush Week” on the BBC 6Music radio station. A radio documentary on Kate will air on the night of Monday May 23rd. Each day of this week from 2.30pm to 3pm 6Music will play a section of Mark Radcliffe’s interview with Kate along with songs from Director’s Cut. (with thanks to Louise)
“I always got distracted” runs the headline of the new interview Kate did with Harald Peters in the German language newspaper Welt am Sonntag (the Sunday version of the popular Die Welt publication). The interview can be found here, and translated (loosely) into English by Google here. Nice, conversational tone to this one 🙂 UPDATE: Johan, on our site forum, has provided a better translation here. (thanks Johan)
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Scottish Daily Record 28th April 2011: “SCOTS actor Robbie Coltrane plays one of his oddest roles yet as a computer-obsessed geek in a new Kate Bush video. The Harry Potter star takes the main role in the film for a lengthened version of the song Deeper Understanding, which was initially released in 1989. In the six-and-a-half-minute feature, directed by singer Kate, businessman Robbie inserts a disc, titled Voice Console – Whenever You Need A Friend, into his computer.
He becomes so besotted with his new computer-generated friend that it leads to the break-up of his family. And he becomes jealous when a younger man, played by Mighty Boosh star Noel Fielding, steals the disc.”
Interesting review of the Deeper Understanding video and track in the Seattle Post Intelligencer:
“It is not a Lady Gaga video, nor is it a contender for an Academy Award (sorry Inception fans). Let’s accept this fact and move on, because it is neither of those things. It is what makes it a Kate Bush music video! Although Kate Bush herself may not make an actual appearance in the video (with the exception of maybe her lips), she did direct it and it does feature stars Robbie Coltrane, Frances Barber, and Noel Fielding. Her son Albert is responsible for the voice of the computer program. This reviewer will not be naive enough to think he could ever truly decipher the genius of Kate Bush. That’s for Bush alone to understand, but shall still give my review …“
Andy Gill’s article which first appeared in The Independent has now been syndicated in the New Zealand Herald:
“In a few weeks’ time, Kate Bush issues the first album on her own label, Fish People. EntitledDirector’s Cut, it comprises material which previously appeared on her albums The Sensual World and The Red Shoes – but rather than the usual stop-gap hits compilation, the songs have been reworked, and in some cases completely re-recorded. The result has the consistency of mood and tone of a brand-new, self-contained album, bringing into clearer focus the thematic concerns – of love, passion and art – linking the work of this most inventive of British pop musicians ….“
“I feel I’ve achieved what I set out to do.” From the UK newspaper The Times, Saturday 30th April, comes a new (short) interview with Kate and a very interesting new photograph. (with thanks to Rblazon and Speaking in Sympathy on the forum). The interview also includes contributions from Lindsay Kemp, Roy Harper and the wonderful singer John Grant – I urge you to check out John’s music here. Read this interview in today’s print edition of The Times or at The Times subscription-only website here.
Mathew Bell in the The Independent on Sunday Diary comments:
“Kate Bush has given a rare interview to mark the release of her new album, Director’s Cut. But she managed to give so little away in yesterday’s Times that the piece ended up revealing more about the interviewer than the interviewee. Will Hodgkinson, brother of our columnist Tom, landed the scoop, but could only squeeze out a couple of lines about the album before she wound things up. Still, it made a good read, not least as we learnt how, aged 7, Will became spellbound by the kooky warbler“
UPDATE: Exciting time to be a Kate Bush fan! John Wilson has just confirmed on Twitter that the interview he conducted with Kate at her house this afternoon will go out on Front Row, next Wednesday, May 4th at 7.15pm BBC Radio 4. John Wilson had originally posted on Twitter: “Kate Bush speaks! Have just done long interview at her place for @BBCFrontRow. More details to follow…” Thanks to Louise for passing this on.
ALSO: BBC 6Music is planning a Kate Bush Playlist this coming Friday 29th April, 7-9pm. More at the 6Music site here.
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