The Kate Bush Fan Podcast

In this new episode of the Kate Bush Fan Podcast Seán chats to Dave Cross from HomeGround about the upcoming Fish People reissue of Kate's catalogue as she switches distribution to The State51 Conspiracy and how she has taken that opportunity to also release gorgeous independent record store colour vinyl editions of her albums, extraordinary new vinyl and wall art presentations of Hounds of Love,...

Bush Telegraph EXCLUSIVE! Darrell interviews Gered Mankowitz, the prolific Rock and Roll photographer who worked with Kate Bush, as well as other music legends - The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Marianne Faithfull, to name only a few. This is a deep dive into how Gered started his career (thanks in part to actor/comedian Peter Sellers!) and how he eventually worked with Kate on the iconic phot...

In January this year the katebushnews.com website turned 25 years old! Seán celebrates this hard-to-believe milestone by asking some fan friends to cherry-pick their choice of news stories, both obscure and momentous, from the site archives which date back to 1998! An enjoyable, eclectic chat with guests Dave Cross, Paul Thomas and Darrell Babidge.

This is the third and final installment, celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Dreaming - arguably, Kate Bush's most forward-thinking album. Paul and Darrell introduce this episode, and then Darrell chats with Nick Launay, Kate's prolific engineer at Townhouse Studios. His collaboration with Kate created a synergy of ideas that ended up on this iconic album. Exclusive stories are heard on this p...

Bush Telegraph duo (Darrell in the States and Paul in the UK) continue to discuss Kate's fourth album The Dreaming, in their second installment celebrating the 40th anniversary of this iconic album. As school friends, they bought the album on the day of its release, and the next day met Kate at the album signing in London. We hear more snippets of their experiences in 1982, but the major part of t...

In the second part of Seán's conversation with Kate's brother John Carder Bush, John talks about his involvement in Kate's career, the 1979 tour, his famous video set and album/single cover photos, poetry and photo books he has published, his collaborations with Vivienne Chandler, the re-grouping of the Salatticum Poets in the 21st century and his return to the Jig of Life narration for Before the...

40 Years Of 'The Dreaming' - Reminiscences. Darrell and Paul (The Bush Telegraph Podcast) have a three-part series all about 'The Dreaming', as we celebrate its 40th anniversary. In the first episode they discuss the excitement of its release when they were young teenagers, including the first time they met Kate at the Virgin Megastore album signing. Each track is discussed, as well as quotes from...

In this very special episode, Seán chats with Kate's eldest brother, the poet, writer and photographer,  John Carder Bush at his home in South East London. A dream come true! In this first part, we talk about John's early life, how he developed his writing, his days playing in folk bands in London (with a young Kate taking notes), forming the Salatticum Poets with his great friends Tony Buzan and...

In this detailed new episode of The Kate Bush Fan Podcast Seán packs an hour looking back over all the amazing landmark events of Summer 2022 when Kate's song Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) was featured on Stranger Things and became her biggest ever global smash hit – all the summer chart news, the reaction from Kate, the media and the fans! A souvenir of an extraordinary few months.

Friends for over 50 years, Darrell (in the US), and Paul (in the UK), known as the Bush Telegraph Podcast, try and wrap their heads around the resurgence of Kate's 1985 'Running Up That Hill', and the global phenomenon it has become because of the new season of 'Stranger Things'. Fans from the beginning, they often take us down memory lane. This time they open up the 'time capsule' of the release...

A HUGE episode to celebrate Kate's unprecedented global chart success with Running Up That Hill! Seán chats to fans all around the world about what this momentous time for Kate Bush fans means to them in this extraordinary moment.

A HUGE episode to celebrate Kate's unprecedented global chart success with Running Up That Hill! Seán chats to fans all around the world about what this momentous time for Kate Bush fans means to them in this extraordinary moment.

A HUGE episode to celebrate Kate's unprecedented global chart success with Running Up That Hill! Seán chats to fans all around the world about what this momentous time for Kate Bush fans means to them in this extraordinary moment.

As Kate Bush continues to storm the charts across the world with Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Seán chats to performer  Danimay Palmer  who has gained a following recreating Kate's looks and performances on social media – a chance to check in with someone who represents the younger generation of fans Kate is gathering worldwide! A great chat between two very excited Kate Bush fans.

Seán recorded a quick episode of the Kate Bush Fan Podcast to discuss the huge success of Running Up That Hill being featured on the phenomenally popular Stranger Things and to welcome the new fans discovering Kate's music!

This is the final instalment of Bush Telegraph's interview with Preston Heyman. Here we get a further glimpse into the workings of the Tour Of Life and the special camaraderie that existed on tour, as well as the fun antics that happened offstage. Preston also remembers musical highlights and special moments with Kate during the show. Darrell and Paul mention their first meeting with Preston and t...

Being the 10th anniversary of both 'Director's Cut' and '50 Words For Snow', Bush Telegraph chat from either side of the Atlantic, and reminisce about their individual experiences of listening to the albums for the first time and their reviews of both albums. Kate surprised her fanbase by releasing two albums in one year, and although fans have divided opinions about these albums, they are solid w...

Michael Byrne, the co-creator of the new coffee table book, Finding Kate, which visually explores Kate's songs is interviewed by Seán to discuss how the pandemic, and a successful Kickstarter campaign, lead to this stunning book being realised. This is the first of two Kate Bush Fan podcast episodes we'll have for you this week, so you'll have plenty of KB chatter to have on in the background as y...

Paul and Darrell dive further into Preston's collaboration with Kate. We find out how he first got to work with her on the 1979 tour, and their incredible meeting of minds. We also get some fascinating and humorous stories involving his work on her third album 'Never For Ever', as well as his experience on the filming of the 'Breathing' video.

Darrell and Paul talk all things 'Sat In Your Lap' as they celebrate its 40th anniversary. They reveal an exclusive interview with Preston Heyman, who played the iconic drum pattern on the single. Preston is a brilliant and revered drummer in the music industry, and here we get to hear how he collaborated with Kate on this special and unique song. 'Sat In Your Lap' would catapult Kate into the pro...

Seán explores Kate's one and only promotional trip to Japan in June 1978. A highly memorable two-week schedule in which Kate performed in a song contest in front of 35 million viewers, sang many songs on another Japanese variety show, charmed the Japanese media and even shot an ad campaign for Seiko watches!

The Bush Telegraph have another Christmas special, covering all things 'December Will Be Magic Again', which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month. Paul and Darrell, chatting transatlantically, reminisce about the classic Christmas song from Kate. On this podcast we get to hear the first version, as well as a live version from the 'Kate Show' in 1979. The lads also reminisce about rushing out...

Bush Telegraph cover all things 'Never For Ever', celebrating 40 years of the first album to reach number one by a British female solo artist. Six of the ten songs had been seen as videos or costumed performances in the previous 9 months on TV. These and other performances are discussed, including Darrell seeing Kate sing 'Wedding List' live in 1982. We hear Kate being interviewed on Radio 1 about...

Paul quizzes Darrell on the 'Nicholas Pegg's Kate Bush Emoji Quiz', followed by the 'Would You Rather' game. Then both reminisce about misheard lyrics that will bring a smile to your face. To end the podcast, Darrell's teenage son is grilled again on Kate songs, and the pièce de resistance is a Radio 4 exclusive on the best Kate tribute band that ever existed!