The Kate Bush Fan Podcast

Seán introduces a Top 10 countdown of the most FEEL GOOD moments of Kate Bush's career! He reads out contributions from Kate fans around the world describing their own personal joyful moments from Kate's decades of output.

Somewhere In Between 'The Sensual World' And 'The Red Shoes' - Sometimes the gaps between Kate Bush albums can seem like an eternity but the years between Kate's 6th and 7th albums were full of treats for us fans. In this podcast Bush Telegraph - aka, Darrell and Paul discuss Kate's contribution to 'The Comic Strip Presents' series including the track 'Ken'. They also play a Kate song that was nev...

Seán reflects on Kate's remarkable decade from 2010-2019: two studio albums released in a single year, her first live shows in 35 years and the launch of her own record label with Kate's entire catalogue remastered on CD and vinyl - WOW!

Seán introduces Bush Telegraph celebrating 30 Years of 'The Sensual World', Kate's beautiful 6th studio album. Paul and Darrell reminisce over the release of 'The Sensual World' in 1989, and how their views of it have changed over the years – with re-workings on 'Director's Cut' in 2011 and the incredible remaster in 2018. They also remember further visits to Wickham Farm during that time, and an...

Seán meets up with his old friend Mike to shoot the breeze about Kate with someone who isn't necessarily a hardcore fan. Pouring over the remastered box sets, we make selections from Kate's catalogue to listen to and chat about, and it lead to a most enjoyable evening!

In this episode Seán introduces Paul and Darrell (aka Bush Telegraph) discussing the KT symbols and where to find them on every Kate Bush album. Darrell obsesses over a mysterious face only he can see in the "Aerial" cover. There is a discussion about the messages Kate herself inscribed into the vinyls of her earlier releases and what they could be referring to. There is also another song by Ron a...

What are Darrell and Paul's Top 3's from all of Kate's albums, and what single, album, video and b-side would they take on a desert island? In this podcast, for the first half we get the rare glimpse of hearing Darrell and Paul chatting together in the same place, as opposed to Skyping transatlantically. Plus, Ron and Cyril get another spin with a Kate cover!

Kate's work with the exquisite, breathtaking, Trio Bulgarka from Bulgaria remains one of the most outstanding collaborations of her career to date. Seán explores how Bulgarian singing started to be discovered by the world in the 1980s and how Kate met and recorded incredible music with Yanka, Eva and Stoyanka on two of her albums!

Bush Telegraph (aka Darrell and Paul) chat with Darrell's brother and put him to task to see if he can answer a Kate Pop Quiz! Russell remembers hearing Kate through the bedroom wall constantly, and here he is interviewed to face the trauma it caused him one more time! Darrell and Paul also find a rare recording of the very first Kate tribute act. Not to be missed.

As Kate's 12″ Cloudbusting picture disc tops the UK vinyl singles chart for a second week running, Seán devotes this episode of the Kate Bush Fan Podcast to discussing the origins and history of Kate's glorious, classic song, along with the iconic promotional film co-starring Donald Sutherland. 

What did Glenys get up to with Kate in Paris? What was Glenys's favourite song to sing, and favourite song to watch Kate perform? What synchronicity did Kate, Glenys Groves and Liz Pearson share? Part 2 of the Glenys Groves interview is here!

Darrell and Paul talk about 1979 and their disappointment in not being able to see Kate perform live on the 'Tour Of Life'. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of this legendary tour, Darrell has an exclusive interview with Glenys Groves, who was one of the two backing vocalists on the tour. This is Part 1 of the interview.

The run of 22 shows begins! In this final Before the Dawn episode – all the excitement, ecstatic reviews, historic album chart success, celebrity attendees, awards, acclaim and the live album are all discussed in detail as Seán revisits the impact and lasting legacy of Before The Dawn….he even takes you for a browse through the merch stall. Enjoy!

The second of Seán's 3-part series of podcasts about the phenomenal Before the Dawn shows by Kate Bush! This episode takes the listener right through her opening night performance on 26th August 2014, song-by-song, capturing the atmosphere, describing the on-stage action and celebrating one of the greatest returns to live performance in music history!

It's here! Part 1 of Seán's long-promised three-episode series of podcasts about Kate's extraordinary, phenomenal return to the stage in 2014's Before the Dawn shows. In this first episode, he traces the origins of Kate's live comeback through the initial concept, rehearsals, massive media coverage, ticket frenzy and right up till opening night...

Darrell and Paul have lots to say, as they go back nearly 40 years, reminiscing as school friends, the anticipation of the release of two more Kate singles in 1980...and how those songs match up today.

Listen along with Seán as he re-visits the wonderfully unexpected surprise from 1994 that were Kate's dazzling mini-musical-productions for the launch of Fruitopia on US television. He may even have unearthed one fans haven't heard before! A lot of hard editing work this one! "Hey, Hey, Juice!"

Bush Telegraph duo, Paul and Darrell talk to Braden, a new generation Kate fan. Darrell met 19 year old Braden after noticing he had a Kate Bush t-shirt walking out of a health food store in San Francisco! Bush Telegraph also review Kate's new book of lyrics 'How To Be Invisible', discovering some new gems.

Darrell and Paul talk about being young teenagers, anticipating the release of Kate's masterpiece 'Breathing' and attending the very first Kate Bush Club Convention. Only 300 attended and they were two of the youngest ones there! They also discuss the one-sided test pressing of 'Breathing' that has a unique etching on it as well as differences to the published single.

In the first full episode for 2019, Seán decided to sit down and do a re-watch, with a commentary in real time, of Kate's 'The Line, The Cross and The Curve' released in 1993 to accompany The Red Shoes album. Watch along if you have access to a copy on VHS tape, laserdisc or the interwebs. He discovers a lot to like and celebrate about the film, despite it receiving a somewhat lukewarm reception i...

Just a short minisode to kick off 2019 - I wanted to draw attention to the "Clarification" statement that Kate made today on her official website after over two years of false statements and articles appearing in print and social media about her supposed political affiliations. She's had enough! Good for you, Kate.   

Seán introduces our Christmas Special episode for 2018 hosted by Bush Telegraph - Paul Thomas and Darrell Babidge! Darrell and Paul talk in depth about the Christmas Kate Show from 1979, and other festive things related to Kate. This includes the Christmas Kate Bush Club Newsletters, the recent Pop Up Shop in London, another Christmas TV appearance in 1979, and the release of 'December Will Be Mag...

In this episode Seán heads to London to experience the extraordinary 5-day Kate Bush Remastered Pop-Up for himself. After meeting the HomeGround gang (and a certain actor friend of theirs!) he brings his swag with him to meet Monty Moncrieff MBE. Monty is a Kate Bush superfan and we get into the world of collecting Kate Bush; vinyl records, box sets, rarities and even fakes - we cover it all. It's...

They've finally arrived! Kate Bush, who never seems to want to re-visit her back catalogue (her last greatest hits compilation was over 30 years ago), has nevertheless undertaken a monumental remastering project, releasing all 10 studio albums on both vinyl and CD, fully remastered plus some remastered rarities collections. Seán talks about this extraordinary avalanche of Kate Bush releases and Pa...

Seán introduces the latest Bush Telegraph special episode. Darrell and Paul talk about the imminent release of the Kate Bush remasters, and anticipate a special listening experience. They also talk about the 'Before The Dawn' performances in 2014, having waited 35 years to see Kate perform live again. They cover everything from hearing the very surprising news, to the frantic day the tickets went...