Re: the Bush branch

[Kelley Hays-Gilpin <Kelley.Hays-Gilpin@nau.edu>]

Quite apart from classifying artists into genres, if one just asks,
'If I like Kate Bush, what male artists am I likely to enjoy?,' I'd
suggest not only aforementioned Peter Gabriel, Leonard Cohen, and Tom Waits, 
but also Daniel Lanois.  Like Kate, he's very eclectic, using a variety
of world music influences as well as folk and story-telling elements,
and he's a 'master of the console.'  Most of his work has been
production for others (Gabirel, U2, Emmylou Harris), but his
own work (Acadie, For the Beauty of Wynonna) is up there *among* the
best, IMHO.  

cheers,
Kelley (who is now weary of classification from spending several 
days a week classifying bits of prehistoric pottery in the archaeology 
lab. My passion for music is in part an attempt to *escape*
classificatory chores...but am glad some of the rest of you post
comparisons--that helps me find new [to me] artists!)