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Kamen, Michael
A British-based composer and conductor, originally from America. Kamen graduated from the High School of Music and Art in New York City in 1965, then went on to the famed Juilliard School. He was co-founder and leader of The New York Rock And Roll Ensemble (later known as the New York Rock Ensemble), a classical music-influenced rock band in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which released four albums. Following the demise of the Ensemble, Kamen performed as a solo act and released one self-titled album. He has also released an album called Concerto For Saxophone Featuring David Sanborn, and worked with Sanborn and Eric Clapton on the scores for the Lethal Weapon series of films. He has become a prolific composer in the film industry, and worked on the soundtrack for the film version of The Wall by Pink Floyd, and on the Terry Gilliam films Brazil and The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. More recently, Kamen co-wrote a song called Real World with the metal band Queensryche for the soundtrack of The Last Action Hero.
Michael Kamen provided the orchestral arrangements on the album Hounds Of Love, the songs The Fog, Heads We're Dancing, and This Woman's Work, and the album The Red Shoes.
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Karn, Mick
Former bass player with the group Japan, Karn backed Kate for her performance of The Wedding List at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala. Several years later, he played bass on the song Heads We're Dancing.
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Kashka From Baghdad
A song on the album Lionheart.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Kate Bush (EP)
An EP released by EMI America. The album included the songs Sat In Your Lap, James And The Cold Gun, Babooshka, Suspended In Gaffa, and Un Baiser D'Enfant. The Canadian release of the album added the song Ne T'en Fui Pas.
This album is also listed in the Discography section.
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Kate Bush Live At The Hammersmith Odeon
A video recording of the penultimate date of the Tour Of Life, at the Hammersmith Odeon on 13 May 1979.
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Kate Bush Live On Stage
A four song EP recorded on 13 May 1979 at the Hammersmith Odeon, the penultimate night of the Tour Of Life.
This EP is also listed in the Discography section.
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Kate (television broadcast)
A BBC television special which aired on 28 December 1979. The 45-minute broadcast included pre-release versions of the songs Violin, Egypt, The Wedding List, Ran-Tan Waltz, and December Will be Magic Again. The special also featured a guest appearance by Peter Gabriel, in which he sang his own Here Comes The Flood and joined Kate for a duet on the Roy Harper song Another Day. All songs were new performances recorded expressly for the special, and while most are identical to the album versions, some -- like the version of Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake with a blues piano intro -- are noticeably different.
Four additional pieces of music were recorded for the special, and never heard anywhere else: a brief wordless introduction, a excerpt from Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1 used as a prelude for the song Symphony In Blue, a new introductory sequence for Them Heavy People, and a choral piece called Peter, The Angel Gabriel used as an intro for Here Comes The Flood.
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Keane, Sean
Fiddler with the traditional Irish music group the Chieftans, Keane plays fiddle on the song Night of the Swallow.
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Keef
The nom du screen of video director Keith MacMillan.
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Keeping Me Waiting
Also known as Keep Me Waiting or Stranded On Moonbase or Stranded At The Moonbase. This is a provisional title given to a demo version of a song which was never released. It is available only on bootleg recordings; see the Phoenix section for more information.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Kelly, Jon
Engineer on the albums The Kick Inside and Lionheart, coproducer and engineer on the album Never For Ever. Kelly was nicknamed "Andy Pandy" by Kate when there were more than five people named "John" or "Jon" working on Never For Ever. (See Teddy for more information.)
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Kelly, Laoise
Irish harp on the song Mna Na h-Eireann.
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Kemp, Lindsay
A dancer, choreographer, mime and movement teacher who instructed Kate at the London Dance Center in Covent Garden, after she had seen a performance of his show Flowers. Kemp appears in the film The Line The Cross And The Curve.
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Ken (song)
Theme song recorded for the Comic Strip film GLC.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Kennedy, Nigel
(b. 1959) Hugely successful violin player. Kennedy studied at the Juilliard School in New York and under Yehudi Menuhin, and has released albums featuring works by Brahms, Bartok, Duke Ellington, and most famously, Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Kennedy plays violin on the songs Experiment IV, The Fog, and Big Stripey Lie; viola on the song Heads We're Dancing; violin and viola on the song Top Of The City. Like The Trio Bulgarka, Nigel Kennedy has become a regular guest on Kate Bush albums -- and like them, his contributions to songs are so distinctive it is impossible to imagine those songs without them.
In a German television appearance in September 1996, Nigel Kennedy described his work with Kate:
"I've played a bit of violin on a few of her songs, and what I love about her is that, you know, she's just like a normal person, she doesn't behave like a huge star. She doesn't have monster limos and doesn't tell everyone to piss off all the time like what most rock stars have to do to be taken seriously. She's a cool person, and like...yeah, she's an inspirational musician. I go in there, put down some music and just suddenly it seems when we're making music that the vibe comes right in, but when we stop playing she's just like 'Do ya wanna cup of tea, mate?', that type of thing, which is a very profound statement to hear and something which always goes to my heart [raises his cup of tea] -- well, she goes to my digestive system and plays havoc, probably."
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Kenny Everett Video Show, The
Kate appeared on this music and comedy television show hosted by former disc jockey Kenny Everett more than once in 1978 and 1979. On one occasion, she is interviewed with cue-cards mixed up. She is eventually reduced to hysterical laughter, unable to speak, as Everett says to the camera, "We've been talking to Kate Bush...but she hasn't been talking to us!" On another broadcast, she mouths the words "Remember me? I used to be Kate Bush!" and later "He's so sexy!" with a gravelly Cockney voice dubbed in.
Kenny Everett (b. Maurice Cole, 1945 - 1995) worked for Radio Luxembourg, the pirate station Radio Caroline, BBC Radio One, and Capital Radio before moving on to a successful television career. Known for being manic and outrageous in public -- he was dismissed by Radio One after making comments about the wife of the Minister of Transport, and as the keynote speaker at a Conservative conference yelled "Let's bomb Russia!" -- he had a troubled and contradictory private life. Prior to his death from AIDS at age 50, Everett elevated the role of disc jockey from a person who simply played records to an all-around entertainer.
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Keogh, Paul
A session musician who had previously worked on albums by such artists as Roger Daltrey, Kiki Dee, and Lou Reed, Keogh plays guitar on the song Saxophone Song, produced by Dave Gilmour in 1975.
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Kick Inside, The (album)
The debut album by Kate Bush.
This album is also listed in the Discography section.
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Kick Inside, The (song)
The last song on the album The Kick Inside.
A note on the origin of this song: "Lizzie Wan" (alternately "Lucy Wan") is an 18th-century English/Irish folk ballad, best known as The Ballad of Lizzie Wan, which recounts the tragedy of Lizzie Wan, who falls in love with her brother and then kills herself while carrying his child. Kate's original lyrics in the demo version of The Kick Inside included the line "Welling eyes from identifying with Lizzie Wan's story" making it clear that her own story refers to a modern pair of siblings who face a similar crisis. In the finished version as heard on the album, the explicit reference to the early folksong was removed, making the song's inspiration harder to identify. But her intent remains, as indicated by this excerpt from the original:
When will you return again,This song is also listed in the Discography section.
My son, come tell to me?
When the sun and the moon set on yonders green hill,
And I'm sure that never can be.
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Killen, Kevin
A producer and engineer who has mixed albums for the likes of Elvis Costello, U2, and Peter Gabriel. Killen mixed the album The Sensual World, apart from the track Walk Straight Down The Middle.
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Kimiad
A song on Alan Stivell's album Again, for which Kate provides backing vocals.
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Kindlight
The photography studio of John Carder Bush.
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King Is Dead, The
Kate contributes virtually indistinguishable backing vocals to this song by Go West from their album Dancing On The Couch.
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Kite
A song on the album The Kick Inside.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Koto
A Japanese zither with 13 silk strings stretched over movable bridges, played by Paddy Bush on the song All We Ever Look For.
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KT Bush Band, The
A band originally consisting of Del Palmer on bass, Brian Bath on guitar, with either Victor Smith (or King) or Charlie Morgan on drums, and Kate on vocals. The band made their debut at the Rose of Lee public house in Lewisham, April 1977. Further details on the early days of Kate's career are available in the Phoenix section.