5 d. ago Amy Winehouse’s microphone and letters from Kate Bush and Madonna to go on sale

Other items in the auction are connected to Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish.

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6 d. ago Mark Ronson says 'it would be an honour' to collaborate with the Spice Girls

Mark Ronson is best known for his successful music career where he has worked with stars such as Amy Winehouse, Bruno Mars and Miley Cyrus

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6 d. ago Kate Bush and artists harness power of Running Up That Hill for War Child appeal

Musician invites 52 UK visual artists to create works based on song lyric to raise money for children affected by warKate Bush is harnessing the power of her global hit Running Up That Hill in collaboration with leading names in British art to raise money for children caught up in global conflicts.The singer-songwriter invited 52 visual artists to respond to her lyric “If I only could, I’d make a deal with God” from her 1985 anthem. One of her best-loved songs and hailed as “one of the greatest songs of all time” by Rolling Stone, it became a hit all over again in 2022 when it featured in the fourth season of the US TV series Stranger Things. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago My cultural awakening: ‘Kate Bush helped me come out as a trans woman’

As a not-yet-out trans teen, The Sensual World – the singer’s rejection of masculine influence – felt like an invocation of everything I was feelingIt wasn’t safe for me to discover The Sensual World, the eponymous track on what Kate Bush described as her “most female album”. The song was intended to be a rejection of the masculine influence that had unwittingly shaped the artist’s previous work, and an ode to something taboo within the female experience. Based on Molly Bloom’s soliloquy in James Joyce’s Ulysses – a stream of consciousness in which the character reflects on her experiences of nature, sex and love – Bush wanted to celebrate the experience of life inside a woman’s body, and the ways it gives her spiritual and sexual pleasure. I knew that, for someone like me, who was already being bullied, to openly love a song like this could make me an even more obvious target to those who saw femininity as a sign of weakness. More daunting than that, it might force me to ...

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2 w. ago Amy Winehouse's chilling last conversation just hours before she died

The Back to Black star was the voice of a generation - but behind the scenes she was battling demons which would ultimately lead to her untimely death in July 2011

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2 w. ago What's happening with Lola Young? Inside the star's battle with schizoaffective disorder and cocaine

The young singer, who is managed by Amy Winehouse’s former manager, has previously spent time in rehab

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3 w. ago Danny Thompson dead: Legendary bass player & founder of Pentangle dies aged 86 as tributes pour in for ‘force of nature’

LEGENDARY bass player Danny Thompson has sadly passed away aged 86. Danny, a founding member of Brit band Pentangle, died "peacefully" at his home in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday. His glittering career saw him work alongside musical royalty, including Kate Bush, John Martyn and Roy Orbison. Danny famously played the bass guitar for Cliff Richard’s...

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