HOMEGROUND: THE KATE BUSH MAGAZINE: ANTHOLOGY TWO: 'THE RED SHOES' TO
'50 WORDS FOR SNOW'
****HomeGround is a magazine devoted to Kate Bush (born in 1958), a
British pop star best-known for hits such as 'Wuthering Heights', 'Wow',
'Hounds of Love' and 'Running Up That Hill'.
This book is pure heaven for music fans. The HomeGround magazine
anthology includes material inspired by all periods of Kate Bush's
musical progression. It is a book about the reaction to her work and how
her unique music has touched the lives of so many people.
This is a unique book, a labour of love for hundreds of music fans who
have contributed to HomeGround over its thirty-year existence. The book
includes an enormous amount of information about Kate Bush, accounts of
every release, album, single, pop promo and appearance, as well as
memories and accounts of music fandom (such as conventions, meetings,
hikes, stage door encounters and video parties). It also includes
material on many other pop acts and events. It features poetry, stories,
letters, reviews, interviews, memoirs, cartoons, drawings, paintings and
photographs.
This is the second book of a two volume set, totalling over 1200 pages.
The second volume covers Kate Bush's career from 'The Red Shoes' album
to '50 Words For Snow' album (from the early 1990s to the present day).
The first book runs from the origins of Bush's career to the album 'The
Sensual World'.
The first issue of HomeGround appeared in 1982, four years after Kate
Bush's dramatic debut with 'Wuthering Heights'. Starting with an ancient
manual typewriter, and a pot of glue paste, the editors mounted articles
on recycled backing sheets and added hand-drawn artwork to fill the
gaps. The first issue was photocopied, the pages hand-stapled together
and twenty-five copies were given away to fans they knew. Only later did
they discover the magic of word processing, and desktop publishing.
From those beginnings HomeGround became a cornerstone of the
'Kate-speaking world', the editors going on to organise four official
fan events at which Kate Bush and members of her family and band
appeared, arrange at Bush's request a team of fans to be extras in two
of her videos and organise informal fan gatherings at Glastonbury and
Top Withens, the storm-blown ruin on Haworth Moor. Years before the
internet, HomeGround became a place where fans could discuss Bush's
music, and a place where they could publish creative writing and artwork
that music inspired.
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Fully illustrated with hundreds of images, including rare photographs
and original artwork. Includes a timeline of Kate Bush's career, index,
and a who's who. ISBN 9781861714817. 568pp.
Volume One of HomeGround, covering Kate Bush's early career, is also
available: ISBN 9781861714794 (Pbk) and 9781861714800 (Hbk).
Also available in hardback: ISBN 9781861714824.
Katebushnews.com - the website of HomeGround, the international Kate
Bush magazine.
