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Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

Well. We have Susanne Sundfør and Shara Nova (used to be Sarah Worden) and her My Brightest Diamond-project.
 
Isn't Fiona Apple alos very good? Never got the chance to pick it up.
I will try the artists you mentioned.

Fiona Apple is like a jazz pop version of Layne Staley with dollops of humour to make the anger palatable (it is there, nevertheless).  Her music has increasingly moved in the direction of getting starker and more stripped (almost down to she and her piano).  She isn't just good, she is amazing. But not really influenced by Kate Bush at all. I would actually recommend When The Pawn...as the best starting point.  Idler Wheel may just be too stark for someone not initiated into Apple's work. 


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She is very mysterious and so are her lyrics. It's not everyone's cup-of-tea-pop music. Even the simpler songs have layers and layers of deeper meanings to it.

She's so far ahead of almost anyone.
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Kate Bush

It took me many years but I finally "came around" to liking her. I first learned of her from seeing her 1979 appearance on Saturday Night Live. Overall, I liked what I heard but it took time to really understand her music. Most likely it was because her style was just so different from what I was used to at the time. It took a long time for me to "get" her style but I eventually did and I've been a fan ever since.


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^ Forgot to mention, she's already (recent addition)  here in our PA  Wink

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I like her on Bruford.
Didn't know she had a solo album. I will check it out for sure.
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On a more adventurous side we have the one and only Annette Peacock




Check this one out



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Michelle Young is another PA artist sometimes compared to Kate.  Although as is most often the case, such comparisons are mostly general....there is only one Kate we'd all agree. 


Fiona Apple is not very Kate like but she is very talented.  Her most recent album "The Idler Wheel" is just stunning to me.  Stark, intimate, almost desperate, but so beautiful.  Her best work in my view, followed closely by her debut "Tidal".    Her middle two albums are decent too but not in quite the same league. 
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Thanks for the tip. I will look for it on Spotify.
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A friend of ours gave us a copy of Agnes Obel's Aventine, which is an excellent album. Anyway, as we are talking of artists inspired by the one and only Kate Bush (whose fan I have been since the beginning of her career), I'd like to mention Bent Knee and their lead singer/keyboardist Courtney Swain. I have seen them live twice, and both times I heard echoes of Kate and Tori Amos, though mixed with lots of other influences. If you are not familiar with them, here's the link to their YouTube channel: http://https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRd-aSYP_8IROepkG2xhrDg
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We can always post Kate Bush tracks aswell as artists inspired by La Bush...

I understand the thread title is a bit misleading now.

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Right now I'm listening to Agnel Obel. Not much Bush, but I have a feeling her new album will be more uptempo and eclectic.
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Very good thread this, although up to now it's rather an "Artists who sound like Kate Appreciation Thread". I know and like Bat for Lashes, My Brightest Diamind, Florence and the Machine (not on the prog side of things if you ask me) and of course Tori Amos but have to check out the others mentioned. Kate Bush-similarity seems to be a pretty safe bet when recommending me things.
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Well. We have Susanne Sundfør and Shara Nova (used to be Sarah Worden) and her My Brightest Diamond-project.
 
Isn't Fiona Apple alos very good? Never got the chance to pick it up.
I will try the artists you mentioned.
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Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

Let's keep this thread alive and post Bush-like progressive female artists.
Let's not post gothic metal etc. ;)

Thanks Geekfreak and chopper. I would love to hear your recommendations.
Well I listen to a lot of female solo artists but none of them have Kate's breadth of imagination.
Tori Amos is one who is often referred to as similar but I've never got round to listening to her much.
Joni Mitchell is perhaps the one female who has come closest imo. Others I listen to include Laura Marling, KT Tunstall and Kate Rusby, although I wouldn't class them as progressive. I can't think of another female who could have come up with The Ninth Wave, Bat For Lashes is perhaps the one who could at the moment.
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I saw her a few years ago in Paris for the promotion of that triple album, the closer to Kate. But my favorite remains YS, with the incredible arrangements of Van Dyke Parks. 

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Great stuff indeed. Wonderful artist.
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Joanna Newsom, of course.
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Niki & The Dove
 
Quite influenced by Kate Bush, but also influenced by Randy Crawford, Blondie, Cindy Lauper and Laura Branigan. Here and there more pop/disco than prog, but still very solid and good.
Wonder if you like it:
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Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 01:54
Let's keep this thread alive and post Bush-like progressive female artists.
Let's not post gothic metal etc. ;)

Thanks Geekfreak and chopper. I would love to hear your recommendations.
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Points: 9872 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 10:54
interesting recommendations Kingsnake, Kate Bush is a musician whom I like very much. like chopper why haven't her of these musicians before...
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