Old Saint Nicholas up the chimney, Just a-popping up in my memory… The white city, she is so beautiful Upon the black-soot icicled roofs… A Merry Christmas to everyone who might have found something interesting here at WhistlesintheWind, followers old and new, and the faithful. It’s much appreciated! Continue reading Fireside
Two or three years before Kate Bush’s imagination was fired by the Brontes, another songwriter had woven Charlotte Brontë’s Villette into a wonderfully understated folk song. Catherine Howe now has some well-deserved recognition – thanks to the reissue of her classic 1971 album ‘What a Beautiful Place’ in the mid-2000s. She has written some exceptional … Continue reading Another word for snow
My brother loved Kate Bush. I remember the first album, The Kick Inside, arriving in our house sometime in March 1978, and no older than the decade itself, for the next few years I was fascinated, confused and enlightened by a stream of images and lyrics that drifted round the house like an intoxicating mist. … Continue reading Sky Lady – Kate Bush and Nick Price
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