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Sound Cafe: Kate Bush's The Dreaming listening party

Sound Cafe: Kate Bush's The Dreaming listening party

Welcome to Sound Cafe, our new music programming series! 

Join us on November 16 for our very first visit to the Sound Café! We will be spinning Kate Bush’s groundbreaking fourth album The Dreaming, which turned 40 on 10 December 2021. Bush was only 23 when she made the record, which have led some to the conclusion that her first three albums were the work of a wunderkind, while The Dreaming marked the arrival of a musical genius. As is the case with many groundbreaking works of art, the record was considered Bush’s most experimental and least commercial release and it sold poorly in Eurasia, especially compared to the astounding success of her first three releases. (It took Bush many years to become well-known in the States; she is still not considered a household name, though her fans here are legion.) Since then, The Dreaming has gained the admiration of artists as disparate as Björk and Big Boi (of Outkast), both of whom cite it as one of their favorite albums ever made; Prince, whom Bush would later work with, was also a great fan. Slant lists the album at No. 71 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". It is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, the Mojo "Top 50 Eccentric Albums of All Time" list, and The Word magazine's "Great Underrated Albums of Our Time" list.

Join me, Gregory Lowry, and my co-hosts Amanda Westfall, Anthony Vacca, and Andrea Paschal as we spin the vinyl on the Sound Café’s brand-new turntable and discuss its incalculable influence on the future of music and the myriad of artists who have fallen under its spell. Please feel free to share stories of your own about this great record and artist. We will be serving hot tea and biscotti! We look forward to seeing you! 

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