Reviews

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Forty years ago this September, Kate Bush released Hounds Of Love . Her fifth studio record reinstated her position as one of the most innovative and creative artists of all time and yielded the (future) chart-topper Running Up That Hill . But its creation wasn’t always smooth. Here’s the story behind one of Bush’s best-loved albums.

Kate Bush ’s fifth album combines hit singles with a seven-song conceptual suite, all expressing the unmistakable style of one of progressive music’s most uncompromising visionaries. To mark 40 years of inspiration, The Anchoress, Within Temptation’s Sharon den Adel, Auri’s Johanna Kurkela, The Blackheart Orchestra’s Chrissy Mostyn and Exploring Birdsong’s Lynsey Ward celebrate the enduring magic and influence of Hounds Of Love .

MARGO PRICE ’ s harrowing life story was the stuff of country legend, but in the decade since her debut she’s slowly reinvented herself as a psychedelic free spirit. Now, with a new album, she’s taken stock, returned to Nashville, and is out to reclaim her outlaw roots. “I wanted to make a defiant record,” she confides to Stephen Troussé

SEPTEMBER 2025 TAKE 342

Hall Of The Mountain Grill ATOMHENGE ...