The Kate Bush Song Book

The Kate Bush Song Book is an acoustic offshoot of tribute band Cloudbusting, a chance to indulge in Kate Bush’s piano-based compositions and to re-imagine some of her larger scale works with stripped back, more intimate arrangements.

Cloudbusting have been exploring the intricacies and nuance of Kate's stunning albums since 2012. Along the way, many of those complex and at times powerful arrangements have demanded every ounce of musicality and virtuosity that the band could muster - but at more reflective moments, the true essence of Kate's imaginative concepts have come to life with simply the voice and piano.

It's these jewels of the song-writing craft that the 'Song Book' ensemble now performs - with Michael Mayell at the piano and Dave Roberts on bass backing the hauntingly beautiful vocals of Mandy Watson.

The Song Book repertoire features stunning arrangements of some lesser-known tracks as well as many of the hits - including Wuthering Heights, Babooshka, Hounds of Love and Cloudbusting. But it's perhaps the clarity of those piano-based tracks such as This Woman's Work, Moments of Pleasure and The Man with the Child in His Eyes that dazzle most with their sheer complexity and pure lyrical invention.