Across the decades, there have been many contenders for the king of prog’s crown, from pioneers Robert Fripp and Keith Emerson to contemporary luminaries Mikael Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson. But there’s only ever been one queen: Kate Bush.
To call her a precocious talent seems guilty of gross understatement – Bush wrote The Man With The Child In His Eyes when she was just 13. A cassette tape caught the ear of David Gilmour, who produced the 1975 demo that landed the singer-songwriter her record deal with EMI.
