Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rosie Frater-Taylor shares a jazz infused cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’.
‘Running Up That Hill’ follows Rosie’s album Featherweight, out this past February.
“I was a Kate Bush latecomer and failed to get on board until the whole Stranger Things renaissance a while back. I couldn’t stop singing the song after watching the show. Between the lyrics, her voice, the chords and frankly legendary production on that track (Kate was one of the first alongside Peter Gabriel to use the Fairlight CMI synthesiser and a LinnDrum drum machine in their music FYI!) the song touches a real heartfelt nerve. That’s what gets my creative gears going and ultimately inspires me to make a cover. A few people mentioned they’d love to hear a finished version which got me thinking how I might see the demo evolving into a full-length piece, in the meantime, learning more about Kate’s back catalogue and artistic journey and being very inspired by her and her attitude to her art!
Rosie Frater-Taylor
The song was recorded in my bedroom studio with some additional production on the percussion by (long-time) collaborator Lewis Moody. There’s a ton of different guitars (nylon string, electric, acoustic), layers and fx pedals I experimented with, including my JHS tremolo, TC Electronic reverb pedal for all the spacey sounds, delays, overdrives, phasers and also my freeze pedal for the slidey ‘glissando’ effect you hear in the intro.”
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