Graeme Thomson

The musical benefits of not playing live

Many of the greatest acts of creative experimentation came as a result of musicians renouncing the stage

Kate Bush quit gigging for 35 years, between 1979 and 2014, and gained the time and imaginative freedom to craft albums as daring as The Dreaming, Hounds Of Love and Aerial. Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images 
issue 18 April 2020
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