Dónal Lunny work on Kate Bush’s defining album brought his music to its widest audience

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When Kate Bush arrived in Ireland in the spring of 1984, she had adventure on her mind. And adventure is what she found, as she ended up in a recording studio in Dublin with Dónal Lunny – the pied piper and eternal shapeshifter of Irish traditional music, who has died aged 79.“She is a lovely woman.

Working with her was a pleasure,” Lunny would recall of his collaborations with Bush. “Kate had recorded several sessions at Windmill Lane studio, where she had worked with [producer and arranger] Bill Whelan.

He suggested that we work together.”Bush was in the midst of recording Hounds of Love, the album today regarded as her defining work, largely thanks to an A-side containing hits such as Cloudbusting and Running Up That Hill, which went viral with Gen Z when it featured on Stranger Things in 2022. But she wanted side two of the record to draw…

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