Paddy Bush

Patrick Bush (born 9 December 1952) is an English musician, instrument maker, music critic, producer and artist.
Career
Collaboration with Kate Bush
He is the older brother of singer-songwriter, musician, and a record producer for Kate Bush and his best-known works are his collaborations with her on all of her studio albums up to the 2005 release Aerial.
Repertoire
Bush often plays standard Western instruments such as the guitar, mandolin, and harmonica, along with non-western instruments, such as the balalaika, sitar, koto, and digeridoo. Bush is the sole European musician who has mastered the playing and making of the marovany, a traditional Malagasy instrument related to the valiha. He undertook a number of extensive trips to Madagascar for filming and radio recording purposes.
As a presenter
On one of the trips to Madagascar, Bush presented the widely screened television documentary Like a God When He Plays which also features popular Malagasy musician Justin Vali. In 1993, Bush collaborated with Colin Lloyd-Tucker to form the band Bushtucker.

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