December will be magic again. — Kate Bush

"We raise our hats to the strange phenomena. Soul-birds of a feather flock together."

"Ooh, hes here again, The man with the child in his eyes."

"One of the band told me last night That music is all that hes got in his life. So where does it go? Surely not with his soul. Will all of his licks and his RnB Blow away?"

"Could Keely Garfield be the Kate Bush of downtown dance? The question is raised by “Wow,” the bizarre, hilarious, enthralling, confounding and cathartic new work that Ms. Garfield presented on Thursday at Danspace Project. Surely it is the recent comeback tour of Ms. Bush that has put that singer-songwriter on Ms. Garfields mind. But it is “Wow” that suggests the comparison: two British-born women, intensely idiosyncratic and theatrical with outlandish taste in costumes, who follow their imaginations uninhibitedly. The salient difference would seem to be irony. Much of Ms. Bushs power stems from her absolute sincerity, the sense that she is unaware that anyone might find what shes doing ridiculous. But Ms. Garfield has always been wry, droll, deadpan. Her assertion in a program note that she meant “Wow” to be “entirely sincere without a hint of irony or cleverness” cannot and should not be taken as entirely sincere. The program also credits Matthew Brookshire with “music inspired by the poetry of Kate Bush.” What we actually hear, though, are Kate Bush songs. Some are played in the original recordings, some chopped up and looped, but most are performed live by the marvelous Mr. Brookshire, on vocals and piano, joined by Ms. Garfield and her four terrific dancers. The arrangements are stripped down and seductively vibrant. Some lyrics are recited in a manner between sports cheer and Greek chorus. Some singsongy melodies are swapped for the tunes of actual nursery rhymes. Ms. Garfield, in other words, does not shy from the naïveté of her material. Much of her choreography illustrates the lyrics literally, in the manner of a childrens pageant."

"I think musicians have a responsibility to try and do something that is good. Its so hard. Its very difficult to pull something out of the hat creatively. Although I say its their responsibility, its really just people trying to do the best that they can."

"Ooh, James, are you selling your soul to a cold gun?"