I grew up in America and had the famous Kate Bush "leotard" poster on my bedroom wall. She wasn't as well known in the US because she didn't tour much outside of the UK. But she still had a cult of devoted fans in the US. Also, you have to remember that in the late 1970s the record companies were casting around for anything new that didn't sound like disco. That's how she got her first contract, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd sort of discovered her and helped her make her first demo, then presented it to his record company contacts. She's a genius artist and she deserves all the new attention she's getting.