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Kate Nash
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Kate Nash

Nash in 2007
Background information
Birth name Kate Marie Nash
Born 6 July 1987 (1987-07-06) (age 22)
Dublin,Ireland
Genres Indie pop
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar, synth, keyboard, bass
Years active 2006–present
Labels Fiction
Website www.katenash.co.uk

Kate Marie Nash1 (born 6 July 1987) is an English2 singer and songwriter based in London. She had a UK #2 hit "Foundations" in 2007, followed by the platinum selling UK number 1 album Made of Bricks.

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Early life

Nash was born in Dublin,Ireland, to an English father and Irish mother,3 on 6 July 1987. She grew up in Harrow, North West London.4 Nash became interested in music in childhood. She learned how to play the piano at Sandbach School. She attended St. John Fisher School (in Pinner) and moved onto the St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth. She was taught guitar by teacher Louis Mitchell. She studied Theatre at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in South London. She auditioned at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School but was rejected after falling down a flight of stairs, breaking her foot. During her recovery she was housebound and unable to move, so her mother bought her an electric guitar. Nash used this time to focus on her songwriting: she began to write some new songs, finished old ones and decided that she would book a gig at a local bar in Harrow called Trinity on Gayton Road for herself, to showcase her songs.

Music Career

"Caroline's a Victim" (2006-2007)

Nash started her career in 2006. After several gigs, she uploaded her music to MySpace. She found a manager for herself before seeking producers for her music. Nash's debut was a single, "Caroline's a Victim"/"Birds," produced and recorded in Iceland by Valgeir Sigurðsson and released through Moshi Moshi Records in February 2007. The release was limited to 1000 copies, and was available on only 7" vinyl. Due to demand another 1000 copies were made and sold out. CD Promo copies were produced for distribution to the press and DJs etc, and are occasionally available for sale. It is featured on the CD "Moshi Moshi Singles Compilation". A video for the song was released and received airplay on MTV2. The video, directed by Kinga Burza. The B-side, "Birds", later featured on her début album, Made of Bricks. Both tracks have also been released as MP3 downloads.

"Made Of Bricks" (2007-2008)

In April 2007, Nash was signed to the Polydor offshoot Fiction Records.5 Nash's second single and first through Fiction Records, "Foundations", which she co-wrote with producer Paul Epworth, was released on 18 June 2007 and reached number two in the official UK Singles Chart. Following "Foundations," Fiction announced plans to bring forward the release of Nash's debut album to 6 August 2007. The album, Made of Bricks, produced by Paul Epworth, included many of the tracks she had been performing on her two nationwide tours.

The album was leaked to filesharing networks days before its commercial release, and has received mixed reviews, The Independent describing it as being in "pole position for worst album of the year."6 The album reached number 1 in the UK charts.7

During mid-2007, Nash performed at numerous festivals including Wireless Festival, Bestival, the Electric Gardens, Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and Leeds, Oxegen and T in the Park. She made her official TV performance début on Later with Jools Holland.

Throughout late 2007 and early 2008, she released three more singles from the album. "Mouthwash" and "Pumpkin Soup" both made the Top 40 in the UK Chart, and although fifth single "Merry Happy" didn't chart well in the United Kingdom, the song received limited success in other countries including the US and Canada.

Confirmed Second Album (2009-present)

Regarding the recording of a new album, Nash told NME that she had been inspired by The Supremes and has written a song called "Cat Song" in their honour.8 She is also set to release a duet single with Billy Bragg, a cover of The Shangri-Las "Give Him A Great Big Kiss". As of October 2008 Nash is writing material for her second album which may have a more punk influenced sound.9

In late March 2009, Nash made the following comments regarding the recording of her new album during an interview with the BBC Newsbeat program. "I've done a bunch of demos. I've got about 14 to 16 songs recorded and I'm going to do another session at the end of the month. It's really cool. I've been doing a lot of writing and I'm excited about getting stuck into new material. It's different and it's fun to be doing something new." She previously previewed two new tracks - "Froggy" and "I Hate Seagulls" - at an intimate gig at the Matter music venue in east London in October 2008.10 Since at least the end of June 2009, Bernard Butler, the producer for Duffy's debut album Rockferry and a former guitarist for Suede, has been working with Kate Nash, producing her second album.11 Butler was introduced to Nash by her boyfriend Ryan Jarman. In August 2009 the pair were working on eight songs at RAK Studios for the album.12 On 25 September Kate was quoted saying that the album would be out in the Spring of 2010.13

Personal life

Since early 2007, she has been in a relationship with Ryan Jarman, vocalist and guitarist of English indie rock band The Cribs.14

On September 2, 2009, Kate began using her MySpace and Facebook pages to help spread the word of a young girl called Tilly who lost her hands due to Meningococcal disease. Nash used an auction on eBay to help donate money to the five year old girl's parents so that she can afford to have her very own pair of hands. 15

Discography

Main article: Kate Nash discography

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Kate Nash

On February 20, 2008, she received a BRIT award for Best Female artist.16

References

  1. ^ ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
  2. ^ From nowhere to Number One: Why Kate Nash is the sound of the summer The Independent
  3. ^ Pop goes the Brits: Take That, Leona Lewis and Mika lead nominations
  4. ^ "Kate Nash and Adele". The Guardian. http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/story/0,,1992399,00.html. 
  5. ^ You couldn't make it up: Nash signs with Fiction
  6. ^ ""The Independent - Reviews: Album - Kate Nash"". 2007-08-17. http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article2849635.ece. Retrieved 2007-08-17. 
  7. ^ ""The Sun: Nash names new album"". 2007-07-25. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/online/article250094.ece. Retrieved 2008-04-08. 
  8. ^ Taylor, C (2007-09-12). "Kate Nash Working On New Album". GIGWISE. http://www.gigwise.com/news/39321/kate-nash-working-on-new-album. Retrieved 2008-02-04. 
  9. ^ Kate Nash plans summer album BBC1 6 October, 2008
  10. ^ Kate Nash gets busy on new record - March 2009
  11. ^ Kate Nash and Metronomy to release collaboration songs Kate Nash Plus Bernard Bulter is producing Nash's second album NME 19 June, 2009
  12. ^ Kate Nash begins work on new album with Bernard Butler NME 5 August, 2009
  13. ^ Kate Nash Countdown
  14. ^ "Kate Nash gets busy on new record". BBC News. March 16 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7945000/7945818.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 
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  16. ^ "Brit Awards 2008: The winners". BBC News. February 20 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7187992.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 

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