Kate Marie Nash
[1] (born 6 July 1987) is an English [2] singer-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 [3], to an
English father and
Irish mother,
[4] on 6 July 1987. She grew up in
Harrow,
North West London.
[5] Nash first became interested in music during her 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.
Career
Nash started her career in 2006. After several gigs, Nash uploaded her music to the social networking website
MySpace. Nash found a
manager for herself before proceeding to look for
producers for her music.
Moshi Moshi Records
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 also 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.
Fiction Records
In April 2007, Nash was signed to the
Polydor offshoot
Fiction Records.
[6]
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."
[7] The album reached number 1 in the UK charts.
[8]
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
.
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.
[9] 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. Nash is hoping to release the album in the UK during the summer of 2009.
[10]
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.
[11]
Nash recently co-wrote "Almost Isn't (Good Enough) Is It?" for
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players member
Jason Trachtenburg for his upcoming album,
Jason Trachtenburg: File Under Pop Male Vocal
. A music video for the song premiered on April 25, 2009.
Second album
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.
[ 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]
]
Other music
Nash is working with Metronomy on several dance records with that may be released to DJs during the summer of 2009. The project will not be named after Nash or Metronomy. [13]
Featured Artists' Coalition
Nash has lent her support to the Featured Artists' Coalition, an organization whose goal is to give artists more say in the music industry decision process. Nash cited the emerging digital age as a reason artists should have a voice in decisions that affect their careers. [14]
Personal life
On 1 April, 2009 Nash joined in protests against the G20 summit inside of the Bank of England in London. [15]. She is in a long-term relationship with Ryan Jarman, vocalist and guitarist of English indie rock band The Cribs. [16]
Discography
Album
Year
| Album details
| Peak chart positions
|
UK
[17]
| AUT
[18]
| FRA
[19]
| IRE
[20]
| NED
[21]
| SWI
[22]
| US
[23]
|
2007
| Made of Bricks
- Released: 6 August 2007
- Label: Fiction (1743143)
- Format: CD, Digital download
| 1
| 51
| 38
| 8
| 41
| 39
| 36
|
Singles
Year
| Title
| Peak chart positions
| Album
|
UK
| AUT
| IRE
| NED
| SWI
| US Pop
[24]
| CRO
[25]
|
2007
| "Caroline's a Victim/Birds"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
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"Foundations"
| 2
| 38
| 12
| 49
| 48
| —
| 1
| Made of Bricks
|
"Mouthwash"
| 23
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 47
|
"Pumpkin Soup"
| 23
| 72
| 40
| —
| —
| —
| 26
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2008
| "Merry Happy"
| 116
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 97
| —
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Awards and nominations
On February 20, 2008, she received a BRIT award for Best Female artist. [26]
References
- ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- From nowhere to Number One: Why Kate Nash is the sound of the summer The Independent
- http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Nash
- Pop goes the Brits: Take That, Leona Lewis and Mika lead nominations
- Kate Nash and Adele
- You couldn't make it up: Nash signs with Fiction
- "The Independent - Reviews: Album - Kate Nash"
- "The Sun: Nash names new album"
- Kate Nash Working On New Album
- Kate Nash plans summer album BBC1 6 October, 2008
- Kate Nash gets busy on new record - March 2009
- Kate Nash begins work on new album with Bernard Butler NME 5 August, 2009
- Kate Nash and Metronomy to release collaboration songs Kate Nash Plus Bernard Bulter is producing Nash's second album NME 19 June, 2009
- Music stars call for more power BBC 11 March, 2009
- Billy Bragg Blasts Bankers XFM London radio 2 April, 2009
- Kate Nash gets busy on new record
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