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 Kate Nash performing in June 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kate Marie Nash |
| Born | July 6, 1987 Harrow, London, England [1] |
| Genre(s) | Indie, Indie pop, Piano pop |
| Instrument(s) | vocals, guitar, synth, keyboard, bass |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Label(s) | Moshi Moshi, Fiction |
| Website | KateNash.co.uk |
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Career
Early years
Kate Nash was born in Liverpool England to an English father and Irish mother; she grew up in North Harrow. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland North Harrow is a residential area of North West Outer London. Nash first became interested in music during her childhood. She learned how to play the piano at Sandbach School. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers She attended St. John Fisher School (in Pinner) and moved onto the St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth. Pinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Saint Joan of Arc Roman Catholic School is a Catholic school in Rickmansworth. She was taught guitar by teacher Louis Michelle. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles She studied Theatre at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in South London. The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology (the operational name of The London School for Performing Arts & Technology) is an independent state funded arts and technology South London is the southern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes She auditioned at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School but was rejected, after which she fell down a flight of stairs, breaking her foot. The Bristol Old Vic is a Theatre complex and theatrical company in the centre of Bristol, England. During her recovery, she was housebound and unable to move, so her 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 herself a gig at a local bar in Harrow called Trinity on Gayton Road to showcase her songs. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both She subsequently decided to start a career in music. After several gigs, Nash uploaded her music to the social networking website MySpace. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and Nash found herself a manager before proceeding to look for producers for her music. A talent manager, also known as a artist manager, is an individual or company who guides the professional career of artists in the Entertainment industry In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing
Moshi Moshi Records
Nash's debut was a single—Caroline's a Victim/Birds—recorded in Iceland and released through Moshi Moshi in February 2007. "Caroline's a Victim" is the debut single of English singer-songwriter Kate Nash, released digitally and on 7" vinyl 5 February Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( Moshi Moshi Records is a small London -based Independent record label that has released music by bands such as The Rakes, Bloc Party, Hot February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. 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. A video for the song was released and received airplay on MTV2. MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on Digital cable and Satellite television, and is progressively being The video, directed by Kinga Burza. Kinga Burza is a Polish - Australian Music video director. Biography Kinga was born in Krakow Poland and raised in Sydney The B-side, "Birds", later featured on her debut album, Made of Bricks.
Fiction Records
In April 2007, Nash was signed to the Polydor offshoot Fiction Records. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Fiction Records is a Record label that was founded in 1978 by Chris Parry as a home for The Cure. [4] A month later, Nash was mocked through a parody of her song, "Caroline's a Victim" entitled "LDN Is A Victim". The song mocked Nash and Lily Allen, amongst others, for singing in a Cockney-drawl, despite their privileged backgrounds. Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English Singer-songwriter and television presenter. The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations [5]
Nash's second single and first through Fiction Records, "Foundations", which she co-wrote with producer Paul Epworth, was released on June 18, 2007 and reached number two in the official UK Singles Chart. " Foundations " is a song co-written by British singer-songwriter Kate Nash for her debut album Made of Bricks (2007 Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Following "Foundations", Fiction announced plans to bring forward the release of Nash's debut album to August 6, 2007. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The album, Made of Bricks, produced by Paul Epworth, included many of the tracks she had been performing on her two nationwide tours. Made of Bricks is the debut album by the British singer-songwriter Kate Nash which was released on August 6, 2007 on Fiction Records 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. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. "[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. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The O2 Wireless Festival is a Music festival in England that takes place every year in Hyde Park, London, and took place The Bestival is a music festival on the Isle of Wight, England. For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The The Latitude Festival is a recently created annual Music festival that takes place in Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, England. Oxegen is an annual Music festival, held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. T in the Park is a major Music festival that has been held annually in Scotland since 1994 She made her official TV performance debut on Later with Jools Holland. Later with Jools Holland is a contemporary British Music television show hosted by Jools Holland.
Nash features on rapper Kano's album London Town, in a song titled "Me & My Microphone". Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and Kane Brett Robinson (born 21 May 1985 in East Ham, Newham, London) better known as Kano, is a British London Town is the second studio album by Kano, released September 10 2007. She is also featured in the song "Look What You've Done" from Lethal Bizzle's latest album, Back To Bizznizz. Lethal Bizzle (also known as Lethal B born 14th September 1984 Maxwell Ansah is a Rapper from Walthamstow, East London, born to Ghanaian Lethal Bizzle (also known as Lethal B born 14th September 1984 Maxwell Ansah is a Rapper from Walthamstow, East London, born to Ghanaian
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 Storey A Great Big Kiss". Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England) better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who The Shangri-Las were a Girl group, an American pop group of the 1960s
On 20 February 2008 she received a BRIT award for Best Female artist. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Personal Life
Nash underwent heart surgery in 2005, for tachycardia. [9]
Discography
Albums
Singles
| Year | Song | UK | IRE | CRO | BEL | NTH | GER | USA | USA Pop | AUS | EU | Album |
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| 2007 | "Caroline's a Victim" | 153 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| "Foundations" | 2 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 28 | 116 | - | 38 | 9 | Made of Bricks | |
| "Mouthwash" | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 | ||
| "Pumpkin Soup" | 23 | 40 | - | - | - | 83 | - | - | 72 | 76 | ||
| 2008 | "Merry Happy" | 193 | - | - | - | - | - | 112 | 97 | - | - |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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| 2007 | Q Awards | Breakthrough Artist | Won | |
| XFM Awards | Best New Album | Made of Bricks | Nominated | |
| 2008 | BRIT Awards | British Female Solo Artist | Won | |
| British Single Shortlist | Foundations | Nominated | ||
| British Breakthrough Act | Nominated | |||
| NME Awards | Best Solo Artist | Won | ||
| Best Dressed | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | NME Awards USA | Best International Indie/Alternative Solo Artist | Won | |
| Ivor Novello Awards | Best Contemporary Song | Foundations | Nominated | |
| 2008 | VQ Hero Awards | Nominated |
References
- ^ Kate Nash and Adele | Rock | guardian.co.uk Music
- ^ ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- ^ From nowhere to Number One: Why Kate Nash is the sound of the summer - Features, Music - The Independent
- ^ You couldn't make it up: Nash signs with Fiction
- ^ "Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - music: LDN Is A Victim: are you?" (2007-05-13). The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Dutch Top 40 ( Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly Music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40" because the Pirate radio channel Radio The official Music Charts in Germany are collected and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft (Federal The Pop 100 is a songs chart created in February 2005 and released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. "Caroline's a Victim" is the debut single of English singer-songwriter Kate Nash, released digitally and on 7" vinyl 5 February " Foundations " is a song co-written by British singer-songwriter Kate Nash for her debut album Made of Bricks (2007 "Mouthwash" is a song by Kate Nash and is her third single and the second to be lifted from her debut album Made of Bricks. "Merry Happy" is the fifth single from British singer-songwriter Kate Nash. Made of Bricks is the debut album by the British singer-songwriter Kate Nash which was released on August 6, 2007 on Fiction Records The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards " Foundations " is a song co-written by British singer-songwriter Kate Nash for her debut album Made of Bricks (2007 The NME Awards are an annual music awards show founded by the music magazine NME (New Musical Express The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are Awards for Songwriting and Composing. " Foundations " is a song co-written by British singer-songwriter Kate Nash for her debut album Made of Bricks (2007 Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Retrieved on 2007-04-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title
- ^ "The Independent - Reviews: Album - Kate Nash" (2007-08-17). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Retrieved on 2007-08-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli
- ^ "The Sun: Nash names new album" (2007-07-25). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Retrieved on 2008-04-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian
- ^ Taylor, C. "Kate Nash Working On New Album", GIGWISE, 2007-09-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
- ^ Breaking Out: Kate Nash Spin Magazine 5 November, 2007
External links
- Official Kate Nash website
- Official French Kate Nash website
- Interview and Analysis by Joan Anderman for The Boston Globe
- NPR Video
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