Kate Nash

Growing up in Harrow Nash first became interested in music during her childhood when she learnt how to play the piano. She attended St. John Fisher school and moved onto the St.Joan of Ark School in Rickmanshaw. Her musical talents were harnessed further when she was required to write songs for her GCSE in Music and her time studying at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in South London. Her first love was acting and she made moves to start a career in acting by auditioning at the Bristol school but was rejected. In the days after her rejection she fell down a flight of stairs, breaking her foot. During her recovery Nash was unable to move and found solace in songwriting. She began to write some new songs, finished old ones and decided that she would book herself a gig at a local bar to showcase her songs, and subsequently decided to start a career in music^.

Nash's early live performances saw her play a number of cover versions, including a skiffle reworking of Robbie Williams' Rudebox and an interpretation of the One foot in the Grave theme tune. After a few gigs, Nash uploaded her music to the popular website MySpace Her Music soon began to receive support from users of the site, and Nash found herself a manager, proceeding to look for producers for her music.

Fellow MySpace star Lily Allen has stated that she believes Nash is the "next big thing", and She has also garnered support from publications such as Vouge and NME the latter dubbing her as "chavtronica". Nash has been compared to Lily Allen, because of their storytelling lyrics, the dry sense of humour that fuels their songs as well as distinctive London accents. Some people have commented that Nash sounds like Catherine Tate when she sings. Others have compared some of her songs to music by Regina Spektor.