Kate Nash is one of the most interesting artists working in British and Irish music right now.
You might know her from ‘Foundations’, the debut single that went to number one in the UK in 2007, or maybe winning a BRIT Award for Best Female Artist in 2008 or the excellent Netflix TV show GLOW on Netflix about female wrestlers.
But the Kate Nash of the last few years is an advocate for artists who kicks against the pricks of the music industry and the world at large.
In the last couple of years alone she has given testimony before a UK parliamentary select committee about the economics of touring, losing £26,000 on a European tour leg and covering those losses by selling photos of her arse on OnlyFans.
She’s travelled around London on a fire engine visiting the offices of Live Nation and Spotify as part of her Butts for Tour Buses campaign. She is a patron of the Music Venue Trust speaking up for grassroots venues. She’s been one of the founding members of the Featured Artists Coalition since 2009. She played the Trans Mission show at Wembley. She’s been to Leinster House. She also released trans ally anthem ‘GERM‘.
Nash grew up in North Harrow going to Irish dancing at weekends, listening to Christy Moore and the Dubliners at home, spending summers in Ireland.
Last month, Nialler9 debuted her cover of Sinead O’Connor’s Famine – a song that serves as an introduction to her dual Irish English heritage.
So there is a lot to talk to Kate Nash about.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
