About this episode

Kate Nash discusses her career, advocacy in the music industry, and her Irish heritage.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Nialler9

Guest: Kate Nash

Topics covered

• music industry
• artist advocacy
• Irish heritage
• female empowerment
• touring economics
• grassroots venues

Keywords

• Kate Nash
• Sinead O'Connor
• music industry
• Irish heritage
• BRIT Award
• OnlyFans
• grassroots venues
• touring economics
• female empowerment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BRIT Award, OnlyFans, Live Nation, Spotify, Music Venue Trust, Featured Artists Coalition

Books & works: Foundations, GERM, GLOW

Places: North Harrow, Ireland, Leinster House

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