I had the pleasure of meeting Kate Nash the day before this gig as she launched her own campaign to get more schoolgirls writing and composing songs at Avonbourne School in Bournemouth.

I don't like this cliched phrase, but "down to earth" really sums it up.

And it’s that girl-next-door, she-could-be-me-or-my-mate kind of thing that has seen her achieve such success in the last few years.

Bursting onto the scene in 2007 with Made of Bricks, her debut album that topped the charts, she became a star overnight, wowing crowds at festivals around the world.

Now, a year on from her second album My Best Friend is You, she’s on a tour of small, intimate venues that included her first show at the Old Fire Station.

Although she’s finding it hard to replicate the success of her first record, she still has a formidable catalogue of tracks that are sincere and an obvious commentary on her life so far.

Do-Wah-Doo, the lead single from that second album, got the crowd going at the start and they never looked back.

Nash interacted well with her audience - even if there was a little bit of padding early on - and she's a versatile artist, bringing guitar-led punk rock to the stage on many of her tracks, especially those from her second record, but for me it's when she's bopping up and down at the keyboard that she's at her best.

Mariella was a big singalong track and indeed it was Foundations, the number two single that catapulted her to stardom, that received the biggest cheer of the night.

The encore of the sedate Birds and upbeat Pumpkin Soup rounded off a show that had a festival feel in an intimate atmosphere.

Miss Nash is certainly one of a kind, and her love for music is clear, as she promoted her campaign on stage. There really is no-one quite like her and she captivates her audience with feel-good but heartfelt numbers.

If anyone can be an inspiration for musically-minded girls, it’s her.

And a word for support act Brigitte Aphrodite, signed to Nash's own label, who is quite the storyteller. Check her out.