Girl pop sensations Kate Nash, Laura Marling grow up

PARIS: Feisty and talented, Kate Nash and Laura Marling were girls when they first hit Britain’s music scene, but both have concentrated on the passage to womanhood in their newly released second albums.

Britain has made a habit of plucking future pop stars from the playground lately, as kids not old enough to drink have entered the charts, often after appearing on one of the country’s many television talent shows.