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NIGEL STONIER is a producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from North West England.
In various combinations of the above roles he has recorded and performed with a vast range of artistes including Thea Gilmore, Clare Teal, Mike Scott and the Waterboys, Martha Wainwright, John Bramwell (I Am Kloot), Fairport Comvention, Joan Baez, Sandi Thom, Paul Young, Rod Clements and Lindisfarne.
Nigel is a producer/collaborator with a natural ear for a great song and huge amounts of insight and vitality to bring to a recording session. He is also known as a brilliant arranger, and a great motivator and coaxer of winning performances from artistes.
He plays guitar, keyboards and bass, also mandolin, ukelele, dulcimer and assorted string instruments... parallel to his collaborations with other artistes he has released three solo albums “Golden Coins For The Holy Kid”,”English Ghosts” and “Brimstone And Blue”.
He has a series of chart and radio successes to his credit both as producer and writer, and he also composed music for the 2006 smash hit feature film “Confetti”.
On the live concert stage, he has toured the UK and US prodigously with Thea Gilmore over the last five years. In 2006 he joined Martha Wainwright onstage at her London shows to play piano in an intimate version of her song ‘Who Was I Kidding’ to rapturous receptions; he has also performed onstage with Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Clare Teal, Peggy Seeger, Eliza Carthy, Robbie McIntosh, Mary Lee’s Corvette and countless others.
In 2008 Nigel produced the debut album for UK roots-rockers Katy Lied, which was playlisted on BBC Radio 2. He recently finished a month long American tour with Thea Gilmore and returned to produce a new album for English celtic-roots songwriter Stuart Negus which will be released in 2009.
His likes include cats and all independent spirits, cricket and the colour yellow.
He is afraid of the dark, reality TV and computers.
He is open to suggestions.
NIGEL STONIER PRODUCER...
"It takes real talent in a producer to balance vision with allowing the true nature of the musician to shine. Nigel is the most adaptable and talented person I've ever worked with.. He is what a real producer should be"
THEA GILMORE
"Nigel Stonier is a hugely talented producer and musician. He greatly enhances any project he’s part of”
DAVE PEGG (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull)
Nigel produced my album “Look At Me Now” and all my memories are good ones. Inspiring, efficient - and a consummate musician”
CHRIS WHILE
‘Nigel Stonier has a knack of making everyone in the studio feel great, then almost while you’re not looking he conjures up great production. That’s why he’s always in demand.”
KATY LIED
“Inspiring”
STEVE WICKHAM (The Waterboys)
NIGEL STONIER SONGWRITER...
”Quirky, literate in all the right ways...excellent”
NEIL GAIMAN (million selling novelist)
“Crowd pleasing hooks, intelligent lyrics and always the hint of something darker underneath”
Q MAGAZINE
“A great songwriter and a fantastic catylyst”
CHRIS LESLIE (Fairport Convention songwriter)
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