Nigel Stonier
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”.
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)
