1. Leigh Anne Bingham Nash is an American singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist for the Christian alternative rock band Sixpence None the Richer and was a member of Fauxliage.
18 Facts About Leigh Nash
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Leigh Nash has two Grammy nominations: "Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal" in 1999 and "Best Rock Gospel Album" in 1998.
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Leigh Nash started singing country music and learning old country songs on the guitar at the age of 12.
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Leigh Nash met guitarist and songwriter Matt Slocum at a church retreat in the early 1990s.
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The album garnered critical acclaim and Slocum and Leigh Nash searched for new band members.
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In 2000, Leigh Nash sang the song "Need to Be Next to You" for the movie Bounce.
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Leigh Nash released her first solo record, Blue on Blue, in August 2006 on One Son Records, Leigh Nash's own imprint label through Nettwerk Productions.
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Leigh Nash has recorded a song "Mirrors and Smoke" with the band Jars of Clay on their album Good Monsters the same year.
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Leigh Nash performed the song "A Place for Us" with Tyler James for the 2007 Disney film Bridge to Terabithia.
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In 2007, Leigh Nash began a new band, Fauxliage, with Canadian band Delerium, which released a self-titled album on August 14,2007.
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In January 2008 Leigh Nash traveled to New Zealand for the annual Parachute Music Festival, where she performed acoustic covers of Sixpence None the Richer hits "Kiss Me " and "There She Goes".
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Leigh Nash has since rejoined Sixpence and worked on a new EP My Dear Machine EP, and the Christmas album The Dawn of Grace.
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Leigh Nash joined Open Wings-Broken Strings tour in late 2009, along with Ed Kowalczyk of Live and Art Alexakis of Everclear.
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On September 18,2015, Leigh Nash released her album: The State I'm In.
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In 2018, Leigh Nash released a cover of the Pretenders' 1986 single "Don't Get Me Wrong".
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In July 2023, it was announced that Leigh Nash would be joining 10,000 Maniacs as their new lead singer.
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In January 2024, it was announced that Leigh Nash would be leaving 10,000 Maniacs, with Mary Ramsey returning to the band as lead singer.
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Leigh Nash has two distinct poles of inspiration: her work with Sixpence in the Christian music sphere and her childhood fascination with older female country artists like Tanya Tucker, Loretta Lynn, and Patsy Cline.