Michelle Nixon is a bluegrass and acoustic country music artist.
20 Facts About Michelle Nixon
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Michelle Nixon joined her first band at the age of 14, embarking on a musical journey that found her singing a variety of gospel and classic country music with different Virginia based bands.
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Michelle Nixon began her professional music career when she formed the band Slate River with her husband Nick in 1989.
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In 1990 and 1991, Michelle Nixon won the Virginia Folk Music Association's female vocalist award.
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In total "Michelle Nixon and Drive" received a total of six nominations at SPBGMA in 2006.
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Michelle Nixon participated in the much acclaimed "Daughter's of Bluegrass" series of albums both with singing and her song writing abilities.
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Michelle Nixon again provided her vocal talents to this various artist project.
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For both of these projects Michelle Nixon was a recipient of the IBMA Recording Event of the Year Award in 2006 and 2009 respectively.
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In 2007, Michelle Nixon toured as part of the "Blowin' the Dust Off" tour with Steve Bassett.
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In 2008, Nixon performed at the Induction ceremonies for the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame Tom T Hall and the Statler Brothers at the request of veteran songwriter Tom T Hall.
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Michelle Nixon's performance included his song "Harper Valley PTA" which she had recently recorded for her next album.
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Michelle Nixon wrote two to three songs on each of her Pinecastle albums.
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Michelle Nixon contributed as a songwriter to the IBMA-winning Daughter's of Bluegrass Album Back to The Well and co-wrote the song "When It's Christmas in Virginia" with her husband Nick Nixon for the A Pinecastle Christmas Gathering album.
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In more recent years Michelle Nixon's songs have been performed and recorded by other Bluegrass artist such as Dianne McKoy.
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Michelle Nixon has a wide range of vocal and instrumental abilities and often performs both smooth ballads and hard driving Bluegrass.
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Michelle Nixon is well known for performing classic country anthems and remaking them in her own style.
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Michelle Nixon loves to spend her "spare" time gardening, fishing and camping.
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Michelle Nixon's husband Nick is an acoustic country artist who collaborates with Nixon.
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Michelle Nixon has most recently been listed as a band member in "Drive".
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In 2005 Michelle Nixon postponed her California tour due to an illness in the family.