Nigel Stonier was born on 10 December 1956 and is an English rock, roots and pop record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
19 Facts About Nigel Stonier
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Nigel Stonier was born in Cheshire, but first relocated to London when, at the age of 17 he secured a publishing deal with Southern music, and recorded his first demos produced by Dave Cousins of Strawbs, and with arrangements by Robert Kirby, famed for his work with Nick Drake.
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Nigel Stonier has produced and written material for a long line of British acts, including Fairport Convention, Lindisfarne, Paul Young of Mike + The Mechanics and Sandi Thom.
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Nigel Stonier has collaborated with such UK roots-rock luminaries as Mike Scott of the Waterboys, Kathryn Tickell, Chris While and Rod Clements.
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Nigel Stonier has produced both of Clements solo albums Stamping Ground and Odd Man Out.
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Nigel Stonier produced sixteen of her albums and toured extensively in the UK and US as her guitarist.
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Nigel Stonier further collaborated with Teal on material for her 2007 album Paradisi Carousel.
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Also in 2006, Nigel Stonier joined Martha Wainwright onstage at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London.
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One of several UK artists guesting on the show, Nigel Stonier hooked up with Wainwright for a performance of her song "Who Was I Kidding".
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In 2009, Nigel Stonier co-wrote and produced Thea Gilmore's "That'll Be Christmas"; the most heavily played new seasonal song on BBC Radio 2 that year.
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Nigel Stonier joined Gilmore on a project commissioned by Island Records to create completed songs from unfinished manuscripts left by the late singer-songwriter, Sandy Denny.
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The resulting album Don't Stop Singing yielded the song "London", co-written by Nigel Stonier, which was adopted by BBC TV for usage during their coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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On 2015's Ghosts And Graffiti collection, Nigel Stonier worked with artists including Billy Bragg, The Waterboys and Joan Baez on new versions of Thea Gilmore songs.
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In 2014, Nigel Stonier released his fifth solo album Built For Storms, which included the track "I Hope I Always", which received extensive BBC Radio 2 airplay and led to performing a live session on Clare Balding's Good Morning Sunday show in September 2014.
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In early 2016, Nigel Stonier collaborated with Robert Plant, Gretchen Peters, Rosanne Cash and Mary Gauthier on a track to commemorate the 70th birthday of the TV and radio presenter Bob Harris.
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In January 2019 Nigel Stonier released "Navigate" which received a 4 Star review in Mojo Magazine and widespread critical acclaim.
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In 2019, Nigel Stonier began working on producing The Far North's debut album Songs For Gentle Souls.
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In 2020 Nigel Stonier worked with Mark Knopfler, Richard Thompson, Rick Wakeman, John Oates and other celebrated musicians on a remake of the classic Stand By Me, to raise funds for Help Musicians, the online fund established to support musicians affected by the global pandemic.
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Nigel Stonier is an artistic director and curator of the annual music, poetry and literature event, Words and Music Festival, in Nantwich, Cheshire.