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Nigel Stonier
Nigel Stonier (born 10 December 1956) is an English rock, roots and pop record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
He 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.
Stonier's first official releases were with Northern Sky, with whom he was the rhythm guitarist, and co-writer of their 1980s track, "I Wanna Be With You". However, it was as a producer/collaborator that he eventually came to major recognition.
He has produced and written material for a long line of British acts, including Fairport Convention (whose latter-day anthem The Wood and the Wire he composed with Chris Leslie), Lindisfarne, Paul Young of Mike + The Mechanics and Sandi Thom. He has also collaborated with such UK roots-rock luminaries as Mike Scott of the Waterboys, Kathryn Tickell, Chris While and Rod Clements. It was with Clements that Stonier co-wrote "Can't Do Right For Doing Wrong", a top 40 hit in 2003 for pop singer Erin Rocha. He has produced both of Clements solo albums Stamping Ground and Odd Man Out.
In the mid-1990s, Stonier met and began working with Oxfordshire-born singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore. He produced sixteen of her albums and toured extensively in the UK and US as her guitarist.
In 2006, a song composed by Stonier and Clare Teal ("Messin' With Fire") was featured on the soundtrack of the hit British comedy movie Confetti, performed by Teal. In 2019 the song was chosen by Toyota to feature on their TV advertising campaign across the US and South America. Stonier further collaborated with Teal on material for her 2007 album Paradisi Carousel.
Also in 2006, Stonier joined Martha Wainwright onstage at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. One of several UK artists guesting on the show, Stonier hooked up with Wainwright for a performance of her song "Who Was I Kidding".
In 2009, 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. It was also the first of several tracks Stonier co-wrote with Gilmore over the next five years which all made the 'A' list at Radio 2, others including "You're The Radio", "Live Out Loud", "Start As We Mean To Go On" and "Love Came Looking For Me". The last of these was chosen as Radio 2's single of the week in May 2013 and the spearhead for Thea Gilmore's first UK top 40 album Regardless.
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Nigel Stonier
Nigel Stonier (born 10 December 1956) is an English rock, roots and pop record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
He 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.
Stonier's first official releases were with Northern Sky, with whom he was the rhythm guitarist, and co-writer of their 1980s track, "I Wanna Be With You". However, it was as a producer/collaborator that he eventually came to major recognition.
He has produced and written material for a long line of British acts, including Fairport Convention (whose latter-day anthem The Wood and the Wire he composed with Chris Leslie), Lindisfarne, Paul Young of Mike + The Mechanics and Sandi Thom. He has also collaborated with such UK roots-rock luminaries as Mike Scott of the Waterboys, Kathryn Tickell, Chris While and Rod Clements. It was with Clements that Stonier co-wrote "Can't Do Right For Doing Wrong", a top 40 hit in 2003 for pop singer Erin Rocha. He has produced both of Clements solo albums Stamping Ground and Odd Man Out.
In the mid-1990s, Stonier met and began working with Oxfordshire-born singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore. He produced sixteen of her albums and toured extensively in the UK and US as her guitarist.
In 2006, a song composed by Stonier and Clare Teal ("Messin' With Fire") was featured on the soundtrack of the hit British comedy movie Confetti, performed by Teal. In 2019 the song was chosen by Toyota to feature on their TV advertising campaign across the US and South America. Stonier further collaborated with Teal on material for her 2007 album Paradisi Carousel.
Also in 2006, Stonier joined Martha Wainwright onstage at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. One of several UK artists guesting on the show, Stonier hooked up with Wainwright for a performance of her song "Who Was I Kidding".
In 2009, 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. It was also the first of several tracks Stonier co-wrote with Gilmore over the next five years which all made the 'A' list at Radio 2, others including "You're The Radio", "Live Out Loud", "Start As We Mean To Go On" and "Love Came Looking For Me". The last of these was chosen as Radio 2's single of the week in May 2013 and the spearhead for Thea Gilmore's first UK top 40 album Regardless.