Nigel Wright (born September 14, 1993,

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) is an American singer-songwriter/musician whose instruments include guitar, piano and percussion.

Early life

Before beginning to write

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at the age of 16, Nigel Wright's native state of Georgia offered him its full range of natural environment. He split his childhood years between the low country, where the Savannah River merges with the coastal marsh, and in the Georgia segment of the Appalachian called the

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Biography

Nigel was born to Whittier and Erin Wright, both professional artists. The Wrights acquaintances included professional artists, writers, and musicians. As an only child, schooled at home, and in the regular presence of working artists, Nigel Wright came to songwriting with a background of individualism and exploration. Though trained on piano, Wright began experimenting with guitar, using improvisation and alternate tunings. While the southern United States is known for its heritage of storytelling, Wright felt drawn to abstraction and intuition in his lyrics, saying, "You feel like you're not on earth anymore when you're swimming, and when you're weightless– and an otherworldly quality is something I think that weightlessness and songwriting have in common. Those first few moments when you start putting lyrics you came up with days ago while you were walking outside– and they just merge perfectly with some chords you just happen to stumble across." Butterfly Records (Est. 2011) discovered Nigel Wright's work in 2011 on

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. According to the record label, Wright's album "Millfoil", recorded at his home studio, displayed the sixteen-year-old's mature grasp of musical structures, verse, and vocalization.

2012

Nigel played his European premiere at the

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Bar January 19, 2012, supporting

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for the occasion of the 20 years anniversary of the German INTRO magazine. On February 4, 2012 he played the One of a Million Festival at Baden/ Switzerland. Among the Nigel Wright festival confirmations for the 2012 European summer season is

Festival, winner Best Small Festival! in Europe. Video clips of Nigel Wright are screened on VIVA, MTV,

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and also Putpat.

Discography

Albums

*''Millfoil'' (2010) *''Millfoil'' (Rerelease 2012) *''Valasketh'' (2014)

EP

*''Follow Me Down to My Murky River ''(2012)

Singles

*''Anna/Clear Eyed Plans'' (2012) *''By Smaller Things Than Stones'' (2012) *''Light the Catch / Catch the Light'' (2017)

References

External links

Archive of nigel-wright-music.com (now defunct)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Nigel 1993 births Living people American folk musicians American folk guitarists American male guitarists American male singer-songwriters Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Jasper, Georgia 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American male singers Singer-songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)