Leigh Nash
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Leigh Bingham |
| Born | June 27, 1976 |
| Origin | New Braunfels, Texas |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Indie, Rock, Soft Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1993 - Present |
| Label(s) | One Son Nettwerk |
| Associated acts | Sixpence None the Richer |
| Website | http://leighnash.com |
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Leigh Bingham Nash (born June 27, 1976) is a singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist for the rock band Sixpence None the Richer[1] and is also a member of Fauxliage and Movement Nashville.
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[edit] Biography
Nash was born Leigh Bingham in New Braunfels, Texas. She met guitarist and songwriter Matt Slocum at a church retreat in the early 1990s. The two formed Sixpence None the Richer soon after and went on to record four full-length albums with the band. Their first album, released when she was just 16, was The Fatherless & the Widow. The album garnered critical acclaim and Slocum and Nash searched for new band members.[2]
They found Tess Wiley, Dale Baker, and J.J. Plascencio. The new band recorded This Beautiful Mess, which won a Dove Award for Best Album. Wiley quit the band after their US tour and the band signed to the Squint Records label.[3]
The band's new eponymous album was released in 1997 and the single "Kiss Me" in 1999. In 1999 they received numerous Dove Awards, including Best Artist of the Year. The band was also nominated for a Grammy Award.
After problems with their record labels, Sixpence came back in 2001 with the album Divine Discontent after losing both Dale Baker and J.J. Plascencio. Two singles from that album, "Breathe Your Name" and "Don't Dream It's Over", went onto the charts. However, Sixpence announced their break-up on 26 February 2004 when Slocum sent a letter to CCM Magazine.
In spite of the colossal success the band enjoyed with ubiquitous pop singles like “Kiss Me” and “There She Goes,” the group was continually plagued by the business woes of the trade and finally decided to split ways amicably. Disoriented by this major change, Nash and her husband left their Nashville home of ten years and moved to Los Angeles.
While in L.A., Nash penned a batch of songs that would eventually comprise her first solo record, Blue on Blue, a sweetly understated collection of musings on love and motherhood released in August 2006 on One Son Records, Nash’s own imprint label through Nettwerk Productions.
In the meantime, Nash moved back to Music City and into a new community of musicians – a recently formed rock collective called Movement Nashville. The group hopes to dispel the myth that musically Nashville is limited to Country or Christian.
Nash, Megan Thomspon and Kate York started a Christian band called "Thompson, York & Nash", they worked a few songs that has put on * Myspace.
In November 2007, Leigh and Matt met over coffee and positively discussed the reuniting of Sixpence. The band is currently in the process of tracking a new EP.[4]
In January 2008 Nash travelled down under to New Zealand to perform at the annual Parachute Music Festival. Performing on the main stage twice, she attracted crowds of over 30,000 who enjoyed her acoustic covers of Sixpence None the Richer hits "Kiss Me" and "There She Goes".
[edit] Personal life
Bingham married PFR drummer Mark Nash in the late 1990s; the couple met while both bands were performing at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois. They had a child in 2004. The couple divorced in 2007. [5]
[edit] Works
[edit] Solo
In the fall of 2005, Nash began work on her first solo album with producer Pierre Marchand. The album, titled Blue On Blue, was released on 15 August 2006 on her personal label, One Son Records. The first single, My Idea Of Heaven, was released to USA radio the week of 14 July 2006.
[edit] With Delerium
Leigh Nash has also done guest performances as the vocalist on several songs by Delerium. Innocente is probably the best known of these.
2007 brought about a collaboration called Fauxliage, with Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber of Delerium.
[edit] With Rin'
In 2006, Leigh Nash guest performed as the lead vocalist on three songs on the album Inland Sea by the all-female Japanese popular music group Rin'.
- "New Day Rising" from Inland Sea (2006)
- "Never Knew What Love Meant" from Inland Sea (2006)
- "Sea of Tranquility" from Inland Sea (2006)
[edit] Compilations
- "In Your Hands" from Canticle of the Plains (1997)
- "Buenas Noches From Nacogdoches" from Canticle of the Plains (1997)
- "Precious Jesus" from "City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise" (2000)
- "With Every Breath" duet with Dan Haseltine from "City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise" (2000)
- "The End of The World" from Sing Along with los Straitjackets (2000)
- "Babe in Straw" from One Silent Night (2000)
- "She is Like Swallow" from Music From a Father Room (2004)
- "Mistletoe & Holly" from Sounds of the Season NBC 2005 (2005)
- "Mirror and Smoke" from Good Monsters (2006)
- "Wishing for This" from "Canadian Tire Christmas Moments: Volume 2" (2007)
[edit] Soundtrack
Also, it may be worth noting that she has also performed songs such as "A Place for Us" for the movie, "The Bridge to Terabithia", and has also vocalized in movies such as "Because of Winn-Dixie", see her soundtrack works below:
- "Need to Be Next to You" from Bounce (2000)
- "Charmed Life" from Uptown Girls (2003)
- "Father and Son" from Everwood (2004)
- "I've Gotta See You Smile" from Because of Winn-Dixie(2005)
- "Happy to Love You" (unreleased) from Mom at Sixteen (2005)
- "Beautiful World" from Charlotte's Web (2006)
- "A Place for Us" from Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
- "Hole in the Bucket" from The Simple Life: Camp Songs (2007)
- "The First Noel" from Fred Claus (2008)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
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Blue on Blue
Released: Aug 15, 2006 |
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Fauxliage (with Delerium)
Released: Aug 14, 2007 |
[edit] Other Release
Need to Be Next to You (Single) Released: 2000
My Idea Of Heaven (EP) Released: July 14, 2006
My Idea of Heaven Remixed (EP) Released: 2006
Wishing For This (EP) Released: November 14, 2006
Stars in My Eyes (Single) Released: 2007
Leigh Nash CONNECT Sets Released: 2007 (only available on musicstore.connect.com)
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