Sarah Nixey
British singer-songwriter
Sarah Nixey (born 21 December 1973) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the vocalist in Black Box Recorder. Her debut solo album, Sing, Memory, was released on 19 February 2007, followed by Brave Tin Soldiers, released on 9 May 2011, and Night Walks, released on 5 October 2018. Her latest album, "Sea Fever", was released on 6 February 2026. Nixey currently resides in Dorset with her husband, music producer Jimmy Hogarth, whom she married in late 2010. Together, they have one son (born in late 2007), and a daughter (born in late 2012). From her previous marriage to John Moore, she has a daughter, born in 2001, and is a grandmother to her children.
Biography
Nixey's mother has stated that she always believed her daughter would become a vocalist, even when she was just a baby. By the age of 4, Nixey was already singing pop songs she had learned from listening to the radio for her nursery class.
Whilst working as a backing vocalist for the folk band Balloon, Nixey was approached by John Moore (who had been the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain) and Luke Haines (frontman of The Auteurs), who had formed a duo and were looking for a vocalist. The duo convinced Nixey to join them by promising her that she would become famous, and in 1998, Black Box Recorder released their first album, England Made Me to critical acclaim.
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