Sarah Nixey (born December 21, 1973 in Dorset, England) is a British singer songwriter, best known as the vocalist in
Black Box Recorder. Her debut solo album,
Sing, Memory, was released in February 2007. Whilst working as a backing vocalist for the folk band
Balloon, Sarah Nixey was discovered by John Moore (who had been the drummer for
Jesus & 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 the…
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