Shane Nicholson (singer)

Shane Nicholson
Dashville Skyline, October 2015
Background information
Origin	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation(s)	Musician
Labels	Virt Records, Liberation Records, EMI Records, Warner Bros. Records, WEA
Associated acts	Pretty Violet Stain, Kasey Chambers
Website	Official website

Shane Nicholson is an Australian singer-songwriter from Brisbane in Queensland.

Nicholson first appeared on the music scene through a band, called Freak, which formed in his last year of high school. The band went on to win the first round of the Triple J Unearthed competition in the Sunshine Coast division. Shortly after this, the band name changed to Pretty Violet Stain and released an EP in 1997 called Blush and the album Parachutes and Gravity in 2000. Both releases had minor hit songs on radio stations around the country, such as "Blush" and "Never Come Down".

The band split shortly after a lengthy delay in releasing the album and Nicholson decided to pursue a solo career and released the critically acclaimed It's a Movie in 2002. It was during the recording of this album with Nash Chambers that Nicholson met Kasey Chambers, who duetted with him on the lead single, "Designed to Fade". Nicholson and Chambers later married.

He toured in Australia and made his United States debut at the South by Southwest Festival, which prompted his signing with Virt Records and a more extensive American tour.USA Today named It's a Movie one of the top pop albums of 2004. A second solo album, Faith and Science, was released in 2006.

In 2008, Nicholson joined with wife Kasey Chambers for the critically acclaimed Rattlin' Bones roots/country album, which debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA charts, achieved platinum-plus sales and eventually won an ARIA Award for Best Country release in Australia in 2008 and also receive five Golden Guitar Awards in Australia in 2009. Between tours he recorded a third solo album, Familiar Ghosts, which was released in November 2008 and also nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Country Album in 2009.

In more recent years, Nicholson has also moved into music production, working on albums for artists such as Angie Hart (Frente), Catherine Britt, Beccy Cole, Alex Lloyd, Suze DeMarchi, Jenny Queen, Sarah Humphreys, Nikki Jensen, Lyn Bowtell, Josh Rennie-Hynes, Lou Bradley, Jodi Martin, Allison Forbes, the Quarry Mountain Dead Rats, and others.