Nick Garrie

Nick Garrie (born Nicholas Miansarow, 22 June 1949), also known as Nick Hamilton or Nick Garrie-Hamilton, is a British singer-songwriter.

Life and career Garrie was born in Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to a Russian father and Scottish mother whose surname he adopted. After spending most of his teens in a boarding school in France, he attended the University of Warwick in England, and began writing songs as well as poems. Around 1968, while backpacking around Europe, he began performing in bars and restaurants, and recorded an unreleased LP in Brussels.

Garrie then withdrew from performing and recording, returning in 1976 under the alias of Nick Hamilton – a family name – to record the single "Un Instant de Vie" with Francis Lai, a friend and admirer of his earlier album. He then managed a ski resort in the Swiss Alps for several years, but in 1983 returned with the single "Back in 1930", produced in France by Paul Samwell-Smith, followed by an album, Suitcase Man, on the Spanish Picap label. The album was arranged and co-produced by guitarist Alun Davies, best known for his work with Cat Stevens, and other musicians included drummer Gerry Conway. It was successful in Spain, and Garrie supported Leonard Cohen on his concerts there.

In recent years Garrie has played Shepherd's Bush Empire (with Camera Obscura), Celtic Connections (Glasgow), Tanned Tin (Barcelona), Tonic (New York), L'International (Paris), Lemonpop, Easypop and Felipop (Spain), Jacco Gardner (Netherlands) and Altafidelidad (Madrid and Barcelona). In 2017, Tapete Records released Garrie's most recent work, The Moon and the Village. It was produced by two members of The Ladybug Transistor.

In October 2025, Nick Garrie performed at Cinema Maldà, in Barcelona as part of the Mini-Festival of independent music of Barcelona. A preview of a documentary film, "Lost & Found" still in production as of October 2025, was also shown. The film is directed by Alastair Clark, a comedian and record lover, from Liverpool. Updates on the documentary can be found on the film's instagram and facebook accounts.

Discography Nick Garrie The Nightmare Of J.B. Stanislas (1969) 49 Arlington Gardens (2009) The Moon and the Village (2017) Around The World (2024)

Nick Hamilton Suitcase Man (1984) The Playing Fields (1988) Twelve Old Songs (2002)