Australian / Canadian guitarist · Vancouver, British Columbia
Steel-string fingerstyle. Ambient, Celtic, Bluegrass.
Intricate, free-flowing melodic acoustic guitar continuing the tradition of peaceful early Windham Hill guitar with dynamic Celtic influences. Weird and wonderful tunings like DADGAD, CGCGCD and DAAEAE, accessible tabs and soon video lessons.
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Tabs, notation and recordings
Album five · recording underway again August 2026
Wind and Waves
A return to DADGAD and CGCGCD, intricate and open fingerstyle pieces.
The first three singles, Iris, Mercy and Wind and Waves, were released in 2023. Tabs for Mercy and Iris are in the store.
The rest of the album has been written for some time, and we're recording again now with a new studio setup in place.
About
Simon's steel-string fingerpicking creates a uniquely melodic and free-flowing sound bringing together elements of Celtic, classical, and bluegrass. He has recorded four studio albums and is working on a fifth. His influences include the early Windham Hill guitarists Will Ackerman and Alex De Grassi. DADGAD tuning influences come from Pierre Bensusan and Celtic influences the likes of Tony McManus and Clive Carroll.