Simon Fox is an Australian guitarist based in Vancouver, Canada. His 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.

Simon has been a regular performer at the ADGPA guitar festival in Northern Italy and at Vancouver’s West Coast Guitar Night. In Australia he took part in three tours with the Guitar Heaven quartet and has performed at the Australian National Folk Festival, Fairbridge Folk Festival, and the Melbourne Guitar Makers Festival. In Canada, Simon has performed at festivals on Vancouver Island, in Yukon territory, and at many folk clubs.

The tunes for Simon’s next album, Wind and Waves, have been written and recording has begun. This new Celtic-styled work is a return to DADGAD, featuring flat-picking and fingerstyle techniques. In recent years Simon has gone deeper into this tuning to unearth fresh ideas which are coming together in a bright and lively new collection.