Biography

Simon Fox is an accomplished solo acoustic guitarist hailing from Melbourne Australia. His unique fingerstyle guitar technique underlies a modern approach to composition and performance, drawing upon a range of styles from Celtic to bluegrass, ambient to classical.

Early influences include Will Ackerman and Michael Hedges, developing an attention to melody and space in solo guitar pieces. With recent influences Tony McManus, Steve Baughman and Pat Kirtley, Simon’s playing has
drawn upon elements of more traditional music.

Simon’s most recent recording “A Winter’s Tale” has been released in June 2006, and features 14 solo pieces for the steel-string guitar. This follows his acclaimed second album “Night Fishing”, which received excellent review in American “Fingerstyle Guitar” magazine. In 2005 his tune “The Fisherman” was published with sheet music in Mel Bay’s Fingerstyle Guitar Anthology Vol. 3”. Music from the CD features on a range of Australian TV programs and documentaries.

Simon has authored a detailed book for fingerstyle guitarists, as well as producing the sheet music for the “Night Fishing” CD. The book and CD have been signed for distribution with Mel Bay publications in the USA for tentative release in September 2007. In addition, Simon recorded an instructional guitar DVD with Canadian group Cox-Windswept Productions, covering a range of topics with the DADGAD guitar tuning.

In April 2007, Simon performed at Australia's National Folk Festival in Canberra for the first time. Previously in 2006, Simon played with the “Guitar Heaven” tour of Western Australia with artists Desert Child and Milica Ilic. Previously, Simon has performed at the major Vancouver Island festivals, folk clubs in Calgary and has been a regular at the Western Australian events such as
Fairbridge Festival. Simon’s performance delivers a full variety of dynamics on the acoustic guitar, with a dry and personable sense of humor. The future will see Simon promoting the new album in Australia and abroad.