Simon Widdowson

After growing up in Leeds, Simon boarded a plane with an acoustic guitar and a suitcase full of records and landed in Minneapolis Minnesota, sitting in with bands in bars on the West Bank, the Cabooze and Whiskey Junction and playing guitar in a blues band called Killing Floor, going on to front a power pop trio called Rainjackets and performing regularly at clubs around Minneapolis for several years.

In the 90’s Simon relocated to Santa Fe New Mexico and began a period of touring across the USA, playing over 250 shows a year for several years. Playing acoustic guitar and harmonica in dusty saloons, college bars, theatres and festivals and driving almost every day across the desert, the Great Plains and the mountains his English pop roots merged with America's folk and blues.

In the late 90's he built a Recording Studio and Artist Space in Portland Oregon and recorded and produced many artists such as Decemberists and Pete Krebs and recorded two more albums of his own music, "Sweeper" and "Frame"

After a brief period living in Ireland Simon relocated to France where he recorded the acoustic album "Looking for the Sun" and the more instrumental "Retractable Roots". After the ambient "Erebus Plume" he has returned to his blues/folk roots and recently recorded a new album "Breaking Your Fall" for release in October 2024. The first single is a track called "Sinking Like a Stone"