Simon Kempston

Simon Kempston is now based in Edinburgh. The Herald has referred to him as 'one of Scotland's very best singer-songwriters'.[1][2][3]

He has released sixteen albums and one EP,[4] eleven of which have been engineered and co-produced by Scottish folk musician Ian McCalman of The McCalmans.[5] This discography consists of nine song-based albums, one song-based EP, four instrumental acoustic guitar albums, one classical guitar album and two alt-blues albums under the pseudonym Man Gone Missing.[6]

Simon Kempston has performed in 37 countries on five continents across the world, and in 2022 performed more than 100 concerts including his debut tour of South America.[7] In the past he has performed at many major music venues and festivals including Celtic Connections, Sligo Live, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Cropredy Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[8][9]

Simon Kempston

• Our Land, Their Freedom EP (2008)
• Carefree Prisoner (2009)[10]
• Impasse (2011)[11]
• How We Once Were (2012)[12]
• A Fine Line (2013)[13]
• The Last Car (2015)[14]
• Vanishing Act (2016)[15]
• Broken Before (2018)[1]
• Hand On My Heart (2020)[16][17]
• You Can't Win Every Time (2022)[18][19]

Simon Kempston (Instrumental Guitar)

• The Loss of an Unknown (2009)
• Estranged (2014)
• Onwards She Travels (2017)[20]
• In Gratitude of Solitude (2020)[21]
• Moonrise Over Mostar (2023)

Man Gone Missing

• Beyond Desolate (2009)[6]
• Burn You (2010)[22]

• Official website