Simon Brady

Simon is an award winning mandolin, guitar, lap steel, dobro and ukulele player. He sings beautifully too!

Simon plays many different musical styles including bluegrass, western swing, gypsy jazz, country, country rock, folk,  folk rock and rock.He works as a studio and live artist and plays for many top artists. He heads up his own projects too which include Western Valley Hot Club, Tilter Wheel. Simon also has an acoustic duo outfit that plays originals across the genres, showcasing his impressive songwriting skills. He is also a talented composer and arranger.

He is always in demand as a player because he has a unique ability to play across many different styles at the highest level. He has toured extensively through Europe and America and won awards along the way from Best International Band with the Swing Commanders to BCMA Musician of the Year 2010.

More recently Simon has been busy playing 18,000 seat venues with Philippa Hanna, making TV appearances with Janet Devlin on SKY and touring with Sarah Gayle Meech.  Simon has just played with award winning Nashville singer songwriter/recording artist Bernie Nelson on an exclusive UK tour. Simon has also just supported the amazing Sierra Hull on her 2017 tour and has many international gigs planned for the rest of the year.