Simon Kempston

Simon Kempston is a Scottish singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist from Dundee, Scotland.

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

He has released thirteen albums, eight of which have been engineered and co-produced by Scottish folk musician Ian McCalman of The McCalmans. This discography consists of seven song-based albums, four instrumental acoustic guitar albums and two alt-blues albums under the pseudonym Man Gone Missing.

Simon Kempston has performed in 35 countries across the world, and in 2018 performed more than 160 concerts, whilst in the past 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.

Simon Kempston

• Carefree Prisoner (2009)
• Impasse (2011)
• How We Once Were (2012)
• A Fine Line (2013)
• The Last Car (2015)
• Vanishing Act (2016)
• Broken Before (2018)

Simon Kempston (Instrumental Acoustic Guitar)

• The Loss of an Unknown (2009)
• Estranged (2014)
• Onwards She Travels (2017)
• In Gratitude of Solitude (2020)

Man Gone Missing

• Beyond Desolate (2009)
• Burn You (2010)