Artist Info: Simon Swerwer

Simon Swerwer is an Afrikaans acoustic guitarist, vocalist and blues harp player. Like many solo musicians, he writes his own lyrics and music. Also like many musicians, Bob Dylan was quite simply his greatest inspiration to start composing. Through Dylan he was introduced to other folk musicians like Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez. An obsession with the music of the original Blues masters (Robert Johnson, Skip James) was only a short step away. While these dusty genres have defined Simon’s musical style [read more...]