Simon Smart-Foster is a singer songwriter from the south of England now living in Sanfrancisco.
His Style has been influenced by a range of artists such as Leonard Cohen to Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake to the Smashing Pumpkins.
He has just finished recording a debut album named Braver Dreams which features recordings that span 6 years including both solo and group productions,
and at present is working with his band 'The LongBand' on new material that "has swerved in the direction of a much harder edge than anything ive done before" The LongBand are about to go into the studio for what will be thier first recording sessions with Gavin Jones (duvateen records) who recorded most of the work on Braver Dreams.
In conjunction with the bands new material Simon has also completed writing for a second album 'Electrical Thinking' that features 10 new songs with appearances from several established session musicians. Most of the new solo material stays true to his folk based roots but has a somewhat different flavor to Braver Dreams. Electrical thinking will be due for release in April 2008.
He can be heard on KOKOMO web radio and various college radio stations in the u.s.
He can also be heard at myspace/smartfoster.