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Simon van Gend is a South African singer-songwriter whose music blends soulful melodies with introspective, finely crafted lyrics. Influenced early on by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Paul Simon, he has developed a distinctive voice over the course of six albums with his band. His acclaimed Suffer Well (2015) emerged from an ambitious song a week project, a process he repeated in 2017 to produce the songs that eventually found their way onto his his latest release, Dream I’m a Bird (2025). The new album showcases a refined maturity, with standout tracks such as “River at the End of the Road” and “Another New Morning” cementing his reputation as one of South Africa’s enduring indie folk talents. Simon on his acoustic guitar and vocals is backed by the ever-jovial but sometimes dark Ross Campbell on drums, bassist Crick Lund, who also moonlights as a professor in psychology at King’s College, London, synth wizard Gustavo Fasani, and ‘new kid on the block’ up-and-coming trumpet maestro Drew Burton.

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