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Front Page News
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Become a Facebook fan through Simp's new FB page....
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Simple Kid is currently in the studio working on his third album....
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More press from SK's current round of gigs with the ever fantastic Spirtualized are now up in the press section. The video player is officially up too. Enjoy!...
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Simple Kid (aka Ciaran McFeely of Cork City, Ireland) had the solo singer/acoustic guitar setup, but did a whole lot more with the format than some half-assed Dylan or Neil impersonation....
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December 5, 2007After a draining touring schedule and what seemed like a non-stop work ethic for his debut album, Simple Kida aka Ciaran McFeely decided he wanted to get back to living his life rather than working as his alter ego all the time. So he...
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Simple Kid is featured on IrishRockers.com spotlight this month. Read the full story in our press section. ...
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You'll find no shortage of diversity in Simple Kid's music too, from the Beckesque trippy electronic folk of 'Serotonin' to guitar and harmonica accompanied ballads like 'Old Domestic Cat' reminiscent of Neil Young in his prime, to banjo fuelled stomps...
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We've just added a bunch of new pages to the site for your enjoyment. You can now write a personal show or album review, check out Simple Kid's discography and gallery (including professional and fan photos), tour archive and sign up...
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On Nov. 13 at 10pm SK will sit down for a BBC radio session on 6 Music's the Hub, so be sure to tune in. The sess will be rebroadcast on The Gideon Coe Show at a later date. For more info check out the BBC's site....
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We're looking for people who live in the San Francisco, New York City, Toronto, and Boston areas to pass out postcards at Simple Kid’s upcoming shows. In addition to seeing Simp open for Spirtualized for free, you'll also get a $50 bonus...
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Which talent would you most like to have?
I played a show recently and someone thought I was doing ventriloquism on stage...if felt good to be though of as a master ventriloquist....
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It's just been announced that Simp will be opening for Spiritualized for their upcoming Acoustic Mainlines shows (!!!) Check out the Gigs page to see which dates have been confirmed. More to come...UPDATE: As promised more dates for Simp and Spiritualized...
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SK.com is now streaming 2 on the audio player. Well, sorta. All the tracks are there, but only in part. To pick up a complete copy of 2 head over to the Store....
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Some great show reviews and interviews have come in lately, including one by blog-news site Phillyist where Simp fesses up to lying about the origin of Simple Kid, talks about all the Beck comparisons and reveals that he loves people who...
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For thirty-five minutes, I sat on a loveseat in the dressing room of Ciaran McFeely, who performs under the moniker Simple Kid, and simply shot the proverbial ***....
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Popularity is related to visibility, right? Example: A majority of high schoolers have seen the homecoming queen, even if they don’t know her personally. ...
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Simple Kid’s life changed when his brother turned him onto Led Zeppelin. It led the Corkonian to a career in music and the development of a very distinctive style....
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5 new shows, all in Ireland, all in November, have just been added to the Kid's upcoming Gigs schedule....
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September 24, 2007Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rode its revved-up, guitar-driven brand of rock 'n' roll into The NorVa on Saturday night, but it must have seemed like a practice session for the band.The biggest surprise of the night was the low...
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Combining the work ethic of a flower child with the quirkiness of Beck, Simple Kid has created a squarely unique sound that's won over those crazy Brits....
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The stage names that music artists choose can be silly (hello, Fall Out Boy), gimmicky (take the band called "!!!") or blessedly natural (Prince, Sade, Madonna). In the case of the Irish-born Ciaran MacFeely, the decision to go by Simple Kid was entirely...
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Simple Kid, a/k/a Ciaran McFeely, is an Irish-born singer-songwriter churning out sunny and highly sing-a-longable ditties that evoke Donovan’s electric albums and Beck’s lo-fi fuzz-folk....
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Simple Kid is now on tour in the US. On September 19 he'll be at the Mercury Lounge in NYC, other dates include runs with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Kings of Leon. Nice....
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Who needs deep elaborate album titles? Irish born Ciaran MacFeely (aka Simple Kid, pictured) has released the follow up to his debut album, 1, aptly and simply dubbed 2. Rolling Stone had this to say about the breaking artist......
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The Irish-born artist (aka Ciaran McFeely) mixes folk and electronica. He performs solo, armed with guitar, banjo, harmonica, laptop and a screen for his visuals....
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