Simon Emmerson (born 12 February 1956) is an English

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, DJ, musical director at Lush, and founder of the group

Afro Celt Sound System Afro Celt Sound System is a British musical group who fuse electronic music with traditional Gaelic and West African music. Afro Celt Sound System was formed in 1995 by producer-guitarist Simon Emmerson, and feature a wide range of guest artists. ...

. He is also the main organiser of

The Imagined Village The Imagined Village is a folk music project founded by Simon Emmerson of Afro Celt Sound System. It is intended to produce modern folk music that represented modern multiculturalism in the United Kingdom and as such, featured musicians from a ...

, a collaborative work from many roots artists. Emmerson also plays on this album. In 1995 Emmerson was nominated for a Grammy for his production work on

Baaba Maal Baaba Maal ( ff, 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤦𞤢 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤, italics=no, born 13 June 1953) is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several al ...

's album ''

Firin' in Fouta ''Firin' in Fouta'' is an album by the Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, released in 1994. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best World Music Album" category. Maal supported the album with a North American tour. Production The albu ...

''. Earlier in his career, under the pseudonym Simon Booth, he was a member of the bands Working Week and Weekend, played guitar on

Everything but the Girl Everything but the Girl (occasionally referred to as EBTG) are an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, producer and singer Ben Watt ...

's debut album '' Eden'' and produced records for Baaba Maal and Manu Dibango. Emmerson is a keen

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Discography

Afro Celt Sound System

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Production credits

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Show of Hands Show of Hands is an English acoustic roots/folk duo formed in 1986 by singer-songwriter Steve Knightley (guitars, mandolin, mandocello, cuatro) and composer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer (vocals, guitars, violin, viola, mandolin, mandoc ...

(2006) *''The Imagined Village'' - Various (Real World Records 2007)

References

External links

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The Imagined Village websiteReal World Records websiteECC RecordsMix for Folk Radio UK by Simon Emmerson (The Imagined Village)
Living people English record producers English pop guitarists English rock guitarists English folk guitarists English male guitarists Afro Celt Sound System members 1956 births Working Week (band) members {{UK-musician-stub