Sime Nugent

Simon Joe "Sime" Nugent is an Australian multi-instrumentalist-songwriter, sculptor and visual artist. He has worked in various groups including country music five-piece the Wilson Pickers (2008–2012, 2015–2018) and as a solo artist. Nugent is also a furniture maker.

Biography

Simon Joe Nugent, spent his early years in Melbourne and then Castlemaine. His Irish-born parents and elder siblings had emigrated from Dublin in 1969. From 1994 he was also a member of an a cappella trio, the Acapelicans, with Sarah Liversidge and Carl Pannuzzo, which issued three albums Those Acapelicans (1994), Hear from Happiness (1998) and Little Mountains (2000).

In 1999 Simon Nugent and No Feathers were formed; they issued a self-titled album in that year. Nimmervoll found that most of its tracks deal with Nugent's recent separation from a domestic partner and their child.

The artist provided his next album, Broke & Banned – Songs of Sime Nugent, in 2005 via Low Transit Industries. His next solo album, Happy Hour, appeared in November 2007. His next solo album, Ten Years at the Table, was released in 2010.

In parallel with his solo work he formed a duo, Sweet Jean, with Alice Keath on acoustic guitar, autoharp, banjo, electric guitar, keyboards, piano and vocals in 2010. Their debut album, Dear Departure, appeared in 2013 and was followed by Greetings from Goodbye (2014) and Monday to Friday (2016).

Outside of his music career Nugent has worked as a sculptor, visual artist and furniture maker.