Simple Kid, real name Kieran Mac Feely[1] (also spelled Ciaran McFeely[2]), is an Irish-born solo musical artist.

[3] Simple Kid's influences included folk, country (he prominently featured banjos and slide guitar in his work), glam rock (particularly T. Rex) and late 1960s big pop arrangements of records, such as The Beatles's White Album.

[4] His second album, 2, was released by Country Gentleman Recordings in October 2006 in the UK, and by Yep Roc Records in August 2007 in the U.S. 2 was included in Mojo Magazine's top 50 albums of the year, was CD of the week in The Times culture section and had positive reviews in the NME, The Guardian, Time Out and the Independent on Sunday.

[6] An unreleased track "Snakes and Ladders" is archived on BBC Sounds [7] it was recorded in 2013 for BBCs Radio 4 series "Forever Young" and details the trials and tribulations of balancing professional musicianship with the prospect of raising a family.

Song titles include Lost in Space (The Forgotten Man), The End Of America, I Think We're Gonna Be Good Friends, Nobel Prize, The Only Child, If You Could Talk to Your Teenage Self?, The Last Bus Home, Robot Lion and Grey Ghost and Only When We're Young.