https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/noah-kahan-producer-gabe-simon-interview-1235634924/
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“David O’Donohue* On a recent London afternoon, Gabe Simon is feeling rather uneasy.”
““When Gabe and I first started working together, he sat me down and really pushed me to open up about parts of my life I’d never written about before,” Wetzel says.”
“He hardly sees himself in that stiff, cigar-smoking-producer-behind-the-boards lineage.”
“But what’s perhaps most impressive about Simon is his musical adaptability.”
““When I did Stick Season , I had never made a folk record before.”
“It’s turning all that into something useful.” Wetzel, who first worked with Simon on the Texas country singer’s 2025 mainstream crossover LP, 9 Lives , and then again on this year’s The Night Champion , says collaborating with the producer resembled his first true therapy session.”
“In recent times, the producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist — who cut his teeth writing songs for Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey — has helmed production duties on albums for artists as varied as Kahan, rough-hewn country star Koe Wetzel , pop-rocker James Bay, musician-actress Suki Waterhouse, Myles Smith, and Dermot Kennedy.”
“Though, as one of the most in-demand producers currently working in popular music admits, that’s exactly how he planned it.”
“He’s best known as Noah Kahan ’s production guru — one of the chief sonic architects of the folk-pop mega-star’s breakout 2022 LP, Stick Seaso n , as well as this year’s acclaimed follow-up, The Great Divide .”
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““I have no desire to do one thing,” Simon says without hesitation.”
“Account Welcome Manage Account Manage Print Account Sign Out Log In Behind the Board Noah Kahan Producer Gabe Simon Is More Than Just a ‘Stomp-Clap’ Guy "I have no desire to do one thing," says the architect of Stick Season , The Great Divide , and albums by country rocker Koe Wetzel By Dan Hyman Dan Hyman Clive Davis, Music Executive Who Signed Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen, Dead at 94 Brandi Carlile Says Trump Voters ‘Got F—ing Scammed’: ‘Get Mad Enough to Change Your Minds’ Kelsea Ballerini Opens Up About Her Divorce and a Falling-Out With Halsey: ‘They’re No Longer in My Life’ View all posts by Dan Hyman October 3, 2026 Add us as a Google Preferred Source Gabe Simon has produced albums for Noah Kahan, Koe Wetzel, and more.”
“He co-founded and fronted the indie-rock band Kopecky, who were signed to ATO Records.”
““I’m trying to [work on musical] genres I don’t know much about,” Simon admits.”
““We’re on an adventure right now,” says Simon, who recently uprooted his family from the comfortable life he’d built in Nashville for more than two decades to relocate across the pond and set up shop as producer-in-residence at London’s famed RAK Studios.”
““I wanted to be uncomfortable.” It’s hardly a shock to hear him admit this: in many ways, stepping outside of his comfort zone, and specifically challenging himself to think beyond the confines of musical genre, has been the springboard to Simon’s recent success and critical acclaim.”
“And now, every time I do something I have no business doing, it gets my juices going and I get really inspired.”
““The only difference between being an artist and a kid is if a kid runs towards traffic you hold them back.”
““Mainly dudes in suits sitting in front of Porsches,” he says of the photos.”
“Perhaps it’s because Simon’s style and approach is objectively more new age.”
“I’m asking the questions and learning about them.”