Boy Golden (musician)
Boy Golden is the stage name of Liam Duncan, a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1]
Background
[edit]Born and raised in Brandon, he moved to Winnipeg to pursue his musical career, initially as a member of the indie rock band The Middle Coast.[2] Following that band's breakup he released the solo album If I Don't Feel Better under his own name in 2019,[3] but after feeling drained and exhausted by the process of creating and touring behind an album with heavy emotional themes, he began creating the Boy Golden persona to present a more easygoing and positive-minded brand of music.[1]
Career
[edit]Church of Better Daze, his debut album as Boy Golden, was released in 2021.[1] He followed up with the six-song EP For Jimmy in 2023,[2] supporting the release with his first full headlining tour of North America.[4]
The album For Eden followed in 2024,[5] and was again supported by a North American tour.[6]
He has also appeared as a guest musician on recordings by The Bros. Landreth and Jacob Brodovsky, and produced the forthcoming debut album of singer-songwriter CJ Wiley.[7]
Awards
[edit]He was a Canadian Folk Music Award nominee for Contemporary Singer of the Year at the 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2023 for Church of Better Daze,[8] and Contemporary Album of the Year at the 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2025 for For Jimmy.[9]
Discography
[edit]- If I Don't Feel Better - 2019, as Liam Duncan
- Church of Better Daze - 2021
- For Jimmy - 2023
- For Eden - 2024
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Introducing Boy Golden, your new favourite country outlier". CBC Music, December 8, 2021.
- ^ a b Alan Small, "Boy Golden’s time to shine". Winnipeg Free Press, July 22, 2023.
- ^ Brad Wheeler, "Folk-country singer Boy Golden found freedom in an alter ego: For Winnipeg’s Liam Duncan, it was a freeing experience to create a persona to write and perform his own folk-country material". The Globe and Mail, August 4, 2023.
- ^ Breezy Prochnau, "Psychedelic Cowboy: The Story Behind Boy Golden". The Gateway, November 7, 2023.
- ^ Matthew Teklemariam, "Boy Golden Is All Grown Up on 'For Eden'". Exclaim!, July 18, 2024.
- ^ Megan Lapierre, "Boy Golden Books Fall North American Tour". Exclaim!, June 5, 2024.
- ^ Megan Lapierre, "CJ Wiley Announces Boy Golden-Produced Debut Album 'So Brand New'". Exclaim!, November 5, 2024.
- ^ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.
- ^ Heather Kitching, "Here are your nominees for the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Roots Music Canada, October 30, 2024.