Boy Golden (musician)

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Boy Golden is the stage name of Liam Duncan, a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [1]

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Background

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

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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Introducing Boy Golden, your new favourite country outlier". CBC Music, December 8, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Alan Small, "Boy Golden’s time to shine". Winnipeg Free Press , July 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Breezy Prochnau, "Psychedelic Cowboy: The Story Behind Boy Golden". The Gateway , November 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ Matthew Teklemariam, "Boy Golden Is All Grown Up on 'For Eden'". Exclaim! , July 18, 2024.
  6. ↑ Megan Lapierre, "Boy Golden Books Fall North American Tour". Exclaim! , June 5, 2024.
  7. ↑ Megan Lapierre, "CJ Wiley Announces Boy Golden-Produced Debut Album 'So Brand New'". Exclaim! , November 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network , October 5, 2022.
  9. ↑ Heather Kitching, "Here are your nominees for the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Roots Music Canada, October 30, 2024.
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