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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. Following that band's breakup he released the solo album If I Don't Feel Better under his own name in 2019, but after feeling drained and exhausted by the process of creating and touring behind an album with heavy and emotional themes he began creating the Boy Golden persona to present a more easygoing and positive-minded brand of music.
Career
Church of Better Daze, his debut album as Boy Golden, was released in 2021. He followed up with the six-song EP For Jimmy in 2023, supporting the release with his first full headlining tour of North America.
The album For Eden followed in 2024, and was again supported by a North American tour.
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.
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, and Contemporary Album of the Year at the 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2025 for For Jimmy.
Discography
- If I Don't Feel Better - 2019, as Liam Duncan
- Church of Better Daze - 2021
- For Jimmy - 2023
- For Eden - 2024
References
- ^ "Introducing Boy Golden, your new favourite country outlier". CBC Music, December 8, 2021.
- ^ 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.