A New York native with family roots in Tennessee, Dave Golden began his music career as a teenager, playing in and composing for various types of bands throughout NYC. At 18, Golden's jazz combo won back-to-back awards from Downbeat magazine and embarked on their first tour, playing spots like the Montreux Jazz Festival. Golden had been launched into an international music career and astonishingly, he opted out. The tour ended and he took a job at a paper mill in Finland. He then went back to school, nearly abandoning performance completely, playing only in private for close friends.

In the years that followed, wanderlust would take over, and Golden would find himself in the tango halls of Argentina, on the snow-covered Berkshire border of Vermont and Massachusetts, in the halls of Oxford, in the jungles of Guatemala and even in Asia on a Fulbright. It was in the Berkshires where Golden found a new voice for his musical passions. The city kid was finding a home in the serenity of the wilderness and was quietly schooling himself in the ways of mountain music. In May 2004, he made his debut as a singer/songwriter and catapulted onto the American music scene. Within weeks of his first performance, he had captured the attention of music industry veterans and was being invited to play at summer festivals. Over country dreamscapes, Golden's wistful and wise lyrics churn his chosen subjects while always keeping an optimistic eye to the future.

Band bio courtesy of Dave Golden.

Download "In the City" (mp3 file)

Contact: 917-620-3961 or E-mail Dave Golden

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