Kayleigh goldsworthy biography

"Kayleigh Goldsworthy may be one of the only unjaded New Yorkers left, a folk music unicorn..."

- Lyz Mancini, VNDL Magazine

By early 2020, Kayleigh Goldsworthy had finally figured out who she was.

The long-time hired-gun musician from Syracuse and based in south Philadelphia, who had spent a decade backing up the likes of Dave Hause, Bayside, Frank Iero, and others, was ready to commit fully to a solo career of her own work.

Kayleigh goldsworthy biography

The day after New Year's Day 2020, Goldsworthy started recording her second solo LP, seven years after her debut Burrower, with Will Yip at Studio 4 outside Philly.

Then everything changed. The job and life Goldsworthy had pursued since her teen years was ripped away: tours, shows, studio time, even band practices and writing sessions, all gone.

Along with those went away a hard-won sense of self. All those things that had given Goldsworthy the confidence and push to believe in herself and her work disappeared.

“I had figured out wh