S.G. Goodman
Biography
S.G. Goodman returns, three years after her critically acclaimed and award-winning sophomore album Teeth Marks, with her latest full-length album Planting by the Signs.
Composed of songs inspired by love, loss, reconciliation, and the ancient practice of planting by the signs, i.e. the belief that planting a garden, weaning a baby, or getting a haircut are best timed in accordance with the cycle of the moon.
Eleven tracks highlight Goodman’s singular haunting voice, poetic lyricism, and her penchant for juxtaposing vulnerable folk music with punchy rock ‘n roll, replete with chiming guitars, ethereal atmospherics, and her DIY ethos. Goodman provides a timely reminder that the only way forward is together, and that we must always take into account humanity’s dependence on and responsibility to the natural world.
Nominated for Album of the Year and Song of the Year (“Snapping Turtle” for the 2026 Americana Music Awards.
Video & Press
Congratulations Goldie Boutilier & S.G. Goodman on Making NIVA’s Live List!
NIVA’s Live List 2026 Tips the Artists You’ll Be Bragging About Seeing Early [SPIN] If you want to know who’s on the rise in live music, The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) just dropped its annual cheat sheet of the most exciting up and coming artists of the past year. These aren’t just artists trending […]
Breakthrough Americana Artist S.G. Goodman on Exploring Southern Identify, Grief and Practical Astrology in Her Outstanding ‘Planting by the Signs’ Album
[Variety] By Jewly Hight Astrology has been going viral lately. From Ariana Grande, SZA and Kacey Musgraves’ Saturn-centric song lyrics to astrology influencers dispensing dishy dating advice and the meme-ification of traits associated with Zodiac signs, allusions to the positions of the sun, moon and planets function as vaguely mystical, with-it and worldly shorthand. Western Kentucky […]
S.G. Goodman Announces New Album Planting by the Signs, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
[Pitchfork] “Fire Sign” leads the Kentucky singer-songwriter’s Bonnie “Prince” Billy–featuring follow-up to Teeth Marks By Walden Green S.G. Goodman has announced a new album; Planting by the Signs is out June 20 via the Kentucky singer-songwriter’s own label, Slough Water Records, and Thirty Tigers. Guests include Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matthew Rowan. The follow-up to 2022’s Teeth Marks was inspired by the deaths of […]
S.G. Goodman, a Proud and Ever-Questioning Southerner, on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert
WATCH HERE S.G. Goodman gazes off into the distance as she begins the first song in this Tiny Desk session, rocking her body from side to side, connecting with a force inside and also just out of reach: maybe it’s something in her past or the image of a person she holds dear, or maybe it’s […]
S.G. Goodman’s Southern Storytelling
Kentucky farmer’s daughter writes songs so the world can hear what life is like where she grew up [Rolling Stone] By JON FREEMAN When S.G. Goodman was growing up, her farmer father would plant an annual crop of sweet corn for his three kids, which they later harvested by hand and sold for money to buy their […]