Country Folk · Blues · Roots · Rockabilly
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Derek Lee Goodreid is a neurodivergent songwriter from Western Australia, with nine albums and three EPs of soulful, gritty storytelling. He crafts music that blends blues, country, folk, and rockabilly with grit, heart, and hard-earned truth, shaped by trauma but never defined by it.
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"Where the spirit moves me is where the music goes, come along for the ride."
Derek Lee Goodreid writes songs like someone leaving a light on in a dark room. His music blends elements of rockabilly, country, blues, and folk, weaving them together. It travels the long way around, shaped on a beat-up guitar. Handcrafted through nine albums, three EPs, and a refusal to cut corners.
The stories come from real places, cPTSD, anxiety, love, loss, faith, the mess of being human, but they don’t stay broken. They get up, dust themselves off, breathe, and find their feet again. Rough-edged, slow-burning, and honest to the point of discomfort, these aren’t polished songs. They’re working songs. Songs that carry a bit of weight. Songs that stick around.
If you’re still looking for something real, start here and follow the trail.
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From the journal
Latest Stories
Why I Built the Songwriter’s Toolkit
I started writing songs because I couldn’t always find the words for what I felt. For a long time, I felt out of step with
Living With Autism & cPTSD As A Musician
This is a hard one to write. Some days I don’t trust my own mind. Not because it’s broken, but because it’s trying so hard
Grace Still Holds
I didn’t set out to write Grace Still Holds.It showed up anyway. Some of these songs came out fast, like they were trying to outrun