Biography

LINDA GOOD

Songwriter | Composer | Musician | Teaching Artist

Linda Good is a songwriter, composer, writer, lyricist, producer and musician. She is co-founder of the alternative pop band, The Twigs with her twin sister Laura Good. She is the co-creator, composer and book writer of the new original musical, Ladyship, which was an Official Grand Jury selection full production at the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) in 2019, as well as a finalist for the 2020 Richard Rodgers Award in Musical Theater. Ladyship the Musical (Original Concept Recording) was released July 2024 and features many of the Broadway’s brightest stars.

Linda’s songs, compositions and music production have been heard in many films and TV shows including Gossip Girl, True Blood, 90210, the Award-winning documentary American Teen, and The Sleepy Count. Linda’s solo CD, Love is a Curious Thing featured the hit “Love Is…”, which reached top 5 on KCRW’s most requested list. As a keyboardist and vocalist, she has toured internationally with well-known bands including Jane’s Addiction, The Mars Volta, Lisa Marie Presley, Bitter:Sweet and many others.

A multi-instrumentalist, she plays piano, keyboard, vocals, guitar, ukulele, bass and percussion. She also maintains a roster of private students, teaching songwriting, piano, guitar and vocals. After an early childhood living in Mexico City, she grew up in Chicago. The youngest of five daughters, she taught herself piano and how to read music by singing and playing songs from an old jazz fake book she found in a piano bench. She attended The Chicago Academy for the Performing Arts High School, attended college at the University of Illinois, and also studied abroad in the UK. She is based out of Los Angeles.

For Film/TV compositions, music production and commercial soundtrack music, please visit my Composer Reel.

Recent collaborations

Archived performance on Live on KSPC 88.7 fm with Daniel Carlson on Radio Free Aftermath on 2/16/25. Listen to the archive: https://kspc.org/listen/program-schedule/

Zak Astor and I collaborated on an album of original jazz Christmas Songs“Christmas Day Has Come”. Tracks include “The Christmas Tree in the Gazebo”, “Hear the Bells of Christmas”, “Mi Amor Esta Navidad Para Ti (feat. Gabrielito Gonzalez)”, and“Underneath the Frozen Snow”.

Photos by Wythe Whiting, Selena Linkous and Tom Bevacqua

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