MINOR GOLD - WAY TO THE SUN - JULY 25, 2025
★★★★ - SHINDIG!
★★★★ - PROG
★★★★ -THE AUSTRALIAN
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★★★★ - RHYTHMS MAGAZINE
★★★★★ - FOLK/TUMBLE
★★★★ - RNR
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QUEENSLAND MUSIC AWARDS
Nomination: Folk Award, 2025
Moonlight Silver Highway
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​“Trippy folk wonderment..
there’s an alluring telepathy to the way the voices curl around each other, rarely heard in country music since Emmylou Harris rode shotgun with Gram Parsons, aligned to eloquent lyrics.” – UNCUT (UK)
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"Retro California sounds brought bang-up to date" - AmericanaUK
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“Tracy McNeil & Dan Parsons’ timeless blend of folk-leaning Americana possesses a striking sense of freedom and pinpoint emotional accuracy.” – Dan Condon / Double J
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“Tracy McNeil & Dan Parsons summon a very specific kind of cosmic folk on Way to the Sun…blissful, harmony-rich Americana associated with Laurel Canyon’s early-70s pomp, washed with psychedelic pedal steel.” - PROG
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“a joyous listen from beginning to end.” - Folk/Tumble
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“a confident, cohesive, and compelling chapter in the ongoing journey of a duo who clearly know where
they are headed…a quietly radiant gem.” – Rhythms Magazine​
MINOR GOLD - MINOR GOLD DEBUT ALBUM, AUGUST 11, 2023
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QUEENSLAND MUSIC AWARDS
Winner: Folk Award, 2024
Cannonball
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"Tracy McNeil and Dan Parsons serve up some delicious fare on their debut album...
here is a duo that can start a wave” - Americana UK​​
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"In a sea of manufactured dross, Minor Gold are the real deal” – Jeff Jenkins STACK
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“Brilliant songwriting and impeccable performances..." – Double J
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“Like Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham at the top of their game” - Loud Mouth
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“… sunbathed slice of '70s Americana pop” - Canberra Times
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“…intoxicating” - Rhythms Magazine
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Somewhere between Big Sur and Byron Bay, Minor Gold have found their frequency.
Minor Gold is the Australian-Canadian musical partnership of Tracy McNeil and Dan Parsons, two songwriters whose stories began on opposite sides of the Pacific and found common ground in Australia.
Since coming together, the duo have followed a path guided less by genre than by a shared devotion to great songs, memorable melodies and the thrill of seeing where the road might lead. Drawing from folk, country and classic pop traditions, Minor Gold create music filled with warmth, movement and a deep sense of place.
Their self-titled debut album arrived in 2023, introducing a partnership that felt both fresh and familiar. With Way To The Sun (2025), they expanded the frame, capturing the spirit of travel, changing landscapes and the moments of clarity that seem to arrive somewhere between departure and destination.
Across countless miles, festival stages, listening rooms and late-night drives, Minor Gold have continued to build a body of work that values connection over spectacle and curiosity over certainty. Their songs leave room to wander, inviting listeners to find themselves somewhere inside the journey.
Now dividing their time between Australia and North America, McNeil and Parsons are at work on their third album, continuing a creative partnership between two songwriters whose stories began on opposite sides of the Pacific and continue somewhere between home and the horizon.
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