
Joe Goodkin is a Chicago-based singer/songwriter and guitarist. He has released 14 albums of original music under the name Paper Arrows and his own name. His has been described variously as “Mutations-era Beck cutting his teeth on the early works of Leonard Cohen” (Parcbench), a “successor to Woody Guthrie” (Indie Voice Blog), and "a tremendous and fearless songwriter” (Anhedonic Headphones). He composed two modern folk opera retellings of Homer’s epic poems the Odyssey and the Iliad (entitled The Blues of Achilles) which he has performed a combined 500 times in all 50 US states and Europe as a guest of such institutions as Harvard, Stanford, UC-Berkeley, and many more.
Joe’s 14th album, a. self-titled EP, is available everywhere you get digital music. photo credit: Michael Chu, MikesRightBrain
Latest release:
Joe Goodkin EP
Produced by Brian Deck and out June 6, 2025