Amiyah Golden

Amiyah Golden is a freelance journalist and photographer who has made her local imprint through witty and informed writing. Shining light on the importance of culture and community within Jacksonville and the surrounding areas. Amiyah has cultivated a connection in the city and beyond as an agent for authentic discourse and diversified perspectives.

“Blessed be the fruit”: Church, State and Hate

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August 16, 2024
Words & photos by Amiyah Golden What is the objective when voices mingle together to chant the phrase, “Make America Great Again”? The inquiry stands because the wonder of a time period considered “great” for some America plagues the minds of many. Was it the time when women held no rights and couldn’t vote? Or when tribes of people

The Vooswar

Words & photos by Amiyah Golden Jacksonville’s vast landscape encompasses far more

Jax Punx

October 18, 2024
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Words and photos by Amiyah Golden  Music bridges the gap between language, experiences, culture and so many other contrasting entities that make up the individual human experience. And while we live in an extremely divisive climate today — the shared giddiness of blasting sublime tunes from your favorite artist
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Romanticizing True Crime

September 30, 2024
Words and Photos by Amiyah Golden  The light from the dim candles on my mantle cast shadows on the wall adjacent to the television used to stream my content of choice for the night. The one-degree difference in the weather and the voices urging me to decorate for the
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The Tales of a Florida Boy

September 30, 2024
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Words by Amiyah Golden   Sunshine, sand between our toes, community and art entangles us as residents of the state that holds diverse stories and faces. It’s the state that is devoted to its temperamental weather patterns but always makes sure to provide a rainbow after the storm. And it’s
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October New Music

September 30, 2024
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Words by Amiyah Golden   Oct. 4 Leon Bridges “Leon” The talent that is encompassed in the body of Leon Bridges is immense and unadulterated.  I vividly remember hearing his 2015 hit song “River” and being absolutely enamored. I fell even more in love with hi s sound after listening
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Blood on Blood

September 24, 2024
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Words by Amiyah Golden Vulnerable and raw, local artist Chris Rudasill’s latest EP “Blood on Blood” is filled with gritty tones, shadows of melodic anecdote and passionate strums from his guitar.   The local Jacksonville artist has turned his fervent for forging his own tales into a musical experience
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The Erica Reese Show

August 29, 2024
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“Let’s Lana Del Ray this sh*t” Words & Photos by Amiyah Golden Watch the full interview here. Bubbly and full of jubilance, Erica Reese instantly brightened up the dimly lit “Folio” studio with her presence – summoned by me – after I stumbled upon her Instagram, curated as such by
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Inner Clarity with Local Sound Baths

August 29, 2024
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Words & Photos by Amiyah Golden As I get older, I have begun to observe my interests beginning to shift. The desire to engage in activities that not only stress my body — but my mind — don’t seem to intrigue me anymore. It never truly did but the “people-pleaser”
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The Stroke Of Love: Shako

July 31, 2024
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Words by Amiyah Golden Art has no bounds as it soars through the atmosphere with the ability to touch the souls of those who hold the paintbrush and those who bear witness to the imagination of the virtuoso.  The selection of a chosen medium that allows artists the ability to
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Hot Girl Summer Guide

July 3, 2024
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Words by Amiyah Golden Summer Is Here!  It’s my last summer as a college student, and I love that for me, but it unfortunately means that I will soon be clocking into a job that gets no mandated breaks … a job where you have to manage your time with
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Dance Floor Delight: Grace Seymour

July 3, 2024
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Words & photos by Amiyah Golden Music is multi-faceted, everchanging, riveting and intertwined with tales.  It is the one thing that will continue to unify people — whether that’s on the dance floor, through shared interest or happenstance — it collaborates with the intention to emote; in whatever way invoked
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