The laid-back, folksy sound of Hiss Golden Messenger feels like it mainly draws its influence from earthy singer-songwriters like Neil Young. But according to M.C. Taylor, the mastermind behind the ...

On Sunday, Nov. 5, Hiss Golden Messenger is set to headline the Hi-Fi in support of the 2023 album Jump for Joy. Ahead of their visit, NUVO caught up with frontman M.C. Taylor for an interview, ...

Under the moniker Hiss Golden Messenger, singer-songwriter M.C. Taylor has been making folk-tinged alt-rock for the last decade, playing with a rotating lineup of musicians and morphing between styles ...

Two new singles are out today from Hiss Golden Messenger, the rootsy rock outfit led by Durham’s M.C. Taylor. Amelia Meath of Mountain Man and Sylvan Esso lends backing vocals. The songs come ahead of ...

MC Taylor incorporated a more upbeat sound into the band’s new album Credit: Graham Tolbert Hiss Golden Messenger, led by singer, songwriter and guitarist MC Taylor, released last August its 15th ...

These days, Hiss Golden Messenger is on the road almost as often as they’re home. While that may seem like a difficult way to maintain a healthy work-life balance, according to band leader MC Taylor, ...

In the midst of recording his 2021 album Quietly Blowing It, Hiss Golden Messenger — the nom de plume of M.C. Taylor — seriously wondered if it was the end of the road for his indie-rock career. “That ...

In a few weeks, MC Taylor's North Carolina indie-folk project Hiss Golden Messenger will return with Jump For Joy, a new album written and recorded during short breaks from touring, in that golden ...

Folk Americana singers Hiss Golden Messenger and Hannah Frances sang songs and shared stories about sobriety, grief and fate during a performance Wednesday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The proceeds ...

On Heart Like a Levee, the new album from North Carolina’s Hiss Golden Messenger, songwriter M.C. Taylor attempts to reconcile the two seemingly at-odds aspects of his being: that of a touring ...

For a moment, or at least for a record, Michael Taylor sounded like a man with no friends. On 2010’s Bad Debt, Taylorthe sole constant member of one of America’s best modern folk-rock acts, Hiss ...

Hiss Golden Messenger leader MC Taylor has been at this for a minute. He first landed on the Scene’s radar playing a show in a Murfreesboro loft during the George W. Bush administration, when people ...