Everybody plays so many different instruments and there’s a lot of switching out of instruments on stage. MCT: We’ve been keeping the same setlist, more or less. I mean we’re not gonna be on the road every single day but, we’ll be in and out of the house quite a lot.ĬLTure: Have you stuck to a firm setlist on this tour or have you been mixing it up from night to night? So we’ve done a lot of shows now so this is like the next stretch and we’ll go from here through the summer, basically. We toured all through October and November. We’ve been out on the road for about three months, with a couple of weeks off. Are you happy with how the new songs are coming out live? We recently caught up with M.C., after a show in Columbus, to discuss the new record, NC folklore and creating “forever art.” M.C Taylor of Hiss Golden MessengerĬLTure: You did a few dates late last year in the UK and now you’re just getting started back up here in the states. Hiss Golden Messenger is currently touring the country and have a stop this week in Charlotte at the Neighborhood Theatre. Quitting his job and devoting himself to music a full time music career can be like “walking off a cliff without knowing how high the cliff is.” Before recording last year’s Heart Like a Levee, M.C. He and Hirsch have been a NC band to watch for years and are receiving more national attention and praise with each new album. In 2014 he signed with Merge Records and released Lateness of Dancers. He takes what interests him from any genre and creates music that rings authentic. Together with Scott Hirsch, Taylor has recorded six albums that defy categorization. Taylor found his way forward with a new vehicle for songwriting, a band called Hiss Golden Messenger. After moving to North Carolina to study folklore in 2008, M.C.
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