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Hiss Golden Messenger’s ‘Forward, Children’ Offers “Beauty in the Broken American Moment”

By Rod Waterman / 17 April 2020

Hiss Golden Messenger offer up a welcome serving of musical communion, and in the service of others, during a time when we all need consolation and reassurance. Forward, Children is a PopMatters Pick and aids a worthy cause: education.

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Hiss Golden Messenger: Hallelujah Anyhow

By Christopher Thiessen / 27 September 2017

As long as life carries on and darkness exists, the world needs messengers of hope. Hiss Golden Messenger deliver that here, making it relevant regardless of time and place.

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Twang to Trombones: Top 20 Picks for AmericanaFest 2017

By Sloane Spencer / 12 September 2017

When Wynonna and Lee Ann Womack drag queen impersonators are NOT the highlight of the night, you know you need to be at these shows. AmericanaFest has something for every music fan.

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Newport Folk Festival 2017 Hit All the Right Notes

By Sachyn Mital / 8 August 2017

A great weekend at Newport includes watching talented, diverse performers, participating in a protest song sing-along and maybe a lobster roll.

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2017: Day One

By Steve Horowitz / 25 July 2017

Creative musical talents, nice weather, and friendly people combined with long, long lines, some minor technical issues, and a few lackluster performances.

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Part Journal, Part Art Exhibit: An Interview with Hiss Golden Messenger’s M.C. Taylor

By Mike Pursley / 7 October 2016

"I had just quit my job and I think I was having a bit of an existential crisis because all of a sudden I had gotten what I had been hoping for, which is to be able to devote my days and waking hours, creative hours, to making music, to making art."

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The Best Albums of 2014

By PopMatters Staff / 22 December 2014

From Polish black metal to mind-blowing progressive R&B and electronic music, 2014's best albums certainly have something for everyone.

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2014 Nelsonville Music Festival (photos)

By Thomas Britt / 16 June 2014

The tenth annual Nelsonville Music Festival took place from May 29 to June 1.

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Hiss Golden Messenger: Bad Debt

By Justin Cober-Lake / 4 February 2014

Bad Debt is as likely to serve folklorists as it was to have been delivered by one.

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Listening Ahead: Anticipated Releases for Early 2014

By PopMatters Staff / 10 January 2014

As the record release schedule wakes up from its year-end hibernation, so too does "Listening Ahead" to cover a strong slate of eagerly anticipated early 2014 albums.

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