M.C. Taylor

M.C. Taylor is the frontman and songwriter of Hiss Golden Messenger, whose most recent album, Heart Like a Levee, is out now. Hiss Golden Messenger’s Facebook page is here and its website is here.

(Photo credit: Dan Huiting)

Talks

Johanna Samuels and Hiss Golden Messenger Talk the “Possibility of Hope”

Music

By M.C. Taylor | May 14, 2021

Johanna Samuels and Hiss Golden Messenger Talk the “Possibility of Hope”

The singer-songwriters catch up.

Robbie Robertson (The Band) Talks with M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) on the Talkhouse Podcast

Podcast

By Talkhouse Podcast | February 20, 2020

Robbie Robertson (The Band) Talks with M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) on the Talkhouse Podcast

They talk road-dogging with Dylan, scoring for Scorsese, and creating the seminal Music from Big Pink.

On John Coltrane, a Brilliant Asker of Questions

Music

By M.C. Taylor | August 3, 2018

On John Coltrane, a Brilliant Asker of Questions

"John Coltrane's work was love in all of its messy and complicated and Godly glory."

M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) on Time, Death and Ryan Adams’ Newest Record

Music

By M.C. Taylor | February 17, 2017

M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) on Time, Death and Ryan Adams’ Newest Record

Taylor is interested in the long game that Ryan Adams is playing.

M.C. Taylor Remembers His Songwriting Hero, Guy Clark

Music

By M.C. Taylor | May 19, 2016

M.C. Taylor Remembers His Songwriting Hero, Guy Clark

The Hiss Golden Messenger frontman never met Clark, but he knows exactly what he would have told the legend.