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Jim James Talks with M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) for The Talkhouse Music Podcast

Two outstanding southern songwriters sit down and delve into the process of how music is created.

2:00 AM EDT on September 9, 2015

Hiss Golden Messenger's most recent album Lateness of Dancers came out in the autumn of 2014, and found frontman M.C. Taylor's songwriting process still evolving. He obviously thinks a lot about the craft and inspiration involved, so it's no surprise that the songwriting process was the main thing he talked about with My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James in this edition of the Talkhouse Music Podcast

My Morning Jacket brings in some disparate outside influences — prog-rock and disco, for instance — while Hiss Golden Messenger mostly keeps it local, with roots in country-rock, folk and Memphis r&b, but both musicians make their acclaimed music with a pronounced southern flavor. They have plenty in common, and they're fans of each other's work, which made for an interesting conversation. The two spoke via Skype while both were on tour — Taylor in Toronto and James in Niagara Falls, New York — and together they delved into the enduring mysteries of how songs are made.


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