![]() It became a lot deeper than that over time. I had that realization really put into me when I was doing folklore work, because my job was to be asking people pretty personal questions. I’ve not met anybody who doesn’t want those things. They want their families and their kids to be safe and fed and warm. That’s more important than ever to me right now: on the surface it seems like there is a lot of division, but when you get down to it, everybody wants and needs the same things. When you engage with people like that, you start to realize that we all hope for the same things. Opening myself up to people and just being able to listen in a deep way became important to me. Are there aspects of that job that help you as a songwriter? You spent time as a folklorist doing fieldwork for the State of North Carolina before pursuing music full-time. There’s so much Southern literature that I love, the food, and there’s just a way of being that is ineffable. So much of the music that I love and is foundational for me is either from the South or has its roots in the South, even if it’s ostensibly from somewhere else. What drew you to the South?įor as long as I was able to put my arms around what I think of as the most important things and ideas in my life, Southern culture always called to me. ( Check here for dates.) If you can’t catch Taylor live, catch him here, where he talks about his music and how the South has shaped it. Hiss Golden Messenger is on tour throughout Texas during January, then picks back up in March with dates in Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. ![]() Having released three albums in a twelve-month span- Heart Like a Levee with bonus album Vestapol in 2016, and the soulful Hallelujah Anyhow in September-the folk-rock frontman has plenty to talk about, even if he doesn’t have much time to talk about it. Taylor may have begun by writing poetic songs he thought no one would hear, but more and more people are listening. He and his band, Hiss Golden Messenger, were headed to New York as soon as they finished the finale concert for an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers the next day. But he wouldn’t get to enjoy the view for long: Taylor was only in town for the day when we sat down with him at G&G’s Jubilee in December. Taylor, sitting under the live oaks at Charles Towne Landing, just across the Ashley River from Charleston, South Carolina. “I’ve never played at a such a beautiful place,” says M.C. ![]()
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