Hiss Golden Messenger

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass unveils initial line up plus associated shows

July 30, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Live stream available if you can’t make it! Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) has shared the initial lineup for its 2026 edition in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park from Friday 2nd October to Sunday 4th October 2026. […]

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring the mighty MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger

May 1, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

This week’s podcast sees Keith discussing art and life, recording and touring, and much, much more with the wonderful MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger, whose new album I’m People comes out today. There are also […]

Video: Hiss Golden Messenger “Shaky Eyes” – Shedding old skin

April 13, 2026 Andrew Frolish 1

Shaky Eyes is the latest single from Hiss Golden Messenger, the North Carolina-based project of MC Taylor. Taylor’s gorgeous songcraft will be familiar to many readers, and this is a great example of his light tunefulness […]

The latest from Hiss Golden Messenger “I’m People” arrives on May Day

February 11, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Hiss Golden Messenger—the North Carolina-based project of MC Taylor— will release their new album, “I’m People”, on 1st May 2026 via Chrysalis Records. It lands three years after “Jump For Joy” (2023), of which AUK’s Keith […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Joe Graham

November 2, 2023 Joe Graham 4

I puzzled over how to compile and preface this list for the best part of four months. I’m bad at choosing favourites, my mind tending toward blankness if asked on the spot. Suitably, when I started […]

Muireann Bradley to release new EP and adds tour dates

August 13, 2026 0

Donegal blues prodigy Muireann Bradley has announced the release of her latest EP, Blackwood Pew, which will be issued on 23rd October 2026 via Fontana Records/Verve Forecast. Bringing together three brand new original songs, including recently […]

Artwork for the Pieta Brown album "Dreamin' Of"

Pieta Brown “Dreamin’ Of”

August 13, 2026 0

New album from a lauded indie-folk performer with poetic lyrics over a nuanced backing. Dreamin’ Of is Pieta Brown’s ninth album and her second recorded with Bon Iver alumni S.Carey and Mike Lewis producing with her […]

Track Premiere: Charissa Hoffman “Forward Motion”

August 13, 2026 0

What do you get when you give a sixth-generation musician and aspiring songwriter a ukulele? You’re expecting fey songs or something a little bedroom-based, right? No, no, no…that’s not Charissa Hoffman at all. She explains that […]

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass unveils initial line up plus associated shows

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring the mighty MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger

Video: Hiss Golden Messenger “Shaky Eyes” – Shedding old skin

The latest from Hiss Golden Messenger “I’m People” arrives on May Day

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Joe Graham

Muireann Bradley to release new EP and adds tour dates

Pieta Brown “Dreamin’ Of”

Track Premiere: Charissa Hoffman “Forward Motion”

Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Let It Happen”

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns