Hiss Golden Messenger: I'm People Tour
About This Event
Hiss Golden Messenger, the long-running folk and country project led by Durham songwriter MC Taylor since 2007, privileges plainspoken narratives and steady, groove-minded arrangements over studio gloss. On the I'm People Tour Taylor brings that approach to Irving Plaza, placing the songs in a New York room more often associated with rock lineups and favoring clarity over spectacle.
About I'm People Tour
The I’m People Tour comes to Irving Plaza for a live set rooted in country songwriting, with Hiss Golden Messenger among the featured performers. The show centers on voice, rhythm, and narrative, using plain language to track faith, labor, and everyday American movement. Irving Plaza’s long history of hosting touring bands places this stop in a New York tradition of club rooms where genre lines get tested in public. The material’s strength is its attention to ordinary detail, delivered without ornament.
About the Artists
Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger is the long-running folk and country project led by Durham, North Carolina songwriter and vocalist MC Taylor, active since 2007. Built as an individual-led ensemble, the music tends to center on plainspoken narratives and steady, groove-minded arrangements rather than studio gloss.
Sam Amidon
Sam Amidon is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose country-rooted work pulls from folk tradition while staying open to revision and surprise. In New York City he has appeared at Pioneer Works and Irving Plaza, often in bills that emphasize songcraft over stagecraft.