Hiss Golden Messenger joins host Stephen Kallao

Hiss Golden Messenger sounds more jubilant than they ever have on their latest record, so it’s no surprise the North Carolina folk band named it Jump for Joy. On the World Cafe, we sit down with frontman MC Taylor to talk about how the band’s new album is a reaction to past work and how his side project, Revelators Sound System, inspired the record’s sound.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
The Replacements “Kiss Me On The Bus” Tim
The Who “I Can’t Explain” Then & Now
Hiss Golden Messenger “20 Years and a Nickel” Recorded for World Cafe
Revelators Sound System “Grieving” Revelators
Hiss Golden Messenger “Nu-Grape” Recorded for World Cafe
Hiss Golden Messenger “The Wondering” Recorded for World Cafe
Hiss Golden Messenger “Day O Day” WC Recording
Hiss Golden Messenger “I Saw The New Day” Jump for Joy
Hiss Golden Messenger “Shinbone” Recorded for World Cafe
Hiss Golden Messenger “Say It Like You Mean It” WC Recording
Third World “Try Jah Love” You’ve Got The Power
Peter Gabriel “Big Time” So

Hour Two
Low Cut Connie “Are You Gonna Run?” Art Dealers
The Avett Brothers “Another Is Waiting” Magpie and the Dandelion
Lo Moon “Evidence” single
Talk Talk “It’s My Life” It’s My Life
Sleaford Mods “West End Girls” single
Pet Shop Boys “Always on My Mind” Introspective
Moby “South Side” Play
Freedy Johnston “Bad Reputation” World cafe archives
Counting Crows “Hangin’ Around” Live at the World Cafe
Black Pumas “Mrs. Postman ” Chronicles Of A Diamond
Massive Attack “Safe From Harm” Blue Lines
Pretty Lights “Athena” WC Recording
Deeper “Build A Bridge” Careful!
Fontaines D.C. “Jackie Down The Line” Skinty Fia
Modest Mouse “Fire It Up” We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank