Hiss Golden Messenger: From Country Hai East Cotton – review

(Blackmaps)Is there something a little too perfect about Hiss Golden Messenger, an alias for singer-songwriter MC Taylor? On this EP, its title redolent of some backwoods utopia, he channels the country blues and old spirituals, but also something a little bit funkier, and sometimes something a little bit more MOR. Perhaps it's no surprise that it was recorded not chez Taylor in North Carolina, but in celebrated studios in San Francisco. None of this is a bad thing, but ultimately it feels...

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