![]() ![]() Like a Gedney photograph, the music of Hiss Golden Messenger evokes a vulnerable and sensual form of Americana. The initiative led Taylor to a series of William Gedney photographs documenting rural Kentucky, housed in Duke’s Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. In 2015, at Reynolds Industries Theater, he premiered the song cycle Heart Like a Levee, the result of a commission through Duke Performances’ From the Archives initiative. Taylor - whose fall tour for his album, Terms of Surrender, likewise supported the Durham Public Schools Foundation - is also a longtime Duke Performances partner artist. Taylor, with a sound that David Bowie - yes, that David Bowie - once called “mystical country, like an eerie yellowing photograph.” Taylor’s latest release is a live album, Forward, Children, whose proceeds will benefit the Durham Public Schools Foundation and aid its COVID-19 relief efforts. Hiss Golden Messenger is the folk project of Durham musician M.C. Before sitting down to watch the performance, click here to read our chat with Hiss Golden Messenger on solitary songwriting and the literature that helps him through it. The film, pre-recorded in a socially-distanced manner, will be accompanied by a live YouTube chat with Hiss Golden Messenger, who will answer questions from viewers. On July 1 at 7 PM ET, we’ll premiere a new, specially recorded performance by Hiss Golden Messenger online, free of charge, on our website and on our YouTube page. Duke Gardens on Duke’s campus, to an online format in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The series shifts Duke Performances’ longtime summer series, Music in the Gardens, normally held outdoors at Sarah P. We’re proud to present Hiss Golden Messenger as a part of Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call Durham and the surrounding area home. Hiss Golden Messenger Wednesday, J| 7:00 pm
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