Hiss Golden Messenger Channels Grateful Dead On New Live Album Supporting Hurricane Helene Recovery

Stream/download the Sanctuary Songs recording of M.C. Taylor & Co.’s December 1, 2023 concert at The Waiting Room in Omaha, Nebraska.

By Scott Bernstein Oct 4, 2024 10:13 am PDT

Today, Hiss Golden Messenger released Sanctuary Songs: Live in Omaha, NE, December 1, 2023, an official recording of a standout show from the band’s Jump For Joy tour. The album is available exclusively on Bandcamp with all proceeds from its sale going towards BeLoved Asheville.

Hiss Golden Messenger frontman and longtime North Carolina resident M.C. Taylor and bandmates Chris Boerner, Alex Bingham, Sam Fribush and Nick Falk delivered a 18-song performance at Omaha’s Waiting Room on December 1, 2023. The setlist featured a career-spanning mix of original material and a cover of the Grateful Dead favorite “Eyes Of The World.”

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“Western North Carolina is really, really hurting, y’all,” wrote M.C. Taylor on Hiss Golden Messenger’s Instagram page yesterday when heralding the album’s release. “We don’t even know the half yet, and I’m glad to be able to help.”

BeLoved Asheville is devoted to providing aid to those in need in and around Asheville, North Carolina, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene and its aftermath. The organization is currently on the front lines distributing food, water and other critical supplies as over 100,000 residents in the area were affected by the storm.

Sanctuary Songs: Live in Omaha, NE, December 1, 2023 was recorded on the HMRU (Hiss Mobile Recording Unit) by Luc Suer. “We knew that this performance was special when we stepped off the stage that night and we earmarked it for some kind of release when the tour ended,” Taylor noted. “Once back at home in North Carolina, Chris Boerner mixed and mastered ‘Sanctuary Songs’ at his studio, and I put it on the shelf, waiting for the right time to send it out into the world. The right time is now.”

Stream/purchase Sanctuary Songs: Live in Omaha, NE, December 1, 2023 below:

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M.C. Taylor is currently on the road for a solo Hiss Golden Messenger tour. Taylor is performing his 2010 sophomore studio album, Bad Debt, and “other favorites” at each stop.

Hiss Golden Messenger plays the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, New York tonight, October 4. The tour hits Brooklyn on Saturday and Ridgefield (Connecticut) on Sunday.

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Setlist

Hiss Golden Messenger
  • Passing Clouds
  • I Saw the New Day in the World
  • Cat's Eye Blue
  • Sanctuary
  • Say It Like You Mean It
  • I've Got a Name for the Newborn Child
  • Biloxi
  • I Am the Song
  • I Need a Teacher
  • The Wondering
  • Shinbone
  • As the Crow Flies -> Dixie Chicken -> As the Crow Flies
  • Eyes of the World
  • Blue Country Mystic
  • Highland Grace
  • Jump For Joy
  • Rock Holy
  • Feeling Eternal
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