Today, The Sounding Joy: Hiss Golden Messenger Meets Revelators on South Robinson Street arrives on Bandcamp and more digital streaming services. The Sounding Joy serves as a dub remix companion to Hiss Golden Messenger’s recently released new holiday album, O Come All Ye Faithful, out now on Merge Records. 

Revelators is a new project from Hiss Golden Messenger’s M.C. Taylor and Spacebomb’s Cameron Ralston. Taylor refers to Revelators as “spiritual jazz and dub-influenced.” The Sounding Joy features six remixes of tracks from O Come All Ye Faithful, inspired by legendary dub pioneers Osbourne “King Tubby” Ruddock and Lee “Scratch” Perry. The Sounding Joy is included with the limited Peak Vinyl edition of O Come All Ye Faithful and is currently streaming at all DSPs. 

An avid reggae fan, M.C. Taylor authored an insightful Relix “My Page” essay titled “Reggae Music Saved My Life,” which appeared in the September issue of the magazine.

Released on October 22, O Come All Ye Faithful is a contemplative holiday album that serves as a meditation on grace, loss, hope and community. The album features three new songs written by Taylor, traditional classics, and new renditions of “Shine a Light” by Spiritualized, “As Long As I Can See the Light” by Creedence Clearwater Revival and “Hanukkah Dance” by Woody Guthrie, all arranged in the distinctive Hiss Golden Messenger style.

M.C. Taylor and the Hiss Golden Messenger band hit the road for their annual December tour up to the northeast, and will return to the rest of America in a big way next February. A full list of dates can be found below.

Hiss Golden Messenger on tour:
Nov 11 Highlands, NC – Highlands Food & Wine Festival
Nov 26 Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center*
Nov 27 Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center*
Nov 30 Hummelstown, PA – The Englewood^
Dec 01 Albany, NY – The Egg^
Dec 02 New York, NY – Webster Hall^
Dec 03 Boston, MA – The Sinclair^
Dec 04 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom^
Dec 06 Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall^
Dec 07 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live^
Dec 08 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club^
Dec 09 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel^
Dec 10 Columbia, SC – The Senate^
Dec 11 Charleston, SC – The Charleston Pour House^
Feb 03 Greenville, SC – Radio Room Greenville%
Feb 04 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West%
Feb 05 Birmingham, AL – Saturn%
Feb 06 New Orleans, LA – Tipitina's%
Feb 09 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall%
Feb 10 Fort Worth, TX – Tulips%
Feb 11 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger%
Feb 12 Austin, TX – Scoot Inn%
Feb 14 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom%
Feb 16 Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern%
Feb 18 West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour%
Feb 19 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore%
Feb 23 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios%
Feb 24 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios%
Feb 25 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre%
Feb 26 Vancouver, BC – Imperial%
Mar 01 Boise, ID – Neurolux%
Mar 02 Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room%
Mar 03 Fort Collins, CO – Washington's%
Mar 04 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater%
Mar 05 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater%
Mar 07 Kansas City, MO – recordBar%
Mar 08 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway%
Mar 09 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon%
Mar 10 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line%
Mar 11 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall%
Mar 12 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville%
* w/ Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
^ w/ Rosali
% w/ Alexa Rose