The Surf Hotel is honored to welcome Hiss Golden Messenger to the Ivy Ballroom on Monday, September 16th. Originating in Durham, North Carolina in 2007, this Grammy-nominated American folk band led by singer/songwriter MC Taylor is best known for seamlessly weaving soulful stories with rootsy melodies and heartfelt lyrics, perfectly capturing the essence of Americana music. Special guest, Denver-based, singer/songwriter Patrick Dethlefs will open the evening. Don't miss out on this magical evening of live music at the Surf Hotel.
*All ages welcome. Everyone must have a ticket to enter.
*All ticket holders must present a valid ID at the box office for concert entry.
Hiss Golden Messenger
It’s spring of 2023 in the North Carolina Piedmont, and songwriter and singer M.C. Taylor—leader of the band Hiss Golden Messenger—is feeling alive. Joyful. Eternal, he might say. For the Grammy-nominated musician, whose albums have traced an internal path through adulthood, fatherhood, spirituality, and depression for well over a decade, this is something new. “The tunes on Jump for Joy were composed in free moments throughout 2022, a year during which Hiss was on the road more or less constantly,” explains Taylor. “And perhaps because the post-pandemic energy out in the world felt so chaotic and uncertain, I found myself thinking a lot about the role that music has played in my life and how exactly I ended up in the rarefied position of leading a band and crew all over the globe through dingy graffiti-scrawled green rooms, venerated music halls, dust-blown roadside motels. Sometimes playing in front of 5,000; sometimes 200. Sleeping sitting up. Laughing until my stomach hurts. Not being able to fall asleep at 3 a.m. in some anonymous bed because my mind is spinning with anxiety or depression or adrenaline, or because my ears are still ringing. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, then robbing Paul to pay Peter back. Over and over again. It’s an outlaw life but one, I’m coming to realize, that makes me happy.” Learn more about Hiss Golden Messenger HERE.
Patrick Dethlefs
“Dethlefs finds poetry in the memories and that slight pain in the laugh lines.” - Daytrotter
Patrick Dethlefs’ songwriting crests like a humble Townes Van Zandt, innocent of his own haunting melodies and lyricism. Dethlefs’ music offers folk Americana with effortless sincerity at a time when many acts strive purposefully to revive the stripped-down feel of a musical history long past. Learn more about Patrick HERE.
