Hiss Golden Messenger - I'm People Tour w/ Sam Amidon

The Read

Hiss Golden Messenger’s catalog runs on a particular tension: the grooves are loose and warm, often close to soul or gospel, while the lyrics keep circling doubt, fatherhood, and the difficulty of staying decent. Taylor’s band plays it with a slack, elastic feel that makes long songs go by fast. It is Southern music that never once condescends to its own tradition. Sam Amidon is not a standard opener. He works with traditional material: old ballads, shape-note tunes, murder songs. He dismantles them into something spare and slightly haunted. Together the bill covers a lot of ground without ever raising its voice. The Basement East on a Saturday, warm enough to suit both halves of the bill.

The Venue

The Basement East

917 Woodland St

Mike Grimes of Grimey's opened it in April 2015 as the graduation from The Basement on 8th, with more floor space and a bigger calendar.

The artist