Hallelujah Anyhow

Personnel: M.C. Taylor (vocals, acoustic guitar); Phil Cook (vocals, slide guitar, harmonica, piano, electric piano); Josh Kaufman (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin); Michael Lewis (saxophone); Evan Ringel (trombone); Brad Cook (bass guitar); Darren Jessee (drums, percussion).Audio Mixers: Chris Boerner; Brad Cook.Photographer: Matt McCaughan.On his seventh album under the Hiss Golden Messenger moniker, vocalist, songwriter, and idea man M.C. Taylor's musical approach has continued to evolve. Taylor's sound has matured from the minimalist dark night of the soul of 2010's Bad Debt to the richly textured emotions of 2017's Hallelujah Anyhow, which in both attitude and technique suggests a great lost singer/songwriter album from the glory days of Laurel Canyon. Here, Taylor's melodies sound both sunny and weathered, the work of a man who has seen good and bad in the world and has opted to remain optimistic without letting go of his realism. His vocals generate the same mood with