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I'm very excited to be playing some songs at @northstardurham tomorrow for @wxpnfm’s #FreeAtNoon concert series. Tune in on your radio, XPN app, or watch the live stream courtesy of @nprmusic Live Sessions!
It’s been a great week for mail. Congratulations to @courtneymarieandrews and @willjohnsontx ! What huge achievements! I can’t wait to dive into these! ❤️❤️
I saw many people memorializing Jason Molina yesterday. It was the eighth anniversary of his death. Jesus, time does wild and wicked things. Eight years during which I have tried to enact some of the vulnerability and sheer fragility among the maelst
I asked my pal @chris_frisina to reconstitute the rabbit that I found on a sheet of blotter acid that appears in a book I have entitled “Historic LSD Blotters” and he pretty much nailed it. That’s why we call it the acid rabbit. Now
Brainstorming some Grammy looks for later today. @recordingacademy
And look at this incredible version from the great @magnoliarecordclub! I’ve never seen any Hiss vinyl like this! Link in profile for this one too!
Very excited about this version of Quietly Blowing. Only 300 of these, pressed on metallic red vinyl, will be available via the great folks at @vinylmeplease! If this floats your boat, link is in the profile!
[SAVE THE DATE] We've been following the ways that various states are reopening very closely, and with guarded optimism we've been booking shows for the fall and winter of 2021-2022. Because of where we're at with the pandemic, and the amount of time
My dear friend @adam_voith has just relaunched his literary magazine @little__engines and included two of my non-musical poems, the first I’ve ever published. The poem “Dogwood Smoke” is here and the second, “Some Pilgrims,&rd
“Sanctuary” has been at number one on the @americanafest radio charts for a solid month. Whoa. Thank you all for listening, and thank you to all the DJs for playing it.
I mean, come on. This stuff is rad. My deepest thanks for the incredible design work by @chris_frisina, @struggle_inc, @dnorsen_design, and @5pt5panoramic. For those asking—the acid rabbit design was created by Chris Frisina based on the artwor
Friends in the UK: The @dinked_edition of Quietly Blowing It is pressed on powder blue vinyl, comes with a poster AND a disc of a live Hiss show recorded at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds (one of the greatest clubs on Earth) at the end of 2019, a
It’s March 2021. One year ago, I was sitting down in the very same space from which I am now composing this note to begin writing the songs that would become the Hiss Golden Messenger record that is being announced today. The record is called Q
The most fun way to hear about the big old news we’re announcing Monday is through my newsletter “The Kitchen Table Speculator.” Sign yourself up by entering the Hiss site and scrolling to the bottom. Easy peasy, folks. I promise I
Here’s another one. This is what joy sounds like to me.
Here’s a musical tip for you.
“Sanctuary” is still doing its thing. Still #1 on the @americanafest radio charts and also the most-played tune on @sxmspectrum this week as well. It started on this little scrap of paper. The other side is the grocery list. Thank you all
One of the absolute greats, Bunny Wailer, has gone with the spirits. It’s a day we knew would come and we celebrate the generous gifts he left us. For me, this man exists at the spiritual heart of Jamaican music and his is some of my favorite s
 

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