Derek Hoke will probably get a statue in East Nashville someday…well, at least in our eyes he should. The singer-songwriter and community builder has been the curator of the renowned Two Dollar Tuesdays at East Nashville’s The 5 Spot for 7 years and running and embedded himself fully into the every expanding landscape of Americana and Roots music in town and beyond.
This month Hoke celebrated the release of his latest effort “Bring the Flood”, an introspective look at the world around him. An exploration in how an artist can make a shit storm of emotion and turmoil digestable to a broader audience and a success in the fullest extent of the term. Laying out a well balanced sonic palette of steel driven roots and tele twang, but its truly Derek Hoke’s voice that shines brightest across the breadth of its 10 tracks. Smooth but cutting in all the right ways, it leaves you with a lasting mark and begs for a revisit again and again.
We had the pleasure of catching up with Derek to talk about this latest release, the blossoming state of community through his eye’s in East Nashville and that special evening that went from tumbleweeds to top notch entertainment in his able hands.