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The Boot Premieres New Song from Derek Hoke

Derek Hoke
Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins

East Nashville-based singer-songwriter Derek Hoke has a new record coming in October, and he’s ready to share one of its songs with readers.

The title track of Hoke’s forthcoming album, “Bring the Flood” is, as Hoke describes it, a “girl done me wrong” song … but “more biting” and “more aggressive” than those that have appeared on his past projects. Unwilling to be “the victim of love” any more, Hoke reversed the idea and made “Bring the Flood” into “a revenge-type tune, emotionally speaking.”

“Written late one night on my old Fender Telecaster, the lyrics came in short little bursts. Almost like text messages. That’s definitely what the first line reminds me of,” Hoke tells The Boot. “So I kept writing it that way … All the while, I’m really the Big Bad Wolf. That was the other part of it … Because that’s how she presented herself to me. Now I’ll do the same.”

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Karen and the Sorrows’ Karen Pittelman Shares ’10 Queer Country Artists Country Music Fans Should Know’ with The Boot

Karen and the Sorrows
Photo by Carole Litwin

“Country music isn’t always welcoming to LGBT people,” says Karen & the Sorrows‘ Karen Pittelman. “But we still love it, even if it doesn’t always love us back.”

Mainstream country music fans are likely familiar with Chely Wright, Ty Herndon, Brandy Clark and songwriter Shane McAnally; fans of Americana and alt-country may know Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, and perhaps Karen & the Sorrows, too. But there are a number of other LGBTQ artists and acts who still fly a bit more under the radar within country music and its sub-genres.

In an effort to grow these artists’ reach, Pittelman and bandmates Elana Redfield and Tami Johnson founded the Gay Ole Opry, a recurring event featuring queer country music acts, in 2011. They also put together Queer Country Quarterly shows, which take place, as the name suggests, each quarter, in Brooklyn, N.Y.; similarly, there’s Queer Country West Coast, spearheaded by Eli Conley, out in the San Francisco Bay Area. And this summer, Pittelman and company organized the Another Country Festival as well, and hope to run it again next year.

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Baby Robot Media is a music publicity and media service agency with employees in Los Angeles, Memphis, Atlanta & New York and represent musicians from all over the world. We specialize in promotional ( PR ) campaigns for albums, singles and videos, tour press, radio, music video production, music marketing, social media campaigns, Spotify campaigns and creating promotional content. Our mission is to help great unknown bands reach a wider audience and to help already successful artists manage their brand identity and continue to thrive. Our music publicists have over 50 years of combined experience in the music industry. We are known as one of the best in the business.

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The Boot premieres “I’d Love Another Saturday Night” by Jason Wilber

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Nashville-based songwriter Jason Wilber has some big news: He’s preparing to release a new album. The artist has shared the project’s details, as well as one of its songs, “I’d Love Another Saturday Night,” exclusively with The Boot.

Wilber, who has been a fixture in Americana legend John Prine’s band since he was 26 years old, wrote the lighthearted, upbeat “I’d Love Another Saturday Night” about something to which we can all relate: that feeling of wanting the weekend to be a little bit longer.

“Whether I’m on the road playing shows or just hanging around at home, I love Saturdays. Sometimes the weekend feels like the prize you get for making it through the week without going crazy or keeling over,” Wilber tells The Boot. “So “I’d Love Another Saturday Night” is the thought I have at some point almost every Sunday. In fact, Saturdays are so much fun, I say, why not add in another one? I think the world would be a better place if we had two Saturdays and a Sunday each weekend.” READ MORE…

 

Baby Robot Media is a music publicity and media service agency with employees in Los Angeles, Memphis, Atlanta & New York and represent musicians from all over the world. We specialize in promotional ( PR ) campaigns for albums, singles and videos, tour press, radio, music video production, music marketing, social media campaigns, Spotify campaigns and creating promotional content. Our mission is to help great unknown bands reach a wider audience and to help already successful artists manage their brand identity and continue to thrive. Our music publicists have over 50 years of combined experience in the music industry. We are known as one of the best in the business.

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Exclusive premiere: The Boot debuts “The Big Old American Dream” by Nathan Bell

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“The Big Old American Dream” offers up a diverse look at the folks in small-town USA, ranging from a heavy-set veterinarian in love with a patent attorney-turned-rodeo clown to the proud owner of his very own mobile home. According to Bell, the song is about “real Americans, with no black-and-white oversimplification and no ‘us vs. them,’ left / right posturing — just beautiful, inclusive, somehow-vibrant shades of gray.” READ MORE…

 

Baby Robot Media is a music publicity and media service agency with employees in Los Angeles, Memphis, Atlanta & New York and represent musicians from all over the world. We specialize in promotional ( PR ) campaigns for albums, singles and videos, tour press, radio, music video production, music marketing, social media campaigns, Spotify campaigns and creating promotional content. Our mission is to help great unknown bands reach a wider audience and to help already successful artists manage their brand identity and continue to thrive. Our music publicists have over 50 years of combined experience in the music industry. We are known as one of the best in the business.