Getting nice feedback on the first listens from the forthcoming album The Day Deserved. One writes and records in a bit of a vacuum, so it becomes real when folks hear it and engage – thanks. The pre-sale is up at Bandcamp, videos and singles are dropping, and we’re starting to get some nice pre-releaseContinueContinue reading “Magic”
Category Archives: Nashville
The Continental / New Poem
Pleased to have a new poem, “The Continental,” up at the latest online edition of The Big Windows Review. You can check it out right here (enjoy!): https://thebigwindowsreview.com/2020/01/17/doug-hoekstra-the-continental/
Southern Festival of Books – October 11
Happy to be appearing at this year’s Southern Festival of Books on the “Bards of Nashville” panel. A tall order for me and Mr. Olney, but hey, we both write songs and poetry. Conversation, dialogue, readings – Nashville Public Library Conference Room 3, at 1 p.m. Signing on the colonnade at 2. I shallContinueContinue reading “Southern Festival of Books – October 11”
Lyrical Brew May 31
East Side Storytellin
Shot of yours truly reading from the new book, “Unopened” at Chuck Beard’s East Side Storytellin’ 152 last week, May 7. James Rotondi did a fab job playing, as well, and you can see more shots, and listen to the whole thing, reliving the magic at the link below. http://eastsidestorytn.com/east-side-storytellin-152-the-night-when-two-writers-musicians-in-doug-and-roto-brought-everything-together-just-right/