Friday and Saturday at 3rd and Lindsley, singer-songwriter-guitarist Will Hoge and his band will celebrate the August release of his powerful new album Sweet Misery. In the past, Hoge has kicked off tours for new albums with a record release show in Nashville, but this time he flipped the script. “I really wanted to just let the record kind of breathe and live a little bit,” Hoge tells the Scene prior to a tour date in Indianapolis. “So we’re going to end the whole thing in Nashville, and these will be the release shows for Nashville.” Sweet Misery, which is Hoge’s 15th studio album, has been well-received both in concert and by Americana radio. The first single — the title cut “Sweet Misery” — reached No. 13 on the Americana singles chart, and the second single, “Another Planet,” just debuted on the chart. “Over the two nights, we’ll cover a lot of the new record, but we’ll also do stuff from older records,” he says. “We’re planning on recording the shows, so they will ultimately become a live record as well.” Hoge’s current band features Mark Masefield on keys, Christopher Griffiths on bass, Jon Tyler Wiley on lead guitar and Santo Rizzolo on drums.
Dec. 5-6 at 3rd and Lindsley
818 Third Ave. S.
