Make Me Believe

Make Me Believe

Editorial Reviews
(Goldmine, 1999)
"A haunting, compelling, imaginative outing...Hoekstra could easily become one of the most talked about artists in modern music."

(CD Now Top 10 Folk/Blues CDs of 1999)
"Hoekstra spins tales on MAKE ME BELIEVE with such idiosyncratic skill, listeners may find their disbelief quite willingly suspended."

Album Description
"MAKE ME BELIEVE is Doug Hoekstra's third CD, released in the U.S. in February of 1999, and Europe a year later. An impressive combination of songcraft and production savvy, this effort showcases his tightly-written musical narratives, intriguing blends of folk, pop and soul. The record draws its title from the disc's lead-off cut, "Sam Cooke Sang the Gospel, " which lays the story of the famous soul singer over an infectious acoustic hip-hop groove, weaving narratives of Cooke's life choices through a celebration of the human experience and spirituality of all types of music, whether labeled "secular" or not...MAKE ME BELIEVE cuts a cross-section of rock and roll culture, handily balancing the past with the future. Musically, the record takes no shortage of chances; lyrically, the search of personal redemption within or around the souls of the disenfranchised is a theme common to nearly all of the record's 14 tracks.