The Hideout has hired art-pop mastermind and Sooper Records co-owner Sen Morimoto as its new talent buyer. He replaces Sullivan Davis, who began training him last week. “The Hideout’s got such a great legacy, and people really love what it’s about and stands for, and I hope I can maintain that reputation,” Morimoto says. He appeared on the radar of Hideout co-owners Tim and Katie Tuten early this month, and they quickly hired him. Morimoto wants to book more artists of color at the club, as well as more younger musicians—and the gradual rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has boosted the odds that the Hideout will host in-person concerts in 2021. Morimoto may even hit the road himself, despite his new job, though he says that’s likely at least a year away: “Once touring happens, we’ll have to see what comes about.” The Tutens, Morimoto says, “have been super supportive in the process of sorting that out. They told me from the jump that they understand I’m an artist and that comes first.”
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