Higher Plain Music

Derek builds his track up piece by piece for Higher Plain Music

Derek Bishop’s début album was all kinds of funky with disco infused piano vibes and plenty of production really pushing catchy songs into a top draw realm. Returning with more of the same but amped up, “Bicycling In Quicksand” rips out all the ballads and replaces them with glittering disco balls. The 70’s worship kicks […]

Derek Bishop whom released the fantastic “Resistance is Beautiful” back in 2011 kicks this years first Higher Plain MusiCast off in great style. In what is the most comprehensive and in-depth podcast I’ve had to date we spend an hour exploring what makes Derek tick, touring, looking back on an album coming up for its second birthday […]

We do love a bit of Bishop worship here at HPM and here’s Derek with his latest video for “Jackpot”. Cute piano on the ceiling FTW!

Festival time with Derek Bishop has he unveils new song “Baggage” at Folsom East Street Fair. It reminds me of a popped up battle theme from an RPG – I love it!

Note to self – don’t get on Derek’s bad side! Reminds me of War of the Roses – “Where’s Benny?”

Always fun and complete with a cap, Derek Bishop’s latest video is for “Why Hold On”, a bluesy honky tonk tumble through the leaves from his album Resistance is Beautiful.

Derek Bishop’s music can best be described as an entire wardrobe of Sunday morning regrets dressed up in Saturday nights best. An entire hodge podge of instruments that somehow fit seamlessly together, this is a singer/songwriter that isn’t afraid of merging all kinds of genres and feelings. Opener “Counterfeit” is showy and poppy with plenty […]

Derek Bishop is a new singer/songwriter that has blooped onto my radar of late. Reminding of the absolutely fantastic Keyth Lawrence and the Purple Circle, Derek weaves a lot of keyboard and piano work through insanely catchy pop/rock tracks with big choruses that while they are immediate, have a lot of depth underneath. What I […]