Bushwick Book Club is a monthly performance series presenting new music, dance, visual art and sometimes snacks and puppetry inspired by a chosen book. The podcast extends the book-inspired times into more book-inspired times that you can play in your car or enjoy as an alternative to overhearing your fellow commuter's conversation about wireless plans.
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BBC Podcast Ep 13 - Banned Book Week at The Vonnegut Library & Museum
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In Episode 13, Chris Lafave, curator and greeter at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library in Indianapolis, interviews BBC founder Susan Hwang, BBC co-producer Charlie Nieland and BBC Malmö founder Thomas Teller about their upcoming artist residency at KVML for Banned Books Week, 9/25-10/1 with fellow BBC songwriters spiritchild and Patricia Santos. …
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BBC Podcast Ep 12 - EPIPHANY - The Empire Issue
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Our show for Epiphany Literary Journal's EMPIRE Issue was Bushwick Book Club's first collaboration with a periodical. Each songwriter selected a different work from the issue to respond to –– poetry, short stories, visual art and essays. In addition to the live recordings of the songs from the show, we have an introduction from Epiphany guest edito…
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BBC Podcast Ep 11 - STILL LIFE WITH MEREDITH by Ann Lewinson
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This episode features author Ann Lewinson and songwriters from all over the country with new songs and performances inspired by Lewinson’s thought-provoking, art-provoking debut novella A STILL LIFE WITH MEREDITH. Get ready for songs like the accordion, flute, beatboxing ostinato from Jet Black Pearl in Portland, the new synth pop slow jam by Gary …
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BBC Podcast Episode 10 - Deep Dive Interview - Ray Brown
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Join hosts Susan Hwang and Charlie Nieland as they talk with frequent BBC contributor, singer songwriter and legend, Ray Brown. The conversation covers music and books, songwriting during quarantine, kratom, Bob Dylan, John S. Hall’s love life, Walt Whitman and crack house motels. Ray’s songs written and performed for Bushwick Book Club over the pa…
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BBC Podcast Ep 09 - STRAY by Tanya Marquardt
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The first Quarantine edition of Bushwick Book Club featured 16 musicians, filmmakers, dancers and one chef who came together with author, Tanya Marquardt, to present new songs, dance, film and a fermented food offering in response to Marquardt's STRAY: Memoir of a Runaway. Performances were live-streamed not only from Brooklyn, but BBC Chapters in …
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BBC Podcast Ep 08 - WAKING THE WITCH by Pam Grossman
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Author Pam Grossman talks about her new book, WAKING THE WITCH with Bushwick Book Club songwriters Susan Hwang, Charlie Nieland and Gary Burton right on the heels of the latest BBC show of new songs, rituals and spells inspired by Grossman’s “love letter” to the Witch. They talk magic, politics and art with special attention to the witch archetype …
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BBC Podcast Ep 07 - LITTLE LIAR by Julia Gray - Three Cities
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It's the Whitman Sampler podcast of the very first, three-city-three-country tour of songs for a book ever-- the book being the very tasty YA psycho-thriller, LITTLE LIAR by author/songwriter Julia Gray. You'll hear bites from a few songs at each show - Barbès in Brooklyn, NY / The Windmill Brixton in London / Malmö Live in Malmö, Sweden. You'll al…
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BBC Podcast Ep 06 - Lusterlit talks to Dame Darcy re: Meat Cake single, Mermaids, Atlantis and more
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Susan Hwang and Charlie Nieland of Lusterlit talk with comic book artist and author Dame Darcy about art, life and several realms of reality -- everything from Atlantis to the 80's. Hear the new songs from the latest Lusterlit single inspired by Dame Darcy's MEAT CAKE. And Lusterlit gets a tarot reading from Dame Darcy's new Queen Alice Tarot deck!…
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BBC Podcast Ep 05 - Téa Obreht's "The Tiger's Wife"
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This episode of THE BUSHWICK BOOK CLUB features songs in response to Tèa Obreht's award-winning debut novel THE TIGER'S WIFE. The author herself attended the show at venerable Brooklyn cultural institution and watering hole, Barbès. Hear an excerpt of her reading from the novel, plus all the new songs (fresh out of the songhole!) from Brooklyn song…
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BBC Podcast Ep 04 - Amy Schumer's "The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo"
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Nobody really wants to listen to songwriters talk about comedy, but if you love Amy Schumer and have already re-watched every youtube clip and episode of her award winning show, you can extend your Schumer binge with these songs inspired by her book THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO recorded live from the BBC show at Barbès in Brooklyn. Meanwhile…
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BBC Podcast Ep 03 - Steve Martins's "Born Standing Up" & "Cruel Shoes"
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Listening to people talk about Steve Martin is not as funny as listening to Steve Martin. We're not even going to pretend. We highly recommend listening to Steve Martin right now. Soon, you'll be ready to geek out with songwriters John S. Hall, Storm Garner, Terry Radigan, Charlie Nieland, Susan Hwang, Krystal Hawes, Nessa Grasing and comedian Tabi…
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BBC Podcast Ep 02 - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "Americanah"
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Episode 02 of the Bushwick Book Club Podcast celebrates the BBC event inspired by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel AMERICANAH for One Book One NY at City Winery NYC on May 12, 2017. Join BBC founder, Susan Hwang in her kitchen with songwriters, John S. Hall, Charlie Nieland, Jessie Kilguss, Krystal Hawes and Jennifer Devore for AMERICANAH-inspired …
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BBC Podcast Ep 01 - Kurt Vonnegut's "Man Without A Country"
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This is Episode 01 of the Bushwick Book Club Podcast. This installment includes excerpts of live performances by songwriters and artists recorded at the BBC event for Vonnegut's "Man Without A Country" on January 17, 2017 at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn. These excerpts are nestled within the making and consumption of 13 Man-Without-A-Country-them…
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Ray talks about songwriting and his experience getting ready for the show April 8th inspired by Negin Farsad's HOW TO MAKE WHITE PEOPLE LAUGH. I can't believe I didn't get a better photo than this all day.By Bushwick Book Club podcast by Lusterlit
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