Juju, besides being my personal point of view on the current mediterranean exodus tragedy, of people and culture lost at sea, is even more of a solid tribute to the music ive always loved joy division, can, neu. Eccentric and hilarious bushwick bookclub has now chapters in seattle and in malmo, sweden. The group has also released a recording of 58 of their assorted book songs available for streaming and purchase on bandcamp. The bushwick book club has a long standing tradition of writing to a vonnegut book in january. Featured seattle7writers daniel james brown, jennie shortridge, and jim lynch, will all participate in the event. Live from the bushwick book club by charming disaster, released 03 september 2017 1. Juju is the latest incarnation of sicilybased gioele valenti lay llamas, herself. Bushwick book club continues to grow with 10 chapters. Bushwick book club celebrates 2015 songs, puppets, dance, art and food about books. A record label releasing cassettes, vinyl and fine art in small editions. Hermit of bushwick limited edition cassette 2nd edition. So we book shows, and invite an audience to read with us.
Instead, members of the bushwick book club perform interpretations of narratives, employing the talents of local songwriters, artists and chefs who plumb the depths of a chosen literary gem to create that rare and beautiful thing. This edition of the bushwick book club brings songwriters and musicians to the stage to perform original music inspired by the waterthemed work of three local authors. The day of the triffids inspired by the book by john wyndham 4. Theyre making a threecity international tour of it nyclondonmalmo with new songs inspired by london writer, julia grays new novel, little liar. This excellent monthly event asks songwriters to read a book. The bushwick book club doesnt read books, it sings them. I just want to love 2001 this is a 10 ep release on team science records. And when we write songs, we like to perform them for an audience. The bushwick book club seattle delivers literature, music, and songwriting to the seattle community while building the next generation of musicians and readers. Includes unlimited streaming of shut up shut up via the free bandcamp app. The bushwick book club isnt your typical book club. We started in january 2009 playing songs written in response to kurt vonneguts breakfast of champions.
Always heartfelt and wellconstructed seattle weekly, listeners have come to expect weddells songs to speak for themselves no depression. Sebastian of the short stage ep by franz nicolay, released october 2009 1. Aaron zig often plays solo, but when joined by a band, it is a rotating cast of seattles finest. I was so honored that the bushwick book club made music in response to my writing.
Aaron zig has performed regularly with the bushwick book club and has played numerous benefit concerts as give it to me rusty. Bushwick book club presents welcome to the monkey house by kurt vonnegut. Ceremony inspired by blood meridian by cormac mccarthy 2. All the arts are about communication if one is to make grand summarizing statements and to have two of the arts communicating with each other, prose and music, like birds in a tree in bushwick, is a brilliant concept that the bushwick book club has invented and continues to practice with great joy and. As a subpar member of a standard kind of book club that meets monthly and always has a movie option for those of us that cannot keep up with the reading, its hard for me not to be impressed. Rainbow after performing and recording with the snow throughout nyc for six years, hilary joined the bushwick book club which invites musicians to write and perform original songs. Beloved bushwick institution the bbc moves to a swisher spot, the living room, for tonights show, but we expect it to be just as fun. Inspired by the gothic humor of edward gorey and tim burton, the noir storytelling of raymond chandler, the murder ballads of the americana tradition, and the dramatic flair of the cabaret, they write songs that tell stories about love, death, crime, ancient mythology, and the paranormal. Eccentric and hilarious bushwick bookclub has now chapters. Bushwick book club listen and stream free music, albums.
Bushwick book club presents kurt vonneguts bluebeard. Live from the bushwick book club charming disaster. Bandcamp daily your guide to the world of bandcamp. Put them all together and thats our idea of a good time, tbh. For the past twenty years, wes weddell has worked multiple shifts in the engine room of seattles roots music scene as frontman, sideman, writer, teacher, and communitybuilder. Charming disaster is a musical duo based in brooklyn, ny, formed in 2012 by ellia bisker and jeff morris. Engaging the boundless creativity within his musical community, including the duo lusterlit and the bushwick book club, he reaches for an ever widening range of songcraft and textured sound. Both vocalists and multiinstrumentalists, charlie and susan alternate lead vocals and harmonies while supporting each other on guitar, bass, synth, traditional. Also please note the subtle animation once the users scrolls to the icon list.
List of equipment inspired by mastering the art of french cooking by julia child 3. Bushwick, brooklyn guide to restaurants, bars and more. Secrets of birds by hilary downes, released 28 january 2017 1. What do you do with a corpse edgar allan poe three original charming disaster songs inspired by books, recorded live at the bushwick book club. Bushwick book clubs profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Book club icons download 505 free book club icons here. Get all 7 wes weddell releases available on bandcamp and save 25% includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality downloads of somewhere in the middle, nobodys flag, the bushwick book club demos, vol.
List of equipment by lusterlit, released 01 march 2017 1. The bushwick book club is not your run of the mill book club. When we read books, we also want to write songs about them. Bushwick book club listen and stream free music, albums, new releases, photos, videos bushwick book club. The bushwick book club seattle is not your runofthemill book club. My journey through literature in music by brian lynch big band, released 29 august 2019 1.
Music bushwick artists write and perform original songs inspired by books because that is what they do. We are a group of musicians dedicated to sharing our combined passion for both music an. Lusterlit, the literary artrock duo, was born out of bushwick book club, the literary music performance series, and now charlie and susan are bringing bushwick book club to places it has never beenlike london. Musicianproducer charlie nieland creates a variety of cinematic music. Bushwick book club presents the phantom tollbooth by the bushwick book club, released 28 august 20 1. Bushwick book club presents the phantom tollbooth the. Flight inspired by the fortress of solitude by jonathan lethem 5. New creations inspired by kurt vonnegut, emily dicksinon, john waters, herman meville, sarah vowell, betty smith, and authors from the book riot live convention. Im a monster was originally written and performed as part of bushwick book club. Much like his rhymes, aesop rocks score for the action thriller bushwick is packed with captivating detail.
The bushwick book club seattle, seattle, washington. Almost all of those icons can be selected as your iconlist icon. Bushwick book club on the water 121 town hall seattle. By wes weddell, associate director of the bushwick book club. Sweet soubrette features the songwriting, vocals and ukulele of ellia bisker, whose dark, edgy existential indie rock has won fans hearts and critical praise since the release of debut album siren song. With their songs created for bushwick book club, bbc founder, susan hwang and bbc contributor and producer, charlie nieland, have joined forces to perform as the new, literatureinspired duolusterlit. The bushwick book club seattle has taken on over 200 authors over 10 years. In a magically lit room at the city winery in manhattan last wednesday, the bushwick bookclub kicked off their monthly event complete with comedy, live music, and even dog barks. She is joined by a talented backing band, often featuring as many as 8 musicians onstage. Songs from bushwick sal partnerevents june 24, 2019.