11. Bushwick Book Club Stage

12:00PM Phoebe Kreutz:

Phoebe Kreutz sings serious songs about silly things and silly songs about serious things.

Instagram: @therealphoebekreutz

12:15PM Matt Colbourne:

12:30PM Casey Holford:

Casey has been a solo songwriter and also in a bunch of NYC bands over the years. Today he is a composer and a mix engineer, and sometimes produces records. He loves books and songs about books.

Instagram: @casey.holford

12:45PM Charlie Nieland:

Musician/producer Charlie Nieland makes cinematic music in a variety of settings, incl. the duo Lusterlit, Bushwick Book Club and as a solo performer.

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Instagram: @charlienieland

1:00PM Chris Rael:

Chris leads the band Church of Betty and also writes song cycles about literature, so Bushwick Book Club is right up his alley.

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1:15PM Juliet Garrett:

Juliet Garrett is a singer and songwriter currently at work on her first album. You can find her at Rockwood Music Hall on the first Tuesday of every month.

1:30PM Henry Tenney:

Henry is a semi-regular face at the BBC, and can also be seen with his bands The Highland Shatners, Jackson Pinks, The Cheese Beads and a couple others. He relies on his BBC and Shatners peeps (and his daughter sometimes) to help with the music parts of the songs..

Instagram: @hankytee

1:45PM Winter Drinks:

The Winter Drinks are a small as Richard Alwyn's lonely old self or a cast of as many as he can get to be a Drink.

Instagram: @thewinterdrinks

2:00PM Don Rauf:

Don Rauf leads NYC band Life in a Blender, the canvas for his blackly comic landscapes. The group has released six albums ranging from screaming punk to orchestrated chamber pop

2:15PM Lianne Smith:

Singer songwriter: I write songs about standing in the middle of the road and wondering which way to go, about how others cheat us and how we cheat ourselves, about free-wheeling, bicycle riding, look-ma-no-hands exhilaration, and how it feels to say goodbye to summer.

2:30PM Serena Jost, Mallory Feuer, and Herb Scher:

Serena Jost's music evokes vivid emotional landscapes. Serena’s most recent collection of songs, Up To The Sky, is a live voice and cello album recorded at Saint Peter’s Church in NYC. She was an original member of Rasputina and has performed across the US, Canada and in Europe. Serena will be recording her new album, We Are Thankful, over the summer.

Herb Scher is a singer-songwriter and magician. He was a regular performer at Sidewalk Cafe from 2004 until it closed in 2019 and he loved being part of the community of songwriters and other artists there. His song Tower Records is Gone was first performed at Sidewalk and eventually found its way into the score of the documentary film All Things Must pass about the demise of Tower. Today you are more likely to find him performing as a magician, in libraries, at private parties, corporate events and much more.

Instagram: @serenajost

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2:45PM Sung Uni Lee:

I try to shed a light on aspects our inner landscape through games, movement, humor and whatever I grab along the way. Take a heavy thing, transform, transmute, go through it until it burdens us less.

Instagram: @13MoonsFood

3:00PM The Vonnegut Hour:

Songs inspired by author Kurt Vonnegut in honor of his 100th birthday! These are songs written and performed by various BBC artists including singer songwriter Carrie Beehan and BBC founder Susan Hwang who has a kazillion Vonnegut songs. The hour is hosted by BBC Baltimore/DC founder, Sea Griffin and Susan Hwang.

SUSAN HWANG is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has toured internationally performing music and theater. She is the founder and director of The Bushwick Book Club–an international musical/literary crossover event and podcast. Lusterlit is her musical duo with songwriter/producer Charlie Nieland, and they refuse to play anything but songs about books. Susan plays accordions because they are pretty and lighter than pianos (barely). She plays drums because it's healthy for a girl to hit things.

4:00PM Boy Meets Pearl:

Boy Meets Pearl is a pirate pop/shipwreck cabaret/carousel punk duo sometimes trio.

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Instagram: @seamonstercircus

4:15PM Risa Mickenberg:

Somebody needs attention.

Instagram: @thedjoodie

4:30PM Carrie Beehan:

Carrie Beehan’s creative style combines music, paint, performance, and video, and was developed through her extensive training in the arts in AU, UK and Germany. Carrie Beehan's latest 2022 EP, "The Cold Spring Files," was produced by veteran glam/punk rocker Venus De Mars.