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Bill Bartholomew BARTHOLOMEW came of age in New York’s underground, where his songs and experimental performances earned him a following.

A journalist, he hosts “Bartholomewtown”, a podcast and syndicated radio show. Bill Bartholomew is a singer/songwriter and podcast/radio host based in Providence, RI. His latest release, "beij" appeared on several Best of 2022 lists. Prior to relocating to Providence, RI he was a mainstay of the Brooklyn indie music community. He has been featured on VICE, Showtime, NPR, MTV, The Deli Magazine Bes

t of NYC and many other platforms. He is the host of The Bartholomewtown Podcast, interviewing guests and offering opinion on politics, news, social justice, music and beyond. The show also airs as a radio program in New England. He is a contributor to PBS via affiliate WSBE.

there is an answer and it is called love.
17/03/2025

there is an answer and it is called love.

Abracadabra, please and thank you Great Spirt, you mystery beast that, in spite of every last st pats parade brawler/lun...
17/03/2025

Abracadabra, please and thank you Great Spirt, you mystery beast that, in spite of every last st pats parade brawler/lunchroom bully/genocider/heart bulldozer/substandard fast food propagandist/hate radio pedagog/mountain lion hunter/deepspace dummy/deepfake gummy/deeplove tummy/sleepwalk mumbo jumby/joe rogan haircut style plastic snow/hockey hootin’ beer guzzlin’ meat on a stick eatin’ finger lickin’ good somethin’ or other/racist pig/fascist dump truck/mean/microwave planet making/retrograde shake and bake salad/fearful parrot, there is a little window called consciousness (actually the biggest - check that - only window) where love and dreams and the moon and the friends unite and flourish!

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SAT MARCH 8 at ELMWOOD LOFT: its elmwood songwriters club. 2 songs each, order drawn at random. Free and open to the c...
06/03/2025

SAT MARCH 8 at ELMWOOD LOFT: its elmwood songwriters club. 2 songs each, order drawn at random. Free and open to the community. DM for address🦢
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most of the gym teachers hated me because i was not a superior performer in tee ball. not awful, just not as good as th...
28/02/2025

most of the gym teachers hated me because i was not a superior performer in tee ball. not awful, just not as good as they needed me to be to get something going that resembled major league baseball during second period at the local middle school. this worked out ok as now i swing and miss on trying alternate tunings. my buddy taught me a cool one last fall just in time to write a few love songs. anyway, my voicemail box has been full for months, including a message from gene valicenti about coming on his radio show to talk about the columbus statue that we finally got out of providence (it surfaced in maga-land / landfill town johnston tho). playing at .rhodeisland sat nite with the band. the boyz. boyz 2 men in black. plus is playing. love ‘em all give me more tunings to mess with
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planetary alignment this friday. you ready to go for a ride? a little zip line through the inner cosmos. use your cor...
27/02/2025

planetary alignment this friday. you ready to go for a ride? a little zip line through the inner cosmos. use your core strength to reverse the position of the planets and allow them to swoop inward. they’ll fit! you are as internally infinite as you are are externally. obsolescence is a weird mode because if everything is happening all the time, simultaneously, in parallel formations of dimensions and consciousness, relevance is permanent. whoa dude! show this saturday at .rhodeisland with the full band. too ❤️🦢

Two separate and unrelated people told me this past week that I have a Latin soul trapped in a Rhode Island boy’s body, ...
21/02/2025

Two separate and unrelated people told me this past week that I have a Latin soul trapped in a Rhode Island boy’s body, and I think they’re spot on. These days, I feel like a lion caged in at a zoo, but at least it’s one of the nicer zoos. I enjoy feeding time on a feast of garden and grain, though my fangs aren’t what they once were. No worries; all beasts and monstros regrown their fangs and in the case of true Leo’s, their mane.
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What is bliss anyway? For a long time, I thought it was being out in the trees at Carter Preserve, or by the water at T...
19/02/2025

What is bliss anyway? For a long time, I thought it was being out in the trees at Carter Preserve, or by the water at The Rocks or on stage at The Cafe or beneath the birds in Piri. Today I am realizing that is not the case: it is, in fact, more likely to become the trees, the water, the stage, the birds. Or, more accurately, to accept that I’ve ALWAYS been, ALWAYS will be and CERTAINLY am the trees, water, stage, birds, ants, multilingual-multi planet-multivitamin-multidisciplinary mixed media hodgepodge of emotion and silence, longing and content, spacial effects units and unplugged acoustic guitar, plant medicines and corporate greed, fantastic love and a sheep’s cry, mystery abound and NY Times know-it-all, astrological liftoff and tectonic grounding. These days I live in a house with a painting on the wall. The wall is the only element of the house - literally just a wall with a painting on it. No other components. Every now and then, the painting falls on me and I become one with it. The artist continues to work on the painting. Red, blue, yellow, charcoal,
greens, swirling over my eyelids. The artist revamps the painting, removes us from the wall; slashes with scissors; sets ablaze; stomps out and reattaches to the wall just as the painting and I separate again and I return to oneness with the trees and the water and the stage and my friends the birds.

movement in body/ies, place, space-time, breath, single cell organisms, laughter and train stations: it keeps the mind s...
16/02/2025

movement in body/ies, place, space-time, breath, single cell organisms, laughter and train stations: it keeps the mind sharp and the container engaged, perhaps opening a portal into the heart that is particularly useful for contacting the great spirit and making some art. yet, when i tend to the plants or play a perfect punk space in philly, the reality is that there may be no such thing as reality. take for example your typical local pancake punk at the brunch den: does the punk eat the pancake or does the pancake eat the punk? and what if its a regular kid just looking for a bite to eat/to be eaten? can we learn from AM radio waves how to occupy the clouds so occupying wall street is mere child’s play? how much confetti will you expect at your own victory parade, and will it bother the turtles and mice after the party wraps? i dunno, myself. Last out of town show for a bit is this evening (sunday 2.16) in new bedford, mass. with those guys and - 6pm. lets dance like lightning ⚡️

Great to be back in Philadelphia. Bi
15/02/2025

Great to be back in Philadelphia. Bi

Tonight: Brown Arts Institute songwriting workshop semester 1 showcase. Free and open to the public! Performing my own ...
12/02/2025

Tonight: Brown Arts Institute songwriting workshop semester 1 showcase. Free and open to the public! Performing my own original work and drumming for a special new project as well 🌙

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Just announced: double double feature flashpoint at .rhodeisland sat march 1st with
11/02/2025

Just announced: double double feature flashpoint at .rhodeisland sat march 1st with

Tonight in Providence (will be wrapped pre-storm): its Elmwood Songwriters Club. 7 artists, 2 songs each with the order...
08/02/2025

Tonight in Providence (will be wrapped pre-storm): its Elmwood Songwriters Club. 7 artists, 2 songs each with the order drawn at random. 8pm. Free and open to the public. Message for address if unfamiliar ✨🌈







📸 , new friend who took a change and came out to our show at .undernyc this week. ✨
07/02/2025

📸 , new friend who took a change and came out to our show at .undernyc this week. ✨

When I accepted the invite to join this year’s Brown Arts Institute weekly songwriting workshop I could not have anticip...
06/02/2025

When I accepted the invite to join this year’s Brown Arts Institute weekly songwriting workshop I could not have anticipated just how much this cohort and the sessions would touch me on an emotional and creative level. As we began semester 2 last night, myself being awash in disorientation and concern, we spent nearly an hour in a group improv prompted by an exercise in sensory exploration. I was truly touched and deeply inspired, and grateful. There are many beautiful things in this world, be it the birds or their songs, and the shared connection to and through them is what empowers me.

NYC tonite (tues 2.4) at .undernyc w/ + //// 8pm show
04/02/2025

NYC tonite (tues 2.4) at .undernyc w/ + //// 8pm show

Like sand through the hourglass, so too are the days of our lives followed by Jerry Springer or Oprah depending on marke...
31/01/2025

Like sand through the hourglass, so too are the days of our lives followed by Jerry Springer or Oprah depending on market. Took a trip by Moon Market again, still haven’t had the courage to go inside, though. Dates are locked for a new record this spring. Launched Monday open mic at the loft. Collaborating with so many amazing artists right now… literally like 10 projects/collaborations going. Some dates in NYC, Philly, Mass, RI in coming weeks. Gotta focus on finding the mountain lion energy to keep writing. Got nominated for best experimental artist in the Motif Magazine RI music awards. Music and community. Keeping the pulse beating, the beaks singing and the zigging zagging like choosing the paper receipt at self checkout and, on it, writing a note to self to go ahead and bring in the goats before eating those outrageously overpriced plant-based ravioli

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