Busted Mouth Radio Promo

J.W. Basilo performs his specific brand of whatever the hell he does. Um, there are some songs and some stories and some laughs. Recorded live at Steppenwolf 1700 Theatre, January 14, 2019.

Amazing  - Live at Steppenwolf

Fall In Love Again  - Live at Steppenwolf

Pour Me Out - Live at Steppenwolf

Get Gone - Live at Steppenwolf

Some thoughts on Christmas as part of Funny Ha Ha. Recorded live at Hideout Inn, 12.21.2018

F*ck Christmas - Live at Hideout Inn

Recorded live at The Green Mill for Paper Machete on April 13, 2019. A couple laughs, a song about feelings, the usual.

Don't That Just Beat All - Live at The Paper Machete

J.W. Basilo is a guy who never learned how to shut up. As a writer, performer, and musician, his work lives at the intersection of the poignant and perverse, the hilarious and heartbreaking. Basilo hosts and curates the weekly Busted Mouth Radio Hour, a live radio show and accompanying podcast. His stage act, a mash-up of music, poetry, comedy and storytelling, has earned him a reputation as one of the more sought-after performing artists working in Chicago, where is he is a regular contributor to shows like Paper Machete, The Blackout Diaries, This Much is True, and Write Club. Basilo is a National and Individual World Poetry Slam finalist, Pushcart Prize nominee, former Artistic Director and founder of Chicago Slam Works Ensemble Theatre, and a company member with Red Theater Chicago. His work has appeared in local and national TV and radio, in numerous literary journals, and in hundreds of theaters, dive bars, prisons, and comedy clubs across the world. In 2015 Basilo was named to Newcity’s LIT 50, a yearly list of Chicago’s most notable literary figures. All things considered, he’s doing pretty well for a guy who failed Creative Writing in high school.