166. Chris Bourke

About this episode

Danny McCrum interviews Chris Bourke about his books and insights into the music industry.

Twenty-six years ago, Danny bought Chris Bourke’s book Something So Strong, which tells the highly entertaining and informative story of Crowded House. So much about the book stayed with Danny and gave him some very important tips about how to navigate the music industry. All these years later, Danny got to talk to Chris Bourke about Crowded House, his books Something So Strong (1998), Blue Smoke (2010) and Good-bye Maoriland (2017) and his work at AudioCulture. Chris is lik...

People in this episode

Hosts: Danny McCrum, Mike Harrington

Guest: Chris Bourke

Topics covered

• music industry
• Crowded House
• book discussion
• interview
• author insights

Keywords

• Chris Bourke
• Crowded House
• Something So Strong
• Blue Smoke
• Good-bye Maoriland
• music industry
• AudioCulture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AudioCulture, Crowded House

Books & works: Something So Strong, Blue Smoke, Good-bye Maoriland

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