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april smith and the great picture show
By Sarah on May 12, 2012
You can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:55 PM Orcas Carrion from Orcas (Morr Music) 9:50 PM Andrew Bird Danse Carribe from Break It Yourself (Mom + Pop) 9:45 PM Sea of Bees Broke from Orangefarben (Team Love) 9:41 PM A.C. […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, a.c. newman, advance base, alabama shakes, andrew bird, april smith and the great picture show, big star, diamond rugs, gabriel & the hounds, gemma ray, hush arbors, keren ann, los lobos, lucy wainwright roche, melissa ferrick, muddy waters, nick waterhouse, nina simone, orcas, paul burch, peter wolf crier, rocky votolato, sad brad smith, santigold, scott lucas & the married men, sea of bees, sharon jones & the dap kings, shelly fraley, waco brothers
By Sarah on January 14, 2012
I got through a four hour show without once mentioning the fact that it was Friday the Thirteenth. Â You can thank me later. Next week, I’ll be back to my normal-sized two hour show, nothing to worry about. Four hours of me is a lot to take. 11:54 PM John Aler & Gino Quilico Les […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged 16 horsepower, a hawk and a hacksaw, apex manor, april smith and the great picture show, bell x1, booker t. jones, brandi carlile, brown bird, carissa's wierd, cat power, chris connelly, cloud control, coconut records, darkness falls, dave douglas, dayna kurtz, doomtree, fleet foxes, gino quilico, girlyman, guided by voices, ha ha tonka, herculaneum, jacaszek, jason adasiewicz's sun rooms, jc brooks & the uptown sound, john aler, kathleen edwards, lawrence arabia, little ben & the cheers, los campesinos!, low, luke roberts, mar caribe, marissa nadler, mavis staples, mumford & sons, nada surf, nicole mitchell, rainer maria, ray davies, roisin murphy, rufus wainwright, sandro perri, save the clocktower, sea lions, sigur ros, sloan, the avett brothers, the benny goodman quartet, the darcys, the get up kids, the mighty imperials, the milk carton kids, tiger bones, whitehorse
By Sarah on October 2, 2011
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my inaugural (internet) radio adventure on CHIRP Radio. If you’re interested to know what kind of music I play whenever I get three hours behind the controls of Chicago’s best radio station, then read on. Â I’ll be back on the air on Saturday, October 8th, from 9 am […]
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By Sarah on September 26, 2011
Apparently in addition to last week being Andrew Bird week, last week was also “Sarah’s Too Busy to Blog” week. No worries, friends, I have a review of the (thoroughly amazing) Hideout Block Party coming up. Let’s just pretend that last week didn’t happen, otherwise. This week is full of shows I want to go […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anne heaton, april smith and the great picture show, ari hest, bear lake, beirut, ben ripani music co., bottom lounge, carley tanchon, chicago theatre, congress theater, dala, dar williams, double door, doug paisley, empty bottle, evanston space, fleet foxes, girls, harper blynn, henry wolfe, hideout, jay nash, joan osborne, jon drake and the shakes, kingsley flood, lincoln hall, lucy wainwright roche, mason jennings, matt duke, megafaun, missing chums, nobunny, papa, park west, randy lee, robbie fulks, schubas, subterranean, the aragon, the avett brothers, the damnwells, the future laureates, the juliets, the low anthem, the pines, the walkmen, tony lucca, truth and salvage co.
By Sarah on November 30, 2010
I’ve featured April Smith on here before, and I continue to be in love with her music. This track from her most recent album, Songs for a Sinking Ship, is no exception.
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By Sarah on November 29, 2010
Welcome back to your regularly scheduled blogging! If you’re around this weekend, check out the three-day Chicago Bluegrass and Blues festival, with shows at the Double Door, the Congress Theatre, and Lincoln Hall.
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