By Sarah on June 30, 2012
It was hot in the studio (as it will be all summer) and I was starting to get fussy, but I pushed through and delivered a show for you. If you find that you miss me, I’ll be doing a bonus show on July 4th, from 6 to 8 pm. As always, you can hear […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alpha consumer, anais mitchell, andrew bird, anthony da costa, beachwood sparks, beirut, bobby womack, chiddy bang, controller.controller, gayngs, india.arie, j. tillman, jeans wilder, joe bonamassa, konono no. 1, low, magic trick, matt ulery, mavis staples, mike scheidt, mount eerie, my brightest diamond, oddisee, sobanza mimanisa, supreme cuts, tapes 'n tapes, the lijadu sisters, the roots, zapruder point
By Sarah on March 10, 2012
Here are some songs I played! I’ll  be off next week, as I go to gallivant around Atlanta with Mel, so the always delightful Scott McKenna will be filling in for me.  Give his show a listen and toss a few requests his way. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night (except next week!) […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged beirut, dessa, francois & the atlas mountains, gaberdine, gabriel & the hounds, garmarna, glen hansard, hospitality, james taylor, justin townes earle, lucero, luke roberts, marketa irglova, mavis staples, memoryhouse, miniature tigers, muse, my brightest diamond, neko case, nneka, priscilla ahn, rocky votolato, shooter jennings, sloan wainwright, sufjan stevens, the infamous stringdisters, the loneliest monk, the twilight sad, tops
By Sarah on October 8, 2011
Once again, the lovely people at CHIRP have seen fit to allow me to play songs for a few hours. Thanks to everyone who listened, requested songs, Tweeted, and all that great stuff. Here’s what I played, in case you’d like to relive the magic. Your next chance to hear me on CHIRP is Saturday, […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged aimee mann, alela diane, amanda palmer, azita, balam acab, barn owl, beirut, ben lee, blitzen trapper, brighton ma, cadillac sky, clap your hands say yeah, dosh, elvis perkins, grey delisle, holly mcnarland, in tall buildings, jens lekman, lost in the trees, luke temple, m. ward, matt pond pa, meg baird, megafaun, neko case, over the rhine, owen pallett, pajama club, pete fountain, quiet company, rufus wainwright, shooter jennings, sixteen horsepower, sufjan stevens, the del mccoury band, the low anthem, the mekons, the minor canon, tinariwen, van morrison, wild flag, young man
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 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, active child, alla, alpha consumer, anais mitchell, andrew bird, april smith and the great picture show, beirut, booker t. jones, braid, brandi carlile, buffalo rome, chirp, dessa, dusty bibles, girls, gotye, ha ha tonka, jeff pianki, jessica lea mayfield, justin townes earle, laura marling, low, martha wainwright, milagres, neil young, neko case, nico, ohbijou, okkervil river, peter wolf crier, serengeti, st. vincent, teddy thompson, the avett brothers, the bowmans, the grey race, the jayhawks, the mountain goats, tinariwen, tom vek, vienna teng, white mystery, wilco
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 June 4, 2010
May was a month for revisiting old favorites. Not too many new discoveries this month, but a lot of good songs got played around here nonetheless.
Posted in Monthly Mixes | Tagged beirut, brandi carlile, ida maria, joe pug, laura marling, mumford & sons, neko case, robert francis, split lip rayfield, the antlers, the gaslight anthem, the low anthem, the postal service