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 June 6, 2011
Monday, June 6 Iron and Wine, The Head and the Heart; Millennium Park. 6:30, free Robbie Fulks, Nora O’Connor; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps, Dastardly, Umma; Schubas. 8 pm, $8 The Dodos, Gauntlet Hair; Metro. 9 pm, $18 Tuesday, June 7 Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alela diane, arlo guthrie, bell x1, ben ripani music co., brandi carlile, caroline smith and the good night sleeps, chris smither, cloudbirds, cotton jones, dastardly, david bazan and band, dinosaur bones, eliza gilkyson, empty bottle, evanston space, gauntlet hair, great divide, hideout, house of blues, how far to austin, iron and wine, james vincent mcmorrow, jeremy messersmith, julian velard, katie todd band, lincoln hall, little scream, lucy kaplansky, metro, millennium park, nora o'connor, rachael sage, ray lamontagne and the pariah dogs, robbie fulks, schubas, symphony center, the antlers, the daredevil christopher wright, the dodos, the head and the heart, the hoyle brothers, the parson redheads, the secret sisters, the singleman affair, umma, van ghost, vance gilbert
By Sarah on October 11, 2010
This is basically the worst week in the world for concerts. And by worst, I mean full of too many choices. I’ll be at the Brandi Carlile show at SPACE on Wednesday, and at DeVotchKa at Lincoln Hall on Saturday. The rest of the week is up in the air. I’ll probably be sobbing under my desk rather than making any real decisions.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged aa bondy, adam haworth stephens, alejandro escovedo, andre williams, angus and julia stone, beat kitchen, bell x1, belle and sebastian, bottom lounge, brandi carlile, califone, catie curtis, chicago theatre, dave gonzalez and the stone river boys, devotchka, double door, dylan leblanc, edie carey, eli paperboy reed, elizabeth and the catapult, empty bottle, evanston space, fitzgeralds, four tet, gorillaz, guided by voices, ha ha tonka, helen money, hideout, james vincent mcmorrow, japandroids, jason isbell and the 400 unit, jennifer knapp, jesse sykes, joe pug, jon drake, jon hopkins, jon langford's skull orchard, jukebox the ghost, k'naan, katie herzig, kevin andrew prchal, kevin o'donnell, langhorne slim, lincoln hall, lissie, marc cohn, martina topley bird, martyrs', massive attack, matthew dear, meshell ndegeocello, metro, miike snow, mimicking birds, miniature tigers, neon indian, old town school of folk music, park west, patty loveless, phil wandscher, robbie fulks, rocky votolato, rose cousins, ruby coast, sally timms, schubas, scotland yard gospel choir, smith westerns, sufjan stevens, terri hendrix, the black atlantic, the changes, the felice brothers, the lighthouse and the whaler, the new pornographers, the riviera, the vic, the walkmen, the wildbirds, times new viking, tokyo police club, uic pavillion, uncommon ground, vandaveer |
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
By Sarah on March 24, 2010
You can tell that summer is rapidly approaching, given the number of festival line-ups that are tumbling in. The Newport Folk Festival, in (where else) Newport, Rhode Island, has announced its lineup for its 2010 festival.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged aa bondy, andrew bird, ben sollee, brandi carlile, calexico, chris thile, cory chisel and the wandering sons, daniel martin moore, edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros, john prine, justin townes earle, newport folk festival, nneka, o'death, preservation hall jazz band, punch brothers, richie havens, sarah jarosz, sharon jones & the dap kings, steve martin & the steep canyon rangers, tao seeger, the avett brothers, the felice brothers, the swell season, yim yames |
By Sarah on March 4, 2010
A beautiful video for a devastating song. Ok, I could have done without the giant CGI bee flying across the screen. But otherwise, the video is very serene, just Brandi and a guitar and nature blooming around her.
Posted in Sharing | Tagged brandi carlile