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By Sarah on July 9, 2012
There are a lot of great music-things going on in Chicago this week! Â In addition to street festivals and the Taste of Chicago, we’ve also got Pitchfork rolling through, which should keep people busy for a while. I’ll be absconding off to Louisville, Kentucky, for the Forecastle Festival, so I’ll miss out on all of […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, actor slash model, alan resnic, birds of chicago, blitzen trapper, briar rabbit, calexico, cameron mcgill, casey crescenzo, chris pureka, cole degenova, death cab for cutie, delicate steve, delta rae, dirty beaches, double door, eisley, empty bottle, evanston space, father john misty, fiona apple, gal pals, gia margaret, harrison hudson, james vincent mcmorrow, jeremy david miller, josh rosen, kids these days, las guitarras de espana, lincoln hall, little misters, lower dens, marc cohn, martyrs', merriment, millennium park, mornin' old sport, mucca pazza, night moves, no joy, noumenon, pat lyons, rebecca pidgeon, right away great captain!, robbie fulks, sanctified grumblers, sarah jaffe, schubas, secret colours, shiloh, shovels & rope, subterranean, taste of chicago, the chicago theatre, the earth is a man, the future laureates, the right now, the sadies, the shams band, unknown mortal orchestra, waco brothers, windy city ribfest
By Sarah on June 24, 2012
It’s been a little quiet here this week; I blame the heat, which has sapped my will to move. I played a bit longer of a set this time around, but I’ll be back to my usual two-hour bonanza of fun next week. Â As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a tribe called red, adanowsky, aimee mann, an horse, bic runga, black kids, bone & bell, chris pureka, christine fellows, damien rice, david bowie, david gray, devotchka, edmund ii, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, elvis perkins, friends, glasser, glen hansard, greta gertler, hot chip, jherek bischoff, josephine foster & the supposed, kaki king, ladyhawke, langhorne slim & the law, many places, mike reed's people places & things, miles kurosky, mount eerie, neko case, niki and the dove, ok go, peter wolf crier, priscilla ahn, saint etienne, shooter jennings, thao with the get down stay down, the antlers, the decemberists, the tallest man on earth, thea gilmore, these united states, wilco
By Sarah on February 7, 2012
I kicked the week off with an extra special bonus edition of my show on Monday afternoon.  That’s what I get for taking the day off work.  Never fear, I’ll be back to my regular time slot this Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 5:54 PM David Bowie […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a place to bury strangers, bright eyes, brown bird, carell casey, casiotone for the painfully alone, chairlift, chico cervantes, chris pureka, cloud nothings, cloudbirds, david bowie, doomtree, first aid kit, hans zimmer, innerpartysystem, james taylor, jason urick, jill sobule, joe pug, john legend, la habitacion roja, laura gibson, laura marling, lonely drifter karen, loudon wainwright iii, marit larsen, murder city devils, nicole mitchell, okkervil river, regina spektor, rocky votolato, royal baths, shooter jennings, the dresden dolls, the mountain goats, the pines, the roots, the runnies, the vandermark 5, unicycle loves you, vienna teng, virgin forest
By Sarah on November 5, 2011
Two hours, some songs, and a brand new, comfy chair in the studio. It’s like someone heard me whining on Twitter a while ago about the awful chair. I’ll be back on the air on Saturday, November 26, from 2 to 4 pm, Central time. 1:56 PM Sufjan Stevens All the Trees of the Field […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged angus & julia stone, brown bird, chris pureka, christina bautista, david berkeley, dessa, devics, eliza gilkyson, jc brooks & the uptown sound, joe pug, joshua radin, m. ward, malajube, meg & dia, meg baird, murder by death, my brightest diamond, neko case, phantogram, quiet company, res, skybox, sufjan stevens, tapes 'n tapes, the decemberists, the heavy circles, the highwaymen, the mekons, tom waits, we were promised jetpacks
By Sarah on October 13, 2011
[ It’s been quiet around here lately, thanks to real lives and jobs and all of that, so I figured I’d dig up some half-finished posts of old news and compile them all together for a large post of old news and photos. You may see more posts like these as I continue to edit […]
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged chris pureka, empty bottle, evanston space, holcombe waller, jessica lea mayfield, nathaniel rateliff, schubas, vandaveer |
By Sarah on May 2, 2011
Monday, May 2 Robbie Fulks, Don Stiernberg; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation John Vanderslice, Damien Jurado; Schubas. 8 pm, $15 Tuesday, May 3 Tame Impala, Yuck, Yawn; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold out Barehand Jugband, The Hoyle Brothers, The Shams Band; Double Door. 9 pm, $5 Wednesday, May 4 Manchester Orchestra, An Horse, Harrison […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a band called catch, an horse, barehand jugband, bobby bare jr., carey kotsionis, chris pureka, cory chisel and the wandering boys, damien jurado, david vandervelde, don stiernberg, double door, evanston space, harrison hudson, henry wolfe, hideout, holcombe waller, john vanderslice, lincoln hall, manchester orchestra, metro, neil young, peter bjorn and john, robbie fulks, schubas, shovels and rope, tame impala, ted leo, the chicago theatre, the felice brothers, the future laureates, the high strung, the hoyle brothers, the shams band, yawn, yuck |