By Sarah on July 21, 2012
Well, friends, I took a week off for my great southbound journey, but I’m back.  This week’s show featured many of the artists who I saw and enjoyed at the Forecastle Festival. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged abigail washburn & the sparrow quartet, andrew bird, arnaldo antunes, atmosphere, casiotone for the painfully alone, deer tick, deleted scenes, delicate steve, dessa, dr. dog, edgar scandurra, edmund ii, elias moroon y su conjunto vallenato, everest, fiona apple, galaxie 500, giant giant sand, kelly hogan, lorn, matt ulery, neko case, open mike eagle, orchestre poly-rythmo, pet lions, preservation hall jazz band, sleigh bells, the darcys, the head and the heart, toumani diabate, wilco, wild nothing, wye oak
By Sarah on June 2, 2012
Here are some songs I played on the radio on Friday night. If you want to hear more, I’m doing a special bonus show today on CHIRP Radio from 4-6 pm Central tome.  And next week, I take an extra long turn at the controls on Friday night — join me for my regular 8-10 pm show, […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged 13ghosts, a silver mt. zion, anna ternheim, calla, caroline herring, cold specks, dessa, doc watson, edith frost, father john misty, frou frou, girlyman, glasser, grass widow, lissy trullie, marissa nadler, mark ronson, mount eerie, my gold mask, norah jones, obits, over the rhine, peter wolf crier, pujol, richard watson, santigold, scott lucas & the married men, the black keys, the lawrence peters outfit
By Sarah on April 14, 2012
If you weren’t listening last night, you missed out on some old timey country gospel.  That’s right. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time.  If you missed Friday’s show, catch an extra special bonus edition of my show tomorrow morning from 9 am […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alex winston, choir of young believers, dawn landes, deer tick, dessa, eleventh dream day, emily wells, fleet foxes, john wesley coleman, m. ward, nicole atkins, nora o'connor, outer minds, peter wolf crier, robbie fulks, sarah jaffe, sharon jones & the dap kings, sharon van etten, the ashes, the bowmans, the decemberists, the ethnographers, the louvin brothers, the right now, they might be giants, thom hell, whitehorse, zammuto
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 November 27, 2011
I filled in for my friend Bobby on the radio yesterday afternoon. It was fun. These are the songs I played. 3:55 PM Neil Young Hitchhiker from Le Noise (Reprise) 3:51 PM Monument Monument Full of Life from Call Off the Roses EP (self-released) 3:48 PM Deer Tick Main Street from Divine Providence (Partisan) 3:42 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, deer tick, dessa, dosh, gotye, great lake swimmers, heavy times, kathleen edwards, mirah, monument monument, murder by death, neil young, netherfriends, owen, peggy sue, radiohead, shearwater, sierra swan, teddy thompson, thao with the get down stay down, the beach boys, the decemberists, the gentle guest, the head and the heart, the promise ring, tycho, vandaveer, voltaire, wilco
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