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 25, 2012
I played for an extra hour, got a ton of requests, and worked in a showtune.  Friday night’s show was a real winner. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:54 PM Isidore Oh My Sky from Life Somewhere Else (Communicating Vessels) 9:52 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, anais mitchell, anders parker, beth jeans houghton & the hooves of destiny, bright moments, cap'n jazz, carolina chocolate drops, chad vangaalen, chuck berry, city and colour, clogs, cults, damien jurado, dan deacon, devotchka, elvis perkins, field music, frankie rose, gorillaz, heartless bastards, isidore, jay farrar, jeff buckley, john talabot, kamuran akkor, kristin hersh, mark lanegan band, matt pond pa, mucca pazza, neko case, paul robeson, perfume genius, rachael yamagata, ram's pocket radio, robbie fulks, sarah slean, sharon van etten, skybox, the band, the klezmatics, the loneliest monk, the promise ring, tim fite, van morrison, will johnson, yellow ostrich, yim yames
By Sarah on January 23, 2012
I’ll be at Schubas on Wednesday for Cheyenne Marie Mize, and Lincoln Hall the next day for Kathleen Edwards. Â I’ll be the lady with a camera, looking very tired and surly. Â Say hi if you see me. Monday, January 23 Meh. Tuesday, January 24 Kevin Hearn & Thinbuckle; Schubas. 8 pm, $10-12 Kevin O’Donnell Quartet; […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged bailiff, band called catch, ben ripani music co., cass mccombs, cheyenne marie mize, christine lavin, congress theater, danny black, dawes, devotchka, dj roma soul, drive by truckers, elephant revival, frank fairfield, go long mule, great divide, greensky bluegrass, hannah georgas, hideout, jaik willis, joe henry, joe pug, jon drake and the shakes, kathleen edwards, kevin hearn & thinbuckle, kevin o'donnell quartet, lasers and fast and shit, lincoln hall, los campesinos!, metro, michele mcguire, mucca pazza, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, paper thick walls, parenthetical girls, park west, schubas, strange arrangement, the future laureates, the shams band, unloved, van ghost
By Sarah on December 31, 2011
I played some music on New Year’s Eve Eve. They don’t really make songs for that. 9:55 PM DeVotchKa Vengo! Vengo! from Una Volta (Cicero) 9:52 PM Devil in a Woodpile Louisiana Fairytale from In Your Lonesome Town (Bloodshot) 9:48 PM She & Him Baby, It’s Cold Outside from A Very She & Him Christmas […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged an horse, andrew bird, ben harper, cass mccombs, devil in a woodpile, devotchka, jacaszek, langhorne slim, lost in the trees, melissa ferrick, mutts, nneka, queen, quiet company, rachael sage, robbie fulks, she & him, steve hauschildt, summer camp, thao & mirah, the black keys, the blind boys of alabama, the mountain goats, the reverend horton heat, the roots, the scotland yard gospel choir, thomas comerford, vanessa-mae, wooden wand & the briarwood virgins
By Sarah on December 10, 2011
I had a week off, but now I’m back. Hear me again, same time next week, on CHIRP Radio, Friday nights, 8-10 pm Central. I even take requests! 9:57 PM Peter Wolf Crier Down Down Down from Inter-Be (Jagjaguwar) 9:54 PM Brown Bird Fingers to the Bone from Salt for Salt (Supply and Demand) 9:50 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged ane brun, ani difranco, anthony da costa, atlas sound, bc camplight, boyd lee dunlop, brown bird, cloud control, daniel bedingfield, david vandervelde, devotchka, drc music, hannah fury, john prine, justin townes earle, kathleen edwards, korallreven, laura marling, luke roberts, mar caribe, mavis staples, mt. desolation, nneka, peggy sue, peter wolf crier, the mountain goats, thomas comerford, tycho, vampire weekend
By Sarah on October 23, 2011
Who would have guessed that an empty radio studio in a manufacturing building would be creepy at midnight when you’re there all by yourself? Crazy, isn’t it? Â Made a couple of good musical discoveries, though, of artists I’d never heard before randomly selecting them to play. That’s always a plus. Here’s what I played to […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.c. newman, andrew bird, azita, bon iver, bonnie prince billy, brian wright and the waco tragedies, chin up chin up, dan mangan, deer tick, devotchka, feist, guster, helen money, jc brooks & the uptown sound, joe firstman, johnny flynn, kate mcgarrigle, laura marling, malajube, mar caribe, mates of state, melissa ferrick, mike and the censations, my brightest diamond, neil young, neko case, over the rhine, pinetop seven, rachael cantu, regina spektor, ryan adams, sarah siskind, sharon van etten, st. vincent, tegan and sara, the acorn, the cell phones, the david mayfield parade, the mountain goats, the traveling wilburys, thea gilmore, twin sister, vashti bunyan, we were promised jetapacks