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By Sarah on December 28, 2012
So, as we’ve previously established, I am absolutely terrible at making Best Of Anything lists. Â The lists are either unwieldy or never get finished. Â But as I was sitting around trying to come up with some songs to play on my year-end CHIRP Radio show, I figured that I might as well make up a […]
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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 […]
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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 May 11, 2012
Father John Misty is the newest project from former Fleet Foxes drummer J. (Josh) Tillman, although the album for the most part doesn’t sound particularly Fleet Fox-y, which is probably the sound that Tillman was going for.  The album bounces between several different sounds — dreamy, high harmonies; straight up country rock; your stereotypical jangly indie rock […]
Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged father john misty, j. tillman
By Sarah on May 7, 2012
Hey! It’s Andrew Bird week again. No big deal. Â Plenty of other things going on, too, for your listening pleasure. Monday, May 7 Robbie Fulks, Greg Cahill; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation The Spring Standards, Volcanoes Make Islands, Shelby Pollard; Schubas. 8 pm, $10 Tuesday, May 8 Tim Barry, Jenny Owen Youngs; Beat Kitchen. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andrew bird, auditorium theatre, ballroom boxer, beat kitchen, brighton ma, champions, childish gambino, cobalt & the hired guns, dan bern, dastardly, deorbert & the half truths, derek nelson & the musicians, djrc, double door, empty bottle, father john misty, flashing blue lights, frontier ruckus, go long mule, golden retriever, good grief, greg cahill, har mar superstar, hideout, jenny owen youngs, jet w. lee, jon drake & the shakes, justin townes earle, lincoln hall, lindsay fuller, lucy kaplansky, machine gun mojo, maps & atlases, metro, model n, mucca pazza, mutts, old town school of folk music, park west, patty larkin, rachele eve, rego, robbie fulks, saint anyway, sarah jarosz, schubas, shearwater, shelby pollard, sister crayon, so many dynamos, st. vincent, subterranean, suns, the burlington, the david mayfield parade, the dirty feathers, the ditty bops, the future laureates, the right now, the riviera, the sea and cake, the shams band, the spring standards, the vic, tim barry, tree, tristen, volcanoes make islands, wells-next-the-sea
By Sarah on May 5, 2012
You can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:55 PM Retribution Gospel Choir Poor Man’s Daughter from 2 (Sub Pop) 9:50 PM Lushlife Still I Hear the Word Progress (featuring Styles P) from Plateau Vision (Western Vinyl) 9:48 PM Benjamin Taylor Something […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alex winston, andrew bird, benjamin taylor, carissa's wierd, carrie manolakos, duffy, emily wells, evans the death, father john misty, georgia anne muldrow, horse feathers, joan as police woman, jordie lane, kate bush, kristin hersh, lotus plaza, lower dens, lushlife, mavis staples, mutts, nneka, retribution gospel choir, rufus wainwright, sharon van etten, the decemberists, the rescues, the right now, the world/inferno friendship society, tori amos