By Sarah on June 7, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 6/7 – 6/13
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a tundra, black nag, blue rodeo, chris petlak, chuck campbell, colbie caillat, cuff the duke, damien jurado, dead child star, empty bottle, evanston space, freelance whales, gold motel, great lake swimmers, hollows, how far to austin, hudson branch, john butler trio, judson claiborne, kay kay and his weathered underground, landon pigg, lincoln hall, madi diaz, martyrs', matt pond pa, mazes, melissa ferrick, melody gardot, millennium park, mini mansions, nicholas barron, old town school of folk music, otis taylor, park grill, park west, peter wolf crier, phil roy, rachid taha, ravinia, santah, sarah and the tall bots, schubas, secret colours, shawn colvin, she & him, sheryl crow, split lip rayfield, stars, state radio, steve martin with the steep canyon rangers, the dutchess and the duke, the handsome family, the mynabirds, the punch brothers, the riviera, the thin man, wintersleep
By Sarah on March 15, 2010
There are a lot of great shows this week featuring local bands, and lots of them are free or very cheap. You should check some of them out, give some love and support to the local music scene.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged amaral, campfires, chicago bar association symphony orchestra and chorus, chicago theatre, cloud nothings, color radio, common loon, cowboy junkies, cubby bear wrigleyville, derek nelson and the musicians, elvis perkins, empty bottle, genesee theatre, gold motel, grant lee phillips, great big sea, hey rabbit, hideout, house of blues, identity crisis inc., imelda may, instituto cervantes of chicago, jamie cullum, jay-z, lincoln hall, low down brass band, martyrs', my gold mask, netherfriends, norah jones, old town school of folk music, other minds, park west, picastro, real estate, schubas, scout niblett, st. james cathedral, subterranean, symphony center, the del moroccos, the shams band, united center, volcanoes make islands, white mystery, will phalen and the stereo addicts, willie nelson, woods, wynton marsalis
By Sarah on January 10, 2010
Butch Walker can sleep well at night, knowing that if he were ever to become suddenly and inexplicably incapacitated during a concert and could no longer sing, that his incredibly exuberant fans would pick up the slack and sing every last word. Even to songs which he would much rather forget, apparently.
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged butch walker, gold motel, schubas