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By Sarah on June 9, 2012
This week’s playlist looks significantly less pretty, as there were some tech issues with the playlist tracker.  I’m sure you won’t be too devastated. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 8:00 hour Quiet Company/Everything Louder Than Everything Else/We […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alexander tucker, alpha consumer, astronautalis, ben lee, bon iver, boozoo bajou, brandi carlile, butch walker & the black widows, butterfly boucher, califone, cold specks, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, eluvium, felix, fred williams & the jewels band, grass widow, gregory and the hawk, ha ha tonka, hard-fi, idewild, indigo girls, japandroids, jbm, jennifer o'connor, jesca hoop, kelly hogan, killer mike, langhorne slim & the law, louis prima, low, many places, maritime, matthew dear, mike reed's people places & things, minus the bear, nathan mathes, neon indian, nice face, nick waterhouse, noe venable, outkast, quiet company, sallie ford & the sound outside, sarah slean, sex life, smoking popes, sufjan stevens, teddy thompson, the blacks, the hold steady, the mekons, the platters, the right now, the tallest man on earth, the wooden birds, these united states, violens, yeah yeah yeahs, yellow ostrich, young man
By Sarah on January 16, 2012
Hey! My band’s doing a show this Sunday night at the Double Door! You should come see me. Monday, January 16 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, January 17 Akron/Family, Bad Weather California; Hideout. 9 pm, $14 Wednesday, January 18 Nicholas Barron Band, Chris Siebold & the Psycles; Schubas. 9 pm, $8 […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged akron/family, alison breitman, auditorium theatre, bad weather california, brandon harrod, brighton ma, chris siebold & the psycles, conrad plymouth parker, dastardly, dave tamkin, david grisman, del mccoury band, double door, elisa grace, evanston space, gaberdine, ha ha tonka, henhouse prowlers, hideout, jaymay, jim & jen, joe purdy, jungle of cities, lincoln hall, majors junction, martin sexton, martyrs', mike mangione & the union, mike murawski, nicholas barron band, park west, rob scallon, robbie fulks, santah, schubas, subterranean, tea leaf green, the giving tree band, the waco brothers, todd snider, ty stone, vintage blue
By Sarah on January 14, 2012
I got through a four hour show without once mentioning the fact that it was Friday the Thirteenth. Â You can thank me later. Next week, I’ll be back to my normal-sized two hour show, nothing to worry about. Four hours of me is a lot to take. 11:54 PM John Aler & Gino Quilico Les […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged 16 horsepower, a hawk and a hacksaw, apex manor, april smith and the great picture show, bell x1, booker t. jones, brandi carlile, brown bird, carissa's wierd, cat power, chris connelly, cloud control, coconut records, darkness falls, dave douglas, dayna kurtz, doomtree, fleet foxes, gino quilico, girlyman, guided by voices, ha ha tonka, herculaneum, jacaszek, jason adasiewicz's sun rooms, jc brooks & the uptown sound, john aler, kathleen edwards, lawrence arabia, little ben & the cheers, los campesinos!, low, luke roberts, mar caribe, marissa nadler, mavis staples, mumford & sons, nada surf, nicole mitchell, rainer maria, ray davies, roisin murphy, rufus wainwright, sandro perri, save the clocktower, sea lions, sigur ros, sloan, the avett brothers, the benny goodman quartet, the darcys, the get up kids, the mighty imperials, the milk carton kids, tiger bones, whitehorse
By Sarah on October 2, 2011
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my inaugural (internet) radio adventure on CHIRP Radio. If you’re interested to know what kind of music I play whenever I get three hours behind the controls of Chicago’s best radio station, then read on. Â I’ll be back on the air on Saturday, October 8th, from 9 am […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, active child, alla, alpha consumer, anais mitchell, andrew bird, april smith and the great picture show, beirut, booker t. jones, braid, brandi carlile, buffalo rome, chirp, dessa, dusty bibles, girls, gotye, ha ha tonka, jeff pianki, jessica lea mayfield, justin townes earle, laura marling, low, martha wainwright, milagres, neil young, neko case, nico, ohbijou, okkervil river, peter wolf crier, serengeti, st. vincent, teddy thompson, the avett brothers, the bowmans, the grey race, the jayhawks, the mountain goats, tinariwen, tom vek, vienna teng, white mystery, wilco
By Sarah on April 11, 2011
Just the other day, I was talking to someone who was asking about what’s next on my show calendar. I couldn’t remember anything pressing, and figured I had a good couple of weeks until something came up that I really wanted to see. And then I put together this week’s list, which has a whole […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged amanda shires, anni rossi, beat kitchen, charlie parr, cornmeal, daniel knox, evanston space, ha ha tonka, harper blynn, hideout, house of blues, howard jennings, jeff libman, jeff tweedy, jerome holloway, john wesley harding, kim richey, kt tunstall, la scala, lincoln hall, loudon wainwright iii, martyrs', mayne stage, miggs, old town school of folk music, park west, robbie fulks, robert francis, rollin hunt, schubas, skybombers, subterranean, the bright white, the civil wars, the damnwells, the giving tree band, the greencards, the hot club of cowtown, the hoyle brothers, the revelations, the right now, the spring standards, the vic, trey williams, vertikal, white dress
By Sarah on March 1, 2011
Another month, another timely posted mix. I’m on a roll. Here are just a handful of the songs that I’ve been listening to, discovering, and loving throughout the month of February.
Posted in Monthly Mixes | Tagged broken records, cassino, charlotte martin, ha ha tonka, jessica lea mayfield, my brightest diamond, ohbijou, the mountain goats, title tracks