By Sarah on December 6, 2010
A little bit of a slow week for music that catches my eye (and/or ear). There are plenty of shows going on, but these are the ones I’d recommend.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged avanti guitar trio, badly drawn boy, chely wright, derek nelson, donna fulks, evanston space, fitzgeralds, gerald dowd, hayward williams, hideout, house of blues, indigo girls, jane baxter miller, jay brannan, jeffrey foucault, jon langford, justin jones, kc mcdonough, kelly hogan, las guitarras de espana, lincoln hall, lucy kaplansky, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, over the rhine, punch brothers, robbie fulks, sarah siskind, scott ligon, seth glier, shawn mullins, subterranean, the flat five, the sanctified grumblers
By Sarah on November 1, 2010
Good morning, friends. While I’m still trying to process my Epic Mumford Roadtrip, have a list of great shows coming up this week. The list’s a little overwhelming to me right now, as I weigh my need for sleep against my need for More Live Music.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anais mitchell, azure ray, backyard tire fire, band of heathens, ben folds, bobby bare jr., boulder acoustic society, brent amaker and the rodeo, cary brothers, chicago winter, christie dupree, eisley, elbo room, evanston space, ezra furman, flame shark, greg laswell, harper blynn, holly conlan, horse feathers, house of blues, ives the band, jake shimabukuro, james husband, jay farrar, jenny owen youngs, junip, kate miller-heidke, kim taylor, kristen ford, lady danville, ligon and mcdonough, lincoln hall, los lobos, metro, old town school of folk music, park west, pretty good dance moves djs, reverend horton heat, richard thompson band, sara bareilles, schubas, sharon van etten, split lip rayfield, stephanie picarra, steven page, th' legendary shack shakers, the glorious veins, the riviera, the vic, tim fite, wakey!wakey!, yonder mountain string band, young buffalo
By Sarah on October 18, 2010
Lots of stuff during the week to check out; not so much over the weekend. I’ll be checking out Carolina Chocolate Drops on Friday. As always, the below is just a list of shows that tickle my fancy. Your mileage, or taste in music, may vary.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged avi buffalo, band of horses, black prairie, canasta, carolina chocolate drops, casino vs. japan, cheyenne marie mize, dan black, daniel martin moore, deerhunter, dr. dog, erin mckeown, evanston space, great big sea, guggenheim grotto, hannah schneider, here we go magic, hideout, honda pavarotti, house of blues, ingrid michaelson, isobel campbell, josiah wofl, kathleen keane, kim richey, lasalle power co., leo kottke, lincoln hall, mark lanegan, max weinberg big band, metro, new ruins, old town school of folk music, ornery little darlings, park west, phantogram, pieta brown, real estate, ric hordinski, robbie fulks, schubas, the besnard lakes, the dirty diamonds, the glamour, the juliets, the riviera, the vic, whiskers, will phalen and the stereo addicts, willy mason
By Sarah on October 4, 2010
Bit of a quiet week. I’m headed down to explore a new neighborhood on Friday for a house concert with Antje Duvekot and Lucy Wainwright Roche. I love house concerts, I just wish they weren’t so far away from my little north side cocoon.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alex cuba, amy correia, antje duvekot, blue giant, bobby bare jr., company of thieves, darren hanlon, erick baker, evanston space, fun, hideout, house of blues, jarrod gorbel, jp chrissie and the fairground boys, justin nozuka band, lincoln hall, lucy wainwright roche, maria muldaur, martha berner, martyrs', mayne stage, ok go, old town school of folk music, park west, robbie fulks, schubas, steel train, summer darling, suzanne vega, the bramble and the rose, will hoge, willy porter and the carpe diem string quartet
By Sarah on September 20, 2010
I am super excited about Chris Pureka’s show at SPACE on Wednesday. How I Learned to See in the Dark is one of my favorite albums of 2010 so far, and I’m sure the live show will be great.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged baths, broadway playhouse, chris pureka, clare and the reasons, connie smith, dosh, ed kowalczyk, el ten eleven, evanston space, hideout, house of blues, in tall buildings, janelle monae, kelsey wild, lincoln hall, millennium park, of montreal, old town school of folk music, owen pallett, park west, patrick park, robbie fulks, roger waters, schubas, scott ligon, sea wolf, sera cahoone, sutton foster, the gaslight anthem, the national, the right now, the riviera, the tallest man on earth, united center, van dyke parks, zee avi
By Sarah on September 6, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 9/6 – 9/12
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a light sleeper, alice peacock, anais mitchell, angel olsen, carbon leaf, casiotone for the painfully alone, chris smither, emily wells, evanston space, future laureates, giving tree, ha ha tonka, heypenny, house of blues, how far to austin, jc brooks & the uptown sound, kyle andrews, lincoln hall, little light, ludo, marina and the diamonds, matt ryd, mayne stage, metro, mike mentzer, old town school of folk music, reggie's rock club, sam amidon, schubas, seafarer, skybox, subterranean, treaty of paris, via tania, what laura says