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 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 December 10, 2009
In even more awesome festival news, Lilith Fair has announced its lineup for the 2010 revival of the tour, and it’s nothing short of amazing. Named acts so far span all different genres, age groups, and demographics. The lineup as it currently stands includes Brandi Carlile, Indigo Girls, Mary J. Blige, Metric, Sheryl Crow, Tegan […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a fine frenzy, brandi carlile, butterfly boucher, grace potter and the nocturnals, indigo girls, ingrid michaelson, janelle monae, lilith fair, mary j. blige, metric, sheryl crow, tara maclean, tegan and sara, the weepies, vedera, zee avi