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By Sarah on July 5, 2012
It was a brutally hot July 4th, but I played some music and still had time to go see some questionably legal fireworks in my neighborhood.  Success all around. I’ll be back for my regularly scheduled show on Friday on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 7:54 PM My Morning Jacket • […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged amy macdonald, dan mangan, eleventh dream day, fiona apple, fleetwood mac, golden birthday, hope sandoval & the warm inventions, jessica lea mayfield, jherek bischoff, kandodo, leonard bernstein, liars, m. ward, marissa nadler, my morning jacket, new york philharmonic, nicole atkins, niki and the dove, retribution gospel choir, saint etienne, the bowmans, the district, the frames, the mynabirds, the tallest man on earth, town and country, vetiver, zavala
By Sarah on January 22, 2012
9:53 PM Retribution Gospel Choir Poor Man’s Daughter from 2 (Sub Pop) 9:49 PM The Black Keys Little Black Submarines from El Camino (Nonesuch) 9:45 PM La Oreja de Van Gogh Cometas Por El Cielo from Cometas Por El Cielo (Sony) 9:41 PM The xx Crystalised from xx (Young Turks) 9:37 PM Chris Connelly Classically […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged 2cellos, amanda palmer, andre williams and the goldstars, booker t. jones, brown bird, chris connelly, cloudbirds, doomtree, frank carillo & the bandoleros, jakob olausson, jessica lea mayfield, john k. samson, justin townes earle, kim taylor, la oreja de van gogh, levon helm, murder by death, retribution gospel choir, simon & garfunkel, the black keys, the format, the handsome family, the magic numbers, the mountain goats, the pines, the wars of 1812, the xx, tiger bones, wooden wand & the briarwood virgins
By Sarah on January 1, 2012
For one reason or another, it’s been a pretty quiet year on the writing front around here. It happens, what can I say? Maybe 2012 will be better. Anyhow, I may not have written a whole lot, but I’ve been keeping busy in 2011 by taking lots of photographs. Here are a few of my […]
Posted in Best Of | Tagged bill callahan, broken records, jessica lea mayfield, lincoln hall, luke doucet, notting hill arts club, over the rhine, reckless records, schubas, the legendary shack shakers, violet |
By Sarah on December 5, 2011
It’s been quiet around here. Â Sorry for that. Â I’ve got a Best of 2011 guest post coming up from Mike at Land of Absurdity. Â It’ll be list-y. Monday, December 5 Avey Tare, Eric Copeland; Schubas. 7 pm, $15 Tuesday, December 6 The National, Local Natives, Wye Oak; the Aragon. 7 pm, $35 Harper Blynn; SPACE. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anne heaton, antje duvekot, arc in round, avey tare, bill brickey, bon iver, cadillac palace theatre, chicago theatre, dbp, empty bottle, eric copeland, erin mckeown, evanston space, harper blynn, jeffrey david, jessica lea mayfield, lincoln hall, local natives, meg hutchinson, metro, natalia zukerman, old town school of folk music, over the rhine, peter bradley adams, ryan adams, save the clocktower, schubas, shemekia copeland, still corners, the aragon, the national, the war on drugs, tori amos, uic pavilion, vapor eyes, vintage blue, windbreaker, winterbloom, wye oak
By Sarah on October 13, 2011
[ It’s been quiet around here lately, thanks to real lives and jobs and all of that, so I figured I’d dig up some half-finished posts of old news and compile them all together for a large post of old news and photos. You may see more posts like these as I continue to edit […]
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged chris pureka, empty bottle, evanston space, holcombe waller, jessica lea mayfield, nathaniel rateliff, schubas, vandaveer |
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