By Sarah on January 28, 2012
Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. Â It’s awesome. 9:55 PM Jakob Olausson Keep the Sky from Falling from Morning & Sunrise (De Stijl) 9:51 PM The Dresden Dolls Ultima Esperanza from No, Virginia (Roadrunner) 9:47 PM Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Grim […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged abalone dots, aliotta haynes jeremiah, anson krekeler, blanche, bonnie prince billy, cate le bon, cloudbirds, danger mouse, first aid kit, gemma hayes, hannah georgas, jakob olausson, joe pug, john k. samson, laura gibson, martha wainwright, mutts, nada surf, neil young, nerissa & katryna nields, new buffalo, over the rhine, paper route, puerto muerto, sharon jones & the dap kings, sparklehorse, the decemberists, the dresden dolls, tortoise
By Sarah on January 23, 2012
I’ll be at Schubas on Wednesday for Cheyenne Marie Mize, and Lincoln Hall the next day for Kathleen Edwards. Â I’ll be the lady with a camera, looking very tired and surly. Â Say hi if you see me. Monday, January 23 Meh. Tuesday, January 24 Kevin Hearn & Thinbuckle; Schubas. 8 pm, $10-12 Kevin O’Donnell Quartet; […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged bailiff, band called catch, ben ripani music co., cass mccombs, cheyenne marie mize, christine lavin, congress theater, danny black, dawes, devotchka, dj roma soul, drive by truckers, elephant revival, frank fairfield, go long mule, great divide, greensky bluegrass, hannah georgas, hideout, jaik willis, joe henry, joe pug, jon drake and the shakes, kathleen edwards, kevin hearn & thinbuckle, kevin o'donnell quartet, lasers and fast and shit, lincoln hall, los campesinos!, metro, michele mcguire, mucca pazza, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, paper thick walls, parenthetical girls, park west, schubas, strange arrangement, the future laureates, the shams band, unloved, van ghost
By Sarah on December 17, 2011
Friday was a long, weird day. I retaliated by taking it easy on ye olde internet radio. Lots of banjo and alt-country and songs that I love. Oh yeah, and the Muppets. Thanks to everyone who tuned in. It’s always fun for me to get requests from people who I don’t know. I’ll be back […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a girl called eddy, david bowie, death cab for cutie, edith frost, elvis perkins, fruit bats, gillian welch, glen hansard, ivan & alyosha, joe pug, kate bush, kathleen edwards, korallreven, luke roberts, marketa irglova, mutts, noam pikelny, orchestra of spheres, rilo kiley, robert pollard, sea lions, sufjan stevens, the decemberists, the milk carton kids, the muppets, thea gilmore, thomas comerford, townes van zandt, tycho
By Sarah on November 5, 2011
Two hours, some songs, and a brand new, comfy chair in the studio. It’s like someone heard me whining on Twitter a while ago about the awful chair. I’ll be back on the air on Saturday, November 26, from 2 to 4 pm, Central time. 1:56 PM Sufjan Stevens All the Trees of the Field […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged angus & julia stone, brown bird, chris pureka, christina bautista, david berkeley, dessa, devics, eliza gilkyson, jc brooks & the uptown sound, joe pug, joshua radin, m. ward, malajube, meg & dia, meg baird, murder by death, my brightest diamond, neko case, phantogram, quiet company, res, skybox, sufjan stevens, tapes 'n tapes, the decemberists, the heavy circles, the highwaymen, the mekons, tom waits, we were promised jetpacks
By Sarah on April 25, 2011
Monday, April 25 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Arcade Fire, The National; UIC Pavilion. 7:30 pm, sold out Flame Shark, Umma, Phillip Roebuck, Kellen and Me, The Photographers; Lincoln Hall. 7:30 pm, $8 Matt Ryd, Matt Kelly, The Mike Middleton Band, Duck and Goose; Double Door. 9 pm, $5 Pinto and the […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam arcuragi, arcade fire, beat kitchen, bigcolour, black canvas, bottom lounge, cameron mcgill and what army, chris buehrle band, cubby bear wrigleyville, double door, duck and goose, evanston space, flame shark, foals, freelance whales, geoff dolce, good evening, hideout, is world, jeffrey david, jenny gillespie, joe pug, jukebox the ghost, jungle of cities, kellen and me, koo koo kangaroo, lincoln hall, maccabee kelem, matt kelly, matt ryd, mer, metro, miles nielsen, old town school of folk music, peter terry and the city prophets, phillip roebuck, pinto and the bean, pretty and nice, reggie's music joint, robbie fulks, sad brad smith, sarah and the tall boys, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, soul fix, stephen kellogg, strand of oaks, the damn choir, the lillies, the mike middleton band, the naked and famous, the national, the numbers, the pains of being pure at heart, the photographers, tift merritt, train company, twin shadow, uic pavilion, umma, uncommon ground, wakey!wakey!, weakness, william fitzsimmons |
By Sarah on March 10, 2011
If you’ve been following along here, you’ll know that I am a huge fan of random road trips to far-flung places, all in pursuit of Good Music. It’s a trait also found in my partner-in-musical-crime, Mel, given her many reports from Places Where She Does Not Live. Granted, I don’t always go through with my […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged abigail washburn, bela fleck & the flecktones, chris thile, cornmeal, darrell scott & friends, edgar meyer, emmitt-nershi band, emmylou harris, jerry douglas, joe pug, michael cleveland & flamekeeper, michael daves, mumford & sons, nora jane struthers & the bootleggers, old crow medicine show, omar hakim, peter rowan bluegrass band, punch brothers, railroad earth, robert plant & band of joy, sam bush band, sarah mchaclhan, steve earle & the dukes, telluride bluegrass festival, the decemberists, the head and the heart, the infamous stringdusters, tim o'brien & kevin burke, tim o'brien band, trampled by turtles, viktor krauss, yonder mountain string band