occidental brothers dance band international
By Sarah on June 28, 2010
I suppose the holiday weekend makes for a slow concert week. The most exciting stuff is happening over at the Taste of Chicago, really. On Saturday, I’ll be heading to a super-secret location for a teeny-tiny show by Rocky Votolato, who is doing a series of living room concerts over the summer.  There are only […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a band called catch, a rocket to the moon, black joe lewis and the honeybears, brett dennen, brooke waggoner, christie dupree, derek nelson and the musicians, dignan, eisley, empty bottle, grant park, hacienda, hard rock cafe, hideout, huntsville, jc brooks & the uptown sound, lincoln hall, los lobos, los lonely boys, matt kearney, millennium park, mirah, nels cline, occidental brothers dance band international, on fillmore, park grill, passion pit, robbie fulks, rocky votolato, samba mapangala, sara bareilles, schubas, sons of the never wrong, taste of chicago, thao, the lion and the sail, the most of all, these united states, todd kessler |
By Sarah on April 20, 2010
The Old Town School of Folk Music has released the main stage lineup for its 13th Annual Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, which will be taking place July 10th and 11th up in Welles Park (Lincoln & Montrose).
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andreas kapsalis & goran ivanovic guitar duo, budos band, chicago folk and roots festival, etran finatawa, gingarte capoeira chicago, hoyle brothers, james king band, leonard jacome, les saltimbanks, midwest fiddle championship, occidental brothers dance band international, old town school of folk music, red baraat, red stick ramblers, samba mapangala, sanctified grumblers, shemekia copeland, the boils, wazo county warblers & the fly boys
By Sarah on April 15, 2010
But Taste of Chicago isn’t just about eating until you don’t think you can move anymore. There’s also always a fantastically eclectic mix of live bands playing, and it’s all free.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged brett dennen, derek nelson, gavin rossdale, grant park, jason & the haymakers, jc brooks & the uptown sound, katie quick, los lobos, los lonely boys, mat kearney, occidental brothers dance band international, rob thomas, salt-n-pepa, sons of the never wrong, steve miller band, taste of chicago, the shams band, the yolks, white mystery, will phalen and the stereo addicts |
By Sarah on April 12, 2010
I am too sleepy for commentary this morning, so have the below list of shows which I have deemed to be Awesome. I’ll be at the Empty Bottle on Thursday to catch Dosh’s show, and hopefully I won’t forget about the tickets I have to the Old Town School of Folk Music on Sunday, for […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam ezra, adam green, aetiology, andy friedman, anthi meera, blues traveler, brooke waggoner, carrie newcomer, chicago cultural center, chickenfat klezmer orchestra, children of nova, davenport's, debello, dosh, double door, earl greyhound, elbo room, eliza gilkyson, ellis paul, elton john, empty bottle, evanston space, florence and the machine, gebhard ullmann clarinet trio, graham parker, hideout, holy hail, house of blues, identity crisis, jeff ruby, jeffrey foucault, kevin andrew prchal, kevin o'donnell, laura freeman, legendary shack shakeres, leslie beukelman, lincoln hall, loudon wainwright iii, martyrs', mcaninch arts center, metro, micah dalton, miniature tigers, mori einsidler, natalie oliveri, niu steel band, occidental brothers dance band international, ok go, old town school of folk music, owen, paper thick walls, pearls mahone, phil cohran, rachael sage, reggie's rock club, relax on milwaukee, richard thompson, robbie fulks, robbie gjersoe, rocky votolato, roommates, schubas, sears centre, tangleweed, the booze, the dead trees, the hackensaw boys, the honeybees, the morning benders, the rocketz, uncommon ground, vieux farka toure, white hinterland
By Sarah on January 25, 2010
Happy Monday, all! I had great plans for getting some album reviews written up over the weekend, but instead I spent my time feeling miserable and sick and sleeping on the couch while watching Dirty Jobs reruns. What a life. It’s a pretty low-key week for music here. If you’ve got the time on Sunday, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alec ounsworth, buddy guy, buddy guy's legends, bully in the hallway, canadian brass, chris o'brien, cold war kids, david berkeley, double door, harris theater, house of blues, howie day, lincoln hall, movits!, nouvelle vague, occidental brothers dance band international, one for the team, roseanne cash, schubas, serena ryder, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, the vic, uncommon ground, wentz concert hall