By Sarah on July 21, 2012
Well, friends, I took a week off for my great southbound journey, but I’m back.  This week’s show featured many of the artists who I saw and enjoyed at the Forecastle Festival. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. […]
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By Sarah on February 27, 2012
Lots of great music this week, including plenty of local artists for your enjoyment. Â I’ll be at Whitehorse at Schubas on Saturday, and may make time after my radio show on Friday to head to the Empty Bottle for The Twilight Sad. Â Their new album is really fantastic. Monday, February 27 Robbie Fulks, Steve Frisbie; […]
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By Sarah on January 18, 2010
A bit of a late post today; not going in to work has made my day all sorts of screwy. Â This week has a lot of good local shows, with the Gapers Block sponsored show at Metro on Friday, and then the CD release party for The Felix Culpa on Saturday. Â I’m thinking of checking […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, baby alright, brighton ma, buddy guy, buddy guy's legends, cavashawn, chris staples, davenport's, decibully, hideout, jane baxter miller, lincoln hall, metro, old town school of folk music, pet lions, post honeymoon, robin thicke, schubas, sons of the never wrong, the dirty diamonds, the felix culpa, the ike reilly assassination, the spares, the vic, the waco brothers, trio los primos, white mystery
By Sarah on January 13, 2010
I should start keeping a list of all the free or almost-free things I know about in Chicago, just for the times when I hear people complaining about how they can never do anything because Chicago’s so expensive. Sure, we might have one of the highest sales taxes in the country, but there are plenty of […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged dirty diamonds, metro, pet lions, post honeymoon, white mystery