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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. […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged abigail washburn & the sparrow quartet, andrew bird, arnaldo antunes, atmosphere, casiotone for the painfully alone, deer tick, deleted scenes, delicate steve, dessa, dr. dog, edgar scandurra, edmund ii, elias moroon y su conjunto vallenato, everest, fiona apple, galaxie 500, giant giant sand, kelly hogan, lorn, matt ulery, neko case, open mike eagle, orchestre poly-rythmo, pet lions, preservation hall jazz band, sleigh bells, the darcys, the head and the heart, toumani diabate, wilco, wild nothing, wye oak
By Sarah on July 14, 2012
I’d sworn off outdoor festivals for a little while, once they stopped being fun, but the lineup for Louisville, Kentucky’s tenth annual Forecastle Fest swayed me. Â The lure of a good road trip was also a bit too good to resist, and so here I am, in a hotel on the Louisville waterfront (although my […]
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged abigail washburn, atmosphere, dean wareham, forecastle festival, the head and the heart
By Sarah on March 5, 2012
At first, I thought this was going to be the start of the mass exodus of good shows in Chicago, as everyone heads down to Austin for SXSW. Â And then I looked at the listings and was like, oh, there’s a lot of good stuff going on, most of which I can’t make it to. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged 1 2 3, alabama shakes, andy davis, cains & abels, canasta, drew grow & the pastors' wives, empty bottle, evanston space, football, great life, hideout, hollywood holt, honey & buffalo, honey island swamp band, in tall buildings, jason myles goss, jennifer castle, john oates, judson claiborne, julia nunes, julian velard, katie herzig, kids these days, korallreven, laura gibson, leah druzinsky, lincoln hall, lower dens, many places, mar caribe, maritime, mark rose, martyrs', michael lux and the bad sons, musikanto, mutts, outer minds, panoramic & true, paper thick walls, psychic twin, redgrave, robbie fulks, robert sarazin blake, rose cousins, sam vicari, santah, scattered trees, schubas, subterranean, teitur, the bears of blue river, the head and the heart, the heligoats, the hoyle brothers, the kickback, the minor leagues, the oak creek band, the stay smooth, the vic, the waco brothers, tin tin can, unicycle loves you, van ghots, vic & gab, yellow ostrich, young magic
By Sarah on November 27, 2011
I filled in for my friend Bobby on the radio yesterday afternoon. It was fun. These are the songs I played. 3:55 PM Neil Young Hitchhiker from Le Noise (Reprise) 3:51 PM Monument Monument Full of Life from Call Off the Roses EP (self-released) 3:48 PM Deer Tick Main Street from Divine Providence (Partisan) 3:42 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, deer tick, dessa, dosh, gotye, great lake swimmers, heavy times, kathleen edwards, mirah, monument monument, murder by death, neil young, netherfriends, owen, peggy sue, radiohead, shearwater, sierra swan, teddy thompson, thao with the get down stay down, the beach boys, the decemberists, the gentle guest, the head and the heart, the promise ring, tycho, vandaveer, voltaire, wilco
By Sarah on October 3, 2011
Busy week of shows! Don’t forget, you can win tickets to see Those Darlins on Wednesday or Thursday! See this post for information on how to win. Monday, October 3 Jens Lekman, Geoffrey O’Connor; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $20 Tuesday, October 4 Zee Avi; Schubas. 8 pm, $12 The Mekons; SPACE. 8 pm, $18-30 The […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged bandallamas, brice woodall, brokeback, cameron mcgill, cults, empty bottle, esperanza spalding, evanston space, fitzgeralds, foster the people, geoffrey o'connor, go long mule, hideout, holy sons, house of blues, imelda may, jaron and the long road to love, jens lekman, joe firstman, joe's bar, keb' mo', liam davis, lincoln hall, malajube, mar caribe, martyrs', matt hopper, metro, nora o'connor, park west, peelander-z, pieta brown, priscilla ahn, reptar, schubas, st. vincent, stephen malkmus and the jicks, symphony center, thao with the get down stay down, the besnard lakes, the chain gaing of 1974, the devil whale, the head and the heart, the mekons, the naked and famous, the riviera, the shams band, those darlins, white arrows, wild flag, yellowfever, zee avi
By Sarah on August 1, 2011
There’s this little thing called Lollapalooza that’s going on this weekend. I won’t be there this year (unless I happen to find someone selling a very cheap ticket), but I’ll admit that I’m looking forward to not being outside in the heat all day. Monday, August 1 Robbie Fulks, Robbie Gjersoe; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged canasta, carbon tigers, chicago theatre, christina perri, cold war kids, conductive alliance, dale earnhardt jr. jr., delta spirit, double door, evanston space, fitz and the tantrums, frontier rucks, gold motel, haley bonar, hideout, house of blues back porch stage, jon drake and the shakes, jonny rogers, katz company, lincoln hall, lissie, little hurricane, lord huron, marco benevento, martyrs', mayne stage, metro, nightmare and the cat, portugal. the man, rachel mcclusky, reptar, robbie fulks, robbie gjersoe, sarah jarosz, schubas, steve miller band, the head and the heart, the hue, the joy formidable, tim robbins and the rogue galley band, wye oak