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By Sarah on April 21, 2012
I played a few songs tonight for Levon Helm, who sadly passed away earlier this week. Kelly Hogan posted a beautiful little blog post on her Tumblr about Helm and her reaction to his death that you should take a few minutes to read. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alabama shakes, arbouretum, au, dave douglas, emily wells, gemma hayes, gemma ray, hockey, horse feathers, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff parker trio, josephine foster & the victor herrero band, mumford & sons, natalie walker, occidental brothers dance band international, ollabelle, over the rhine, pinetop seven, rilo kiley, sarah jaffe, sarah siskind, spiritualized, tedeschi trucks band, the band, the magnetic fields, the mountain goats, the staple singers, the weepies
By Sarah on March 31, 2012
Last night’s show had a bit of a quiet theme to it for a while, thanks to my nursing a headache for most of it.  There was also a set of bluegrass songs, a tribute to the late, great Earl Scruggs. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged aimee mann, bowerbirds, carolina chocolate drops, ceu, cursive, death cab for cutie, earl scruggs, gabriel & the hounds, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jens lekman, julia holter, leona naess, low, luke roberts, mar caribe, miike snow, mirrorring, noam pikelny, plants and animals, quiet company, richard shindell, st. vincent, the infamous stringdusters, the magnetic fields, the milk carton kids, theresa andersson, wilco, yann tiersen
By Sarah on March 8, 2010
The entire world is gearing up for SXSW. I’m gearing up for reading tons of great blog posts about SXSW.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged beat kitchen, ben sollee, blane fonda, bottom lounge, califone, copeland, daniel martin moore, efterklang, empty bottle, evanston space, gaelic storm, harris theater, hideout, hockey, hollows, house of blues, howie day, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff tweedy, lincoln hall, love of everything, metro, mickey, mittens on strings, muse, pattern is movement, plastic crimewave sound, schubas, silversun pickups, sonos, ted leo and the pharmacists, the constellations, the hood internet, the life during wartime djs, the magnetic fields, the vic, the waco brothers, tom schraeder, tyler jon tyler, united center, vetiver, via audio, via tania, volcano!, we were promised jetpacks, zola jesus
By Sarah on March 1, 2010
March is getting off to a bit of a slow start. I think the month of March knows that I will be spending most of April skulking about in various venues for an absurd number of shows. March is telling me that I need to get my sleep, I think.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alicia keys, allstate arena, angelique kidjo, antje duvekot, black joe lewis and the honeybears, chris thile, evanston space, fitzgeralds, harris theater, house of blues, john prine, lincoln hall, old town school of folk music, punch brothers, rhett miller, rialto square theatre, richard shindell, robyn hitchcock, sara watkins, schubas, the avett brothers, the blacks, the ike reilly assassination, the low anthem, the magnetic fields