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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 19, 2012
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a busy week this week. Â As you read this, I’ll be in Nashville for a romp through the historic Ryman Theatre, but when I return to Chicago, I hit the ground running with shows for most of the rest of the week: Milk Carton Kids on Tuesday, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andre williams and the goldstars, baja & the dry eye crew, bear's den, ben howard, bhi bhiman, delta spirit, double door, evanston space, field report, fiona apple, geri x, hideout, jennifer hall, jon langford & skull orchard, leslie stevens, lincoln hall, madi diaz, martyrs', megafaun, metro, nathaniel rateliff, nneka, nora o'connor, o giant man, rachael yamagata, robbie fulks, rosie thomas, schubas, the milk carton kids, the staves, waters
By Sarah on February 11, 2012
Friday was my birthday.  If I had it my way, I would have played two hours of Andrew Bird songs, but alas. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:53 PM Errors Pleasure Palaces from Have Some Faith in Magic (Rock Action) […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged andrew bird, brad yoder, cate le bon, craig finn, errors, gotye, heartless bastards, jason stein quartet, los nombres, lost in the trees, mucca pazza, neko case, okkervil river, over the rhine, polica, porcelain raft, rufus wainwright, shearwater, the decemberists, the milk carton kids, the mountain goats, the new pornographers, trailer trash tracys, vandaveer, wovenhand
By Sarah on January 14, 2012
I got through a four hour show without once mentioning the fact that it was Friday the Thirteenth. Â You can thank me later. Next week, I’ll be back to my normal-sized two hour show, nothing to worry about. Four hours of me is a lot to take. 11:54 PM John Aler & Gino Quilico Les […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged 16 horsepower, a hawk and a hacksaw, apex manor, april smith and the great picture show, bell x1, booker t. jones, brandi carlile, brown bird, carissa's wierd, cat power, chris connelly, cloud control, coconut records, darkness falls, dave douglas, dayna kurtz, doomtree, fleet foxes, gino quilico, girlyman, guided by voices, ha ha tonka, herculaneum, jacaszek, jason adasiewicz's sun rooms, jc brooks & the uptown sound, john aler, kathleen edwards, lawrence arabia, little ben & the cheers, los campesinos!, low, luke roberts, mar caribe, marissa nadler, mavis staples, mumford & sons, nada surf, nicole mitchell, rainer maria, ray davies, roisin murphy, rufus wainwright, sandro perri, save the clocktower, sea lions, sigur ros, sloan, the avett brothers, the benny goodman quartet, the darcys, the get up kids, the mighty imperials, the milk carton kids, tiger bones, whitehorse
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 September 5, 2011
Summer may be winding down, but festival season isn’t quite over yet. Â The AV Club presents AV Fest, taking place at the Hideout, on September 10th and 11th. Â You can see acts including Hum, The Thermals, and Like Pioneers on Saturday; Sunday includes Archers of Loaf, Tokyo Police Club, and Maps & Atlases. Â Entry is […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alison krauss and union station, breathe owl breathe, carbon leaf, chamberlin, chicago theatre, chris thile, cloudbirds, danny black, deadstring brothers, del mccoury band, evanston space, fruit bats, hideout, jeff parker, kevin flynn and the avondale ramblers, lincoln hall, michael daves, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, rajko hungarian gypsy orchestra, richard thompson, robbie fulks, schubas, the glory singers, the hoyle brothers, the milk carton kids, the scotland yard gospel choir, the waco brothers, tom brosseau, vetiver, vieux farka toure