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By Sarah on July 5, 2012
It was a brutally hot July 4th, but I played some music and still had time to go see some questionably legal fireworks in my neighborhood.  Success all around. I’ll be back for my regularly scheduled show on Friday on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 7:54 PM My Morning Jacket • […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged amy macdonald, dan mangan, eleventh dream day, fiona apple, fleetwood mac, golden birthday, hope sandoval & the warm inventions, jessica lea mayfield, jherek bischoff, kandodo, leonard bernstein, liars, m. ward, marissa nadler, my morning jacket, new york philharmonic, nicole atkins, niki and the dove, retribution gospel choir, saint etienne, the bowmans, the district, the frames, the mynabirds, the tallest man on earth, town and country, vetiver, zavala
By Sarah on June 24, 2012
It’s been a little quiet here this week; I blame the heat, which has sapped my will to move. I played a bit longer of a set this time around, but I’ll be back to my usual two-hour bonanza of fun next week. Â As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a tribe called red, adanowsky, aimee mann, an horse, bic runga, black kids, bone & bell, chris pureka, christine fellows, damien rice, david bowie, david gray, devotchka, edmund ii, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, elvis perkins, friends, glasser, glen hansard, greta gertler, hot chip, jherek bischoff, josephine foster & the supposed, kaki king, ladyhawke, langhorne slim & the law, many places, mike reed's people places & things, miles kurosky, mount eerie, neko case, niki and the dove, ok go, peter wolf crier, priscilla ahn, saint etienne, shooter jennings, thao with the get down stay down, the antlers, the decemberists, the tallest man on earth, thea gilmore, these united states, wilco
By Sarah on June 9, 2012
This week’s playlist looks significantly less pretty, as there were some tech issues with the playlist tracker.  I’m sure you won’t be too devastated. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 8:00 hour Quiet Company/Everything Louder Than Everything Else/We […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alexander tucker, alpha consumer, astronautalis, ben lee, bon iver, boozoo bajou, brandi carlile, butch walker & the black widows, butterfly boucher, califone, cold specks, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, eluvium, felix, fred williams & the jewels band, grass widow, gregory and the hawk, ha ha tonka, hard-fi, idewild, indigo girls, japandroids, jbm, jennifer o'connor, jesca hoop, kelly hogan, killer mike, langhorne slim & the law, louis prima, low, many places, maritime, matthew dear, mike reed's people places & things, minus the bear, nathan mathes, neon indian, nice face, nick waterhouse, noe venable, outkast, quiet company, sallie ford & the sound outside, sarah slean, sex life, smoking popes, sufjan stevens, teddy thompson, the blacks, the hold steady, the mekons, the platters, the right now, the tallest man on earth, the wooden birds, these united states, violens, yeah yeah yeahs, yellow ostrich, young man
By Sarah on March 24, 2012
Did you miss me?  I sure missed being in the studio.  I had to remember what all the buttons do. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:53 PM The Dresden Dolls Delilah from Yes, Virginia (Roadrunner) 9:50 PM Erin Passmore Downtown from […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged aberdeen city, augie march, bob dylan, brendan benson, denison witmer, erin passmore, fanfarlo, innerpartysystem, justin townes earle, langhorne slim, low, lucero, mind spiders, miniature tigers, neko case, occidental brothers dance band international, richard harris, sophia knapp, the dresden dolls, the lijadu sisters, the men, the mountain goats, the tallest man on earth, tom schraeder, van morrison, zapruder point
By Sarah on September 20, 2010
I am super excited about Chris Pureka’s show at SPACE on Wednesday. How I Learned to See in the Dark is one of my favorite albums of 2010 so far, and I’m sure the live show will be great.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged baths, broadway playhouse, chris pureka, clare and the reasons, connie smith, dosh, ed kowalczyk, el ten eleven, evanston space, hideout, house of blues, in tall buildings, janelle monae, kelsey wild, lincoln hall, millennium park, of montreal, old town school of folk music, owen pallett, park west, patrick park, robbie fulks, roger waters, schubas, scott ligon, sea wolf, sera cahoone, sutton foster, the gaslight anthem, the national, the right now, the riviera, the tallest man on earth, united center, van dyke parks, zee avi
By Sarah on May 24, 2010
This week might as well be known as the Week of Great Shows that I Can’t Go to Because I Have to Prepare for People to Come Install New Carpet. Home ownership is not always worth it, let me tell you.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged allstate arena, am, april smith and the great picture show, besnard lakes, bully in the hallway, carole king, cullen's, depaul men's a cappella, derek nelson, donnie biggins, double door, eluvium, extreme measures, hideout, holy ghost!, how far to austin, james taylor, jill scott, josh rouse, judson claiborne, julianna barwick, lcd soundsystem, lincoln hall, maxwell, men in drag, metro, millennium park, mumford & sons, nathaniel rateliff, nora o'connor, ornery little darlings, pieta brown, robbie fulks, rosemont theatre, sadhu sadhu, schubas, shapers, shot baker, smoking popes, the middle east, the ponys, the tallest man on earth, thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra, uncommon ground, united center, waco brothers, yellowhammers