By Sarah on January 9, 2012
We are getting back in the swing of things here with the weekly calendar. Â It’s the beginning of the year, cut me some slack. We’ve got some great local artists on bills this week, plus some very diverse acts coming in as part of the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, spread out at Schubas, Lincoln Hall, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged abstract science djs, active child, alejandro escovedo, allison russell, ant'lrd, auditorium theatre, bad bad meow, beat kitchen, creepy band, daniel ellsworth & the great lakes, don stiernberg, drake bell, empty bottle, evanston space, filligar, gabe dixon, hideout, johnathan young, jon drake & the shakes, jon langford, jt nero, koo nimo & the occidental highlife association, leila broussard, lincoln hall, metro, natalie grace alford, nina ferraro, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, robbie fulks, ryley walker, sally timms, save the clocktower, schubas, subterranean, the black willoughbys, the parlour suite, the pickin' bubs, the walkmen, tycho, vance gilbert
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 December 10, 2011
I had a week off, but now I’m back. Hear me again, same time next week, on CHIRP Radio, Friday nights, 8-10 pm Central. I even take requests! 9:57 PM Peter Wolf Crier Down Down Down from Inter-Be (Jagjaguwar) 9:54 PM Brown Bird Fingers to the Bone from Salt for Salt (Supply and Demand) 9:50 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged ane brun, ani difranco, anthony da costa, atlas sound, bc camplight, boyd lee dunlop, brown bird, cloud control, daniel bedingfield, david vandervelde, devotchka, drc music, hannah fury, john prine, justin townes earle, kathleen edwards, korallreven, laura marling, luke roberts, mar caribe, mavis staples, mt. desolation, nneka, peggy sue, peter wolf crier, the mountain goats, thomas comerford, tycho, vampire weekend
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