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 December 5, 2011
It’s been quiet around here. Â Sorry for that. Â I’ve got a Best of 2011 guest post coming up from Mike at Land of Absurdity. Â It’ll be list-y. Monday, December 5 Avey Tare, Eric Copeland; Schubas. 7 pm, $15 Tuesday, December 6 The National, Local Natives, Wye Oak; the Aragon. 7 pm, $35 Harper Blynn; SPACE. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anne heaton, antje duvekot, arc in round, avey tare, bill brickey, bon iver, cadillac palace theatre, chicago theatre, dbp, empty bottle, eric copeland, erin mckeown, evanston space, harper blynn, jeffrey david, jessica lea mayfield, lincoln hall, local natives, meg hutchinson, metro, natalia zukerman, old town school of folk music, over the rhine, peter bradley adams, ryan adams, save the clocktower, schubas, shemekia copeland, still corners, the aragon, the national, the war on drugs, tori amos, uic pavilion, vapor eyes, vintage blue, windbreaker, winterbloom, wye oak
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
By Sarah on April 4, 2011
This week’s got a lot of great shows on the calendar, and I’ll be at a couple of them. Come find me and say hi at Tuesday’s Mountain Goats show (the Vic), or Friday’s Over the Rhine show (Lincoln Hall). I’m hoping to make it to Lincoln Hall on Saturday for Sharon Van Etten, but […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andrew belle, auditorium theatre, beat kitchen, bone and bell, boutros, callers, chaperone, cloudbirds, cut copy, david choi, djrc, drew dawson, grandchildren, haroula rose, hideout, holy ghost!, in tall buildings, joe firstman, kid color, las guitarras de espana, lia ices, lincoln hall, little scream, lucy wainwright roche, marianne keith, martyrs', megafaun, movits!, north mississippi allstars, o'death, over the rhine, reds and blue, robbie fulks, robert plant and the band of joy, schubas, sharon van etten, steve dawson and ellen cherry, steve frisbie, subterranean, tamaryn, the cave singers, the mountain goats, the opposition party, the raveonettes, the riviera, the vic, trombone shorty and orleans avenue, uncommon ground, wye oak
By Sarah on January 31, 2011
Friday and Saturday are full of great shows that have been awful to choose between. If only we could all split ourselves into multiples. Monday, January 31 Todd Carey, Bascom Hill, The Heyday; Schubas. 8 pm, $6 Tuesday, February 1 Shelby Lynne, Derek Nelson; SPACE. 8 pm, $27-40 Scott Lucas and the Married Men, Kevin […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged bascom hill, cloudbirds, derek nelson, double door, evanston space, fitz and the tantrums, greensky bluegrass, hoots and hellmouth, jc brooks & the uptown sound, keri noble, kevin tihista's red terror, lincoln hall, liza day, mayne stage, metro, my brightest diamonds, peter wolf crier, que billah, retribution gospel choir, sahara smith, schubas, scott lucas and the married men, shelby lynne, soul summit djs, talib kweli, the decemberists, the giving tree band, the heyday, the opposition party, the right now, the riviera, the shrine, tina dico, todd carey, trina hamlin, trombone shorty and orleans avenue, wye oak, zeus
By Sarah on March 29, 2010
And so it begins – the slow trickle of bands, big and small, making its way to our fair city after playing a ridiculous amount of shows in a ridiculous amount of venues in Austin. The month is only going to get busier, so hang on, it’ll be a wild ride.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, alejandro escovedo, angel taylor, audra mae, beach house, bear in heaven, bottom lounge, cara salimando, congress theater, cymbals eat guitars, daniel knox, daniel merriweather, deerhunter, double door, freelance whales, green river ordinance, group of altos, hard rock cafe, haywood yards, hospital ships, ingrid michaelson, janelle monae, joanna newsom, light pollution, lincoln hall, martyrs', mat kearney, mayer hawthorne and the count, megan mccormick, metro, micachu and the shapes, miike snow, mike middleton, miles kurosky, mucca pazza, old town school of folk music, passion pit, robin pecknold, schubas, seabear, seafarer, serena maneesh, shearwater, soley, spoon, steve poltz, subterranean, suns, talk normal, tamara bedricky, the aragon, the powwows, the riviera, the ruby suns, the vic, the watson twins, this is versailles, toro y moi, tune-yards, uncommon ground, vedera, via tania, woodhands, wye oak, xiu xiu, young sun, zola jesus