By Sarah on April 20, 2010
The Old Town School of Folk Music has released the main stage lineup for its 13th Annual Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, which will be taking place July 10th and 11th up in Welles Park (Lincoln & Montrose).
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andreas kapsalis & goran ivanovic guitar duo, budos band, chicago folk and roots festival, etran finatawa, gingarte capoeira chicago, hoyle brothers, james king band, leonard jacome, les saltimbanks, midwest fiddle championship, occidental brothers dance band international, old town school of folk music, red baraat, red stick ramblers, samba mapangala, sanctified grumblers, shemekia copeland, the boils, wazo county warblers & the fly boys
By Sarah on April 20, 2010
It goes without saying that the sold out crowd at Lincoln Hall absolutely loved Fanfarlo, the London-based indie rock quintet. Their album Reservoir was one of my favorites of 2009, so I was glad to get the chance to see them live, finally.
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged fanfarlo, lawrence arabia, lincoln hall, robert francis
By Sarah on April 19, 2010
So my last week was a little bit absurdly busy, to the point where I just couldn’t make it to a show I’d planned to go to on Sunday, and just slept instead. I felt bad about it, because I’ve been looking forward to having a chance to see Eliza Gilkyson for a long time, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alex band, am, art institute of chicago, atlantic bar & grill, bb king, beat kitchen, ben folds, blue october, carbon leaf, caroline smith and the good night sleeps, charlotte gainsbourg, congress theater, corinne bailey rae, cubby bear wrigleyville, devotchka, eliza gilkyson, evanston space, girl in a coma, gogol bordello, hideout, horse feathers, hot chip, house of blues, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jessica robbins, jessie malin, kate miller-heidke, las guitarras de espana, lincoln hall, marie digby, martin sexton, martyrs', melissa auf der mar, natalie merchant, old town school of folk music, park west, passion pit, phantogram, rachel cantu, robbie fulks, ryan montbleau band, schubas, sea wolf, semi precious weapons, sia, st. mark's social, subterranean, the album leaf, the antlers, the infamous string dusters, the polkaholics, the raveonettes, the riviera, the vic, the xx, umphrey's mcgee, yonder mountain duo |
By Sarah on April 15, 2010
But Taste of Chicago isn’t just about eating until you don’t think you can move anymore. There’s also always a fantastically eclectic mix of live bands playing, and it’s all free.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged brett dennen, derek nelson, gavin rossdale, grant park, jason & the haymakers, jc brooks & the uptown sound, katie quick, los lobos, los lonely boys, mat kearney, occidental brothers dance band international, rob thomas, salt-n-pepa, sons of the never wrong, steve miller band, taste of chicago, the shams band, the yolks, white mystery, will phalen and the stereo addicts |
By Sarah on April 12, 2010
I am too sleepy for commentary this morning, so have the below list of shows which I have deemed to be Awesome. I’ll be at the Empty Bottle on Thursday to catch Dosh’s show, and hopefully I won’t forget about the tickets I have to the Old Town School of Folk Music on Sunday, for […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam ezra, adam green, aetiology, andy friedman, anthi meera, blues traveler, brooke waggoner, carrie newcomer, chicago cultural center, chickenfat klezmer orchestra, children of nova, davenport's, debello, dosh, double door, earl greyhound, elbo room, eliza gilkyson, ellis paul, elton john, empty bottle, evanston space, florence and the machine, gebhard ullmann clarinet trio, graham parker, hideout, holy hail, house of blues, identity crisis, jeff ruby, jeffrey foucault, kevin andrew prchal, kevin o'donnell, laura freeman, legendary shack shakeres, leslie beukelman, lincoln hall, loudon wainwright iii, martyrs', mcaninch arts center, metro, micah dalton, miniature tigers, mori einsidler, natalie oliveri, niu steel band, occidental brothers dance band international, ok go, old town school of folk music, owen, paper thick walls, pearls mahone, phil cohran, rachael sage, reggie's rock club, relax on milwaukee, richard thompson, robbie fulks, robbie gjersoe, rocky votolato, roommates, schubas, sears centre, tangleweed, the booze, the dead trees, the hackensaw boys, the honeybees, the morning benders, the rocketz, uncommon ground, vieux farka toure, white hinterland
By Sarah on April 11, 2010
Know what kind of snuck up on me? The end of the month. So much so that March has already been over for a good while before I realized that I needed to post it. Anyhow, here’s your monthly widget of awesome songs that have caught my attention.
Posted in Monthly Mixes | Tagged ac newman, anna nalick, carlos varela, cass mccombs, dirt poor robins, fleetwood mac, garrison starr, hockey, jenny dalton, johnny flynn, josiah leming, molina & johnson, peter bradley adams, sara melson, the cinematic orchestra, the damnwells, the watson twins, tina dico, trevor tchir