I played for an extra hour, got a ton of requests, and worked in a showtune. Â Friday night’s show was a real winner.
Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time.
9:54 PM Isidore Oh My Sky from Life Somewhere Else (Communicating Vessels)
9:52 PM Cults Rave On from Cults (Columbia)
9:50 PM Cap’n Jazz Oh Messy Life from Analphabetapolothology (Jade Tree)
9:45 PM DeVotchKa You Love Me from How It Ends (Cicero)
9:41 PM Matt Pond PA Foreign Bedrooms from Last Light (Altitude)
9:38 PM Field Music Just Like Everyone Else from Plumb (Memphis Industries)
9:35 PM The Klezmatics Der Shvartser Mi Adir (The Black Benediction) from Possessed (Xenophile)
9:30 PM Mucca Pazza Coat Czech from A Little Marching Band (self-released)
9:27 PM Bright Moments Milwaukee Protocol from Natives (Luaka Bop)
9:24 PM Rachael Yamagata I Want You from Happenstance (RCA Victor)
9:19 PM Clogs The Owl Of Love from The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton (Brassland)
9:16 PM Frankie Rose Gospel/Grace from Interstellar (Slumberland)
9:11 PM Anaïs Mitchell Way Down Hadestown from Hadestown (Righteous Babe)
9:04 PM Heartless Bastards The Arrow Killed the Beast from Arrow (Partisan)
9:00 PM Sarah Slean Lucky Me from Day One (WEA International)
8:57 PM Tim Fite I Hope Yer There from Ain’t Ain’t Ain’t (ANTI-)
8:53 PM Carolina Chocolate Drops Trouble In Your Mind from Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch)
8:50 PM Paul Robeson Ol’ Man River from Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939 (EMI Classics)
8:45 PM The Loneliest Monk You Don’t Have To Try from The Loneliest Monk (Kilo)
8:41 PM City and Colour Sorrowing Man from Little Hell (Vagrant)
8:38 PM Mark Lanegan Band Riot in My House from Blues Funeral (4AD)
8:31 PM The Promise Ring All of My Everything from Very Emergency (Jade Tree)
8:29 PM Damien Jurado Reel to Reel from Maraqopa (Secretly Canadian)
8:24 PM A.A. Bondy Skull & Bones from Believers (Fat Possum)
8:17 PM Jeff Buckley Grace from Grace (Legacy Edition) (Columbia)
8:14 PM Perfume Genius Dark Parts from Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)
8:10 PM Robbie Fulks Goodbye Cruel Girl from Georgia Hard (Yep Roc)
8:05 PM Kristin Hersh Arnica Montana from The Grotto (4AD)
8:01 PM Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny Atlas from Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose (Mute)
7:56 PM Neko Case Deep Red Bells from Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
7:52 PM Sharon Van Etten We are Fine from Tramp (Jagjaguwar)
7:50 PM Chuck Berry Memphis, Tennessee from The Definitive Collection (Geffen/Chess)
7:46 PM Chad VanGaalen Wind Driving Dogs from Skelliconnection (Sub Pop)
7:41 PM Dan Deacon Pink Batman from Spiderman of the Rings (Carpark)
7:37 PM John Talabot Missing You from Æ’IN (Permanent Vacation)
7:33 PM Skybox The Caravan Cabaret from Arco Iris (Big Red Balloon)
7:30 PM Kamuran Akkor Ikimiz Bir Fidaniz from Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics (Nublu)
7:27 PM The Band King Harvest (Has Surely Come) from The Band (Capitol)
7:22 PM Gorillaz Last Living Souls from Demon Days (Virgin)
7:18 PM Ram’s Pocket Radio 1+2 from 1+2 EP (self-released)
7:15 PM Yellow Ostrich Marathon Runner from Strange Land (Barsuk)
7:09 PM Van Morrison Into The Mystic from Moondance (Warner Brothers)
7:06 PM Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames No Fear from New Multitudes (Rounder)
7:00 PM Elvis Perkins Send My Fond Regards To Lonelyville from Elvis Perkins In Dearland (XL)