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By Sarah on April 30, 2012
You’ll probably find me at SPACE on Saturday for Over the Rhine. Â Maybe Schubas for Retribution Gospel Choir on Thursday. Â I hope you too have great music plans for this week. Â I Â highly recommend that Carolina Chocolate Drops show on Saturday. Monday, April 30 Robbie Fulks, Audrey Auld; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged audrey auld, bhi bhiman, cameron mcgill, canon blue, carolina chocolate drops, cold specks, eleanor friedberger, emily wells, ernie henrickson, evanston space, great lake swimmers, hideout, hospitality, joel henderson, kingsley flood, lincoln hall, mar caribe, over the rhine, paper thick walls, peter bradley adams, po' girl, portland cello project, retribution gospel choir, robbie fulks, sara swenson, schubas, small awesome, the boxer rebellion, the damn choir
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
By Sarah on August 22, 2011
The post-Lollapalooza slump is over, because there are tons of shows this week that I think are worth going to. If you’re not going to see Braid (blast from the past) or Lost in the Trees (new and trippy chamber pop) on Saturday, and feel like a road trip, you should definitely come see my band, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam fitz, all eyes west, bailiff, bone and bell, braid, chicago theatre, cobalt and the hired guns, death cab for cutie, empty bottle, evanston space, fires, frightened rabbit, gipsy kings, go for broke, great lake swimmers, hideout, jason reeves, john henry and the engine, jon spiegel, kyle andrews, langhorne slim, lincoln hall, lost in the trees, metro, millennium park, moon furies, mountain heart, mynameisjohnmichael, nicolas reyes, old town school of folk music, peter bjorn and john, preservation hall jazz band, ravinia, robbie fulks, rosi golan, schubas, snowblink and the lumineers, subterranean, tedeschi trucks band, the 1900s, the donkeys, the hold steady, thin hymns, tonino baliardo, uic pavilion, welles park
By Sarah on June 14, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 6/14 – 6/20
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam lambert, all-star steans jazz band quintet, angela correa, boutros, buddy guy, buddy miller, christy and emily, coco rosie, dave brubeck quartet, delta spirit, diane cluck, dixie chicks, eagles, empty bottle, ezra furman and the harpoons, gerald dowd, grace potter and the nocturnals, grant park orchestra, great lake swimmers, hacienda, hideout, house of blues, jethro tull, jt nero, karen elson, kc mcdonough, keith urban, kevin junior, les shelleys, lincoln hall, lookbook, martyrs', metro, mgmt, millennium park, monajat yulchieva, nancy wilson and the ramsey lewis trio, orianthi, patty griffin, procol harum, ravinia, robbie fulks, robbie hamilton and soft ones, schubas, shelley short, soldier field, subterranean, tame impala, the autumn defense, the field auxiliary, the fiery furnaces, the riviera, the romany rye, the scotland yard gospel choir, the venue, tinariwen, tom brosseau, troy allen, very truly yours, wells-next-the-sea
By Sarah on June 7, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 6/7 – 6/13
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a tundra, black nag, blue rodeo, chris petlak, chuck campbell, colbie caillat, cuff the duke, damien jurado, dead child star, empty bottle, evanston space, freelance whales, gold motel, great lake swimmers, hollows, how far to austin, hudson branch, john butler trio, judson claiborne, kay kay and his weathered underground, landon pigg, lincoln hall, madi diaz, martyrs', matt pond pa, mazes, melissa ferrick, melody gardot, millennium park, mini mansions, nicholas barron, old town school of folk music, otis taylor, park grill, park west, peter wolf crier, phil roy, rachid taha, ravinia, santah, sarah and the tall bots, schubas, secret colours, shawn colvin, she & him, sheryl crow, split lip rayfield, stars, state radio, steve martin with the steep canyon rangers, the dutchess and the duke, the handsome family, the mynabirds, the punch brothers, the riviera, the thin man, wintersleep
By Sarah on March 17, 2010
A note to the city of Chicago: I don’t care what kind of ridiculous budget cuts you have to make in the future. Please never, ever let go of Michael Orlove. This guy has done a whole lot to energize downtown Chicago with music of all genres. And best of all, it’s free.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged bomba estereo, budos band, caribou, disappears, great lake swimmers, hollows, hum, huntsville, kid sister, konono no. 1, millennium park, naomi shelton, nels cline, on fillmore, she & him, the besnard lakes, the books, the ponys, the thermals, tony allen, via tania, volcano!